How to get from Queenstown to Rotorua by car, truck, walk

Distance between Queenstown and Rotorua is 992 kilometers (615 miles).
Driving distance from Queenstown to Rotorua is 1359 kilometers (843 miles)

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3 Ways from Queenstown (New Zealand) to Rotorua (New Zealand)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Cow Lane 126 m
2. Turn left onto Rees Street 328 m
3. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Camp Street 74 m
4. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ballarat Street 123 m
5. Turn right onto Stanley Street, SH 6A 6.25 km
6. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Frankton Ladies Mile Highway, SH 6 918 m
7. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Frankton Ladies Mile Highway, SH 6 405 m
8. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Frankton Ladies Mile Highway, SH 6 2.54 km
9. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Frankton Ladies Mile Highway, SH 6 49.00 km
10. Turn right onto State Highway 8B, SH 8B 2.57 km
11. Keep left 37 m
12. Turn slight left onto Tarras-Cromwell Road, SH 8 236.75 km
13. Turn left onto Allandale Road, SH 79 45.25 km
14. Turn left onto Lewis Street 119 m
15. Turn right onto Wilson Street 141 m
16. Turn left onto Hislop Street 119 m
17. Turn right onto Peel Street 219 m
18. Turn left onto Waihi Terrace, SH 79, 72 6.08 km
19. Turn right onto Rangitata-Orari Bridge Highway, SH 79 9.07 km
20. Turn left onto Orari Rangitata Highway, SH 1 36.57 km
21. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto West Street, SH 1 67.55 km
22. Keep left 1.17 km
23. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main South Road, SH 1 1.50 km
24. Turn left onto Kirk Road 43 m
25. Turn right onto Waterloo Road 1.54 km
26. Turn left onto Pound Road 3.31 km
27. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Pound Road 839 m
28. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Pound Road 972 m
29. Turn right onto Ryans Road 6.18 km
30. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Johns Road, SH 1 1.49 km
31. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Johns Road, SH 1 2.78 km
32. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Johns Road, SH 1 934 m
33. Keep right onto Western Belfast Bypass, SH 1 18.36 km
34. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main North Road, SH 1 142.53 km
35. Turn slight left onto State Highway 1, SH 1 139.00 km
36. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Sinclair Street, SH 1 332 m
37. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Sinclair Street, SH 1 309 m
38. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Grove Road, SH 1 5.43 km
39. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 1, SH 1 21.01 km
40. Keep left onto Kent Street 746 m
41. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lagoon Road 391 m
42. Turn right onto Passenger vehicle check-in 13 m
43. Turn slight left onto Bluebridge Linkspan 93.84 km
44. Keep right onto Wellington - Picton (Interislander) 4.89 km
45. Keep right onto Wellington - Picton (Interislander) 500 m
46. Turn left 134 m
47. Keep left 328 m
48. Make a U-turn onto Aotea Quay 119 m
49. Keep left 124 m
50. Keep left 2.80 km
51. Keep left onto SH 1 3.02 km
52. Keep right onto Johnsonville Porirua Motorway, SH 1 15.28 km
53. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 59, SH 59 2.20 km
54. Keep left 57 m
55. Turn right 47 m
56. Turn slight left onto Saint Andrews Road, SH 59 429 m
57. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 59, SH 59 15.65 km
58. Keep left 20.43 km
59. Continue onto State Highway 1, SH 1 10.24 km
60. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Main Highway, SH 1 18.39 km
61. Keep left 58 m
62. Turn sharp right 68 m
63. Continue onto Oxford Street, SH 1 51.09 km
64. Keep left 55 m
65. Turn slight left onto Dundas Street, SH 1, SH 3 6.40 km
66. Turn right onto High Street, SH 1 34.02 km
67. Keep left 47 m
68. Turn sharp right 36 m
69. Turn slight left onto State Highway 1, SH 1 47.02 km
70. Turn left onto Mataroa Road, SH 1 133.58 km
71. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 1, SH 1 5.32 km
72. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto State Highway 1, SH 1, SH 5 2.42 km
73. Turn sharp right 296 m
74. Turn right onto Broadlands Road 37.54 km
75. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Settlers Road 6.12 km
76. Turn right onto State Highway 5, SH 5 30.68 km
77. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hemo Road, SH 30 1.07 km
78. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Fenton Street 588 m
79. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Fenton Street 262 m
80. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Fenton Street 1.49 km
81. Turn left onto Hinemoa Street 74 m
82. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Queenstown (New Zealand)
Queenstown Airport Queenstown
All station in Rotorua (New Zealand)
Rotorua International Airport Rotorua