State Highway 36 (New Zealand)

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State Highway 36
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	48.0 km (29.8 mi)
Major junctions
North end	SH 29 (Takitimu Drive) in Tauranga
South end	SH 5 (Ngongotahā Road) at Ngongotahā
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Pyes Pa
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 35 → SH 37

State Highway 36 (SH 36) is a New Zealand state highway in the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island. It is one of two state highways (along with SH 33) that form a north–south connection between the cities of Tauranga and Rotorua, SH 36 being the most westerly of the two. It was identified as a quicker route to access the two cities and extensive work was done to upgrade the rural route to state highway quality.

SH 36 is one of two state highways (the other being SH 15) to be gazetted initially in one location, revoked, then gazetted again in another location. SH 36 used to be located in the Gisborne/Hawkes Bay district, some 200 km south east of where it is now, before being revoked in 1991. SH 36 at its current location became a state highway in 2005.