State Highway 27 (New Zealand)

State Highway 27 (SH 27) is a state highway in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an important north/south link along the Waihou/Piako valley and forms an important transport route across the mostly dairy farming Matamata-Piako District. SH 27, in conjunction with SH 2, is often used as an alternative route to SH 1 between Auckland and Tauranga, Rotorua and Taupō.

State Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length92.4 km (57.4 mi)
Major junctions
North end SH 2 at Mangatarata
South end SH 1 at Tīrau
Location
TownsWaharoa, Matamata
Highway system
SH 26SH 28

For its entire length, SH 27 is a single carriageway road with one lane in each direction and at-grade intersections and property access. The New Zealand Transport Agency classifies the highway as an arterial route.[1]

Traffic at Kaihere increased by 31%, from an average of 3,965 vehicles a day in 2008, to 5,182 in 2017. 982 (19%) of those were heavy vehicles, mainly trucks.[2]

Major junctions

Territorial authority Location km jct Destinations Notes
Hauraki District Mangatarata 0 SH 2 northPōkeno, Auckland
SH 2 southPaeroa, Tauranga
SH 27 begins
Matamata-Piako District Springdale 31 Paeroa-Tahuna Road
Tatuanui 45 SH 26 westMorrinsville, Hamilton
SH 26 eastTe Aroha, Coromandel Peninsula
Matamata 73 SH 24 (Broadway) – Te Poi, Tauranga
Peria Road
Hinuera 82 SH 29 westCambridge, Hamilton Staggered T-junction
SH 29 east – Te Poi, Tauranga
South Waikato District Tīrau 92 SH 1 south (Main Road)Rotorua, Taupō
SH 1 northCambridge, Hamilton
SH 27 ends
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