The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state highways. All state highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency.
A typical New Zealand state highway junction sign: State Highways 1 and 85 meet in Palmerston, Otago.
State Highway 1 crosses the Waikouaiti River in Otago, 667.0 kilometres from Picton.
State Highway 2 runs north–south through eastern parts of the North Island of New Zealand from the outskirts of Auckland to Wellington. It runs through Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings and Masterton. It is the second-longest highway in the North Island, after State Highway 1, which runs the length of both of the country's main islands.
The northern start of SH2, at its junction with SH1 at Pōkeno in 2021
Looking north on SH 2 (High Street South) in Carterton, 80 km (50 mi) from its terminus near Wellington.