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New Zealand State Highway 46
State Highway 46 (SH 46) is a New Zealand state highway in the central North Island. Route For its entire length SH 46 shares the name Lake Rotoaira Road. It begins at Rangipo from and travels west to meet . This route is commonly used by holidaymakers travelling to the Whakapapa skifield and the Tongariro Crossing. It also forms part of a western bypass of the Desert Road when it can close due to snow. History SH 46 originally was gazetted SH 47A. It became SH 47 when the highway shifted along this designation (and SH 47A revoked) however after a few years SH 47 shifted back to its original (and current) location. For a short time it lost its state highway status until 1997 when the highway was gazetted again, this time as a new designation of SH 46. See also * List of New Zealand state highways This is a list of highways of the New Zealand state highway network The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rangipo
Te Onetapu (), commonly known as the Rangipo Desert (), is a barren desert-like environment located in New Zealand, located in the Ruapehu District on the North Island Volcanic Plateau; to the east of the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu, and to the west of the Kaimanawa Range. Etymology Two main names have been given to the desert, both of which are derived from te reo Māori and describe the area's history. The first of these, Te Onetapu, is derived from the words - beach or sand, and - sacred. This name refers to the death of Taiteariki, an ancestor of the Ngāti Rangi iwi who was killed at a location in the desert in early Māori history after conflict arose between him and two children of Houmea, Tura and Rotuia. Following Pākehā settlement and expansion into the region, the desert became known as Rangipo, from the Māori words , meaning sky, and , meaning night or darkness. This name references the story of Ngātoro-i-rangi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |