State Highway 30 (New Zealand)

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State Highway 30
Route information
Maintained by NZ Transport Agency
Length	219 km (136 mi)
Tourist routes	Thermal Explorer Highway in concurrency with SH 5 Pacific Coast Highway Paroa to Whakatane
Major junctions
Southwest end	SH 3 (Carroll Street/Awakino Road) at Te Kūiti
Major intersections	SH 32 south (Tihoi Road) at Whakamaru SH 32 north (Whakamaru Road) near Whakamaru SH 1 south at Ātiamuri SH 1 north at Upper Ātiamuri SH 5 south in Rotorua SH 5 north (Old Taupo Road) in Rotorua SH 33 at Tikitere SH 34 north (Kawerau Road West) near Kawerau SH 34 (Military Road/Kawerau Road) near Te Teko SH 2 north in Awakeri SH 2 south in Awakeri
Northeast end	Landing Road in Whakatane
Location
Country	New Zealand
Primary destinations	Mangakino, Ātiamuri, Rotorua, Awakeri
Highway system
New Zealand state highways Motorways and expressways List
← SH 29 → SH 31

State Highway 30 (SH 30) is a New Zealand state highway, linking the Waikato and Bay of Plenty towns of Te Kūiti, Mangakino, Rotorua, and Whakatāne.

At 219 kilometres, SH 30 is New Zealand's fifth longest provincial (two-digit) state highway, after SH 25, SH 35, SH 73, and SH 94.^[1] With the exception of SH 4, it has junctions with every national (one-digit) state highway in the North Island.

SH 30 has the most concurrencies of all the state highways. It shares sections with, from west to east, SH 32, SH 1, SH 5, SH 34 (albeit briefly), and SH 2.