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Twisty motorcycle roads in New Zealand

2,822 twisty stretches · 27,070 km of twisty road — joined from OpenStreetMap geometry and scored by NavForge's map pipeline. Paved, unpaved and flowing stretches ranked separately.

Whole roads, not fragments: OpenStreetMap ways are joined into roads, walked one kilometre at a time, and every run of twisty kilometres becomes a stretch with a from → to. Paved, unpaved and flowing (sweeper) stretches are ranked separately by twisty kilometres. Click a stretch to see it on the map above.

2,822
Twisty stretches
27,070 km
Twisty kilometres
295
Flowing stretches
40 km
Longest paved stretch · Ōhura Road (SH 43)
Akatarawa Road · Upper Hutt → Waikanae

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

22.6 km · 22.6 twisty km · best km 14 · ~121 tight corners
km 7–29.6 of 29.6

Score 11 · High

Tākaka Hill Highway (SH 60) · Riwaka → Upper Tākaka

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

24.0 km · 22.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~7 tight corners
km 11–35 of 84

Score 10 · High

Ōhura Road (SH 43) · Douglas → Whangamōmona

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

40.0 km · 27.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~59 tight corners
km 19–59 of 148.6

Score 9 · High

Queen Charlotte Drive · Anakiwa → Picton

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

15.7 km · 15.7 twisty km · best km 13 · ~10 tight corners
km 17–32.7 of 32.7

Score 11 · High

State Highway 12 (SH 12) · Waimamaku → Kaitui

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

22.0 km · 21.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~16 tight corners
km 78–100 of 216.8

Score 10 · High

Ahu Ahu Valley Road · Te Tuhi Junction → Koriniti Pā / Ōtūkōpiri

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

14.9 km · 14.9 twisty km · best km 13 · ~97 tight corners
km 0–14.9 of 14.9

Score 11 · High

Matapouri Road · Hikurangi → Ngunguru

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

24.0 km · 20.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~14 tight corners
km 1.1–25.1 of 25.1

Score 9 · High

Karamea Highway (67) · Little Wanganui / Whanganui → Seddonville

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

21.0 km · 19.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~13 tight corners
km 29–50 of 51.8

Score 9 · High

Summit Road · Hilltop → Akaroa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

26.6 km · 21.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–26.6 of 26.6

Score 9 · High

Tennyson Inlet Road · Ōkiwi Bay → Duncan Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.4 km · 10.4 twisty km · best km 13 · ~54 tight corners
km 0–10.4 of 10.4

Score 12 · Extreme

Kaiwhata Road · Flat Point → Te Wharau

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.0 km · 13.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~66 tight corners
km 0–13 of 13

Score 10 · High

State Highway 1 (SH 1) · Mangamuka → Mangataiore

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.0 km · 13.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~8 tight corners
km 55–68 of 87.9

Score 10 · High

Pipiriki – Raetihi Road · Pipiriki → Raetihi

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

19.0 km · 18.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~71 tight corners
km 0–19 of 25.2

Score 9 · High

Carrington Road · Ōakura → Ōkato

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.9 km · 12.9 twisty km · best km 12 · ~44 tight corners
km 13.3–27.2 of 27.9

Score 10 · High

Manganui Road · Waikawau → Mōkau

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

27.0 km · 21.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~65 tight corners
km 0–27 of 27.8

Score 8 · High

Manaia Road / Thames Coast Road (SH 25) · Tapu → Coromandel

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

26.0 km · 19.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 22–48 of 97.3

Score 8 · High

Lone Kauri Road · Piha → Karekare

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.6 km · 8.6 twisty km · best km 12 · ~19 tight corners
km 0–8.6 of 8.6

Score 12 · Extreme

Christchurch Akaroa Road (SH 75) · Duvauchelle → Little River

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

17.9 km · 15.9 twisty km · best km 10
km 6.1–24 of 70

Score 9 · High

Moetapu Bay Road · Havelock → Anakiwa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~19 tight corners
km 0–7 of 7

Score 12 · Extreme

State Highway 2 · Pākuratahi → Featherston

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

11.0 km · 11.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 32–43.1 of 68.9

Score 10 · High

Whangapoua Road (SH 25) · near Coromandel

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~35 tight corners
km 54–64.1 of 97.3

Score 11 · High

Summit Road · Christchurch → Teddington

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

17.5 km · 15.5 twisty km · best km 11 · ~4 tight corners
km 1–18.5 of 18.5

Score 9 · High

Colville Road · Colville → Coromandel

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

20.2 km · 16.2 twisty km · best km 11 · ~11 tight corners
km 6–26.3 of 26.3

Score 8 · High

Tiriraukawa Road · Taihape → Tiriraukawa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~49 tight corners
km 0–12 of 12

Score 9 · High

Aropaoanui Road · Waipātiki Beach → Devils Elbow

Paved twisty
Paved 92%

12.7 km · 12.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~47 tight corners
km 1–13.7 of 13.7

Score 9 · High

Kenepuru Road · Linkwater → Nōpera

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 71%

70.2 km · 70.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~118 tight corners
km 1–71.2 of 71.2

Score 11 · High

Motu Road · Omarumutu → Mōtū

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 16%

57.1 km · 51.2 twisty km · best km 14 · ~411 tight corners
km 0–57.1 of 66.4

Score 11 · High

Port Underwood Road · Picton → Rārangi

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 55%

40.2 km · 40.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~114 tight corners
km 0–40.2 of 40.2

Score 12 · Extreme

Croisilles French Pass Road · French Pass / Anaru → Ōkiwi Bay

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 43%

38.4 km · 38.4 twisty km · best km 12 · ~75 tight corners
km 0–38.4 of 38.4

Score 10 · High

Waikaremoana Road · Āniwaniwa → Ruatāhuna

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 12%

45.1 km · 41.2 twisty km · best km 12 · ~94 tight corners
km 0–45.1 of 45.1

Score 10 · High

Bushy Knoll Road · Ruakituri → Hangaroa

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

30.8 km · 28.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~306 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–30.8 of 30.8

Score 11 · High

Mangapurua Track · Otaihanga Reach → Riamaki / Upper Ruatiti

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

23.8 km · 23.8 twisty km · best km 14 · ~217 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–23.8 of 23.8

Score 12 · Extreme

Tauwhareparae Road · Takapau → Huiarua

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 25%

44.1 km · 40.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~134 tight corners
km 2–46.1 of 46.1

Score 10 · High

Rawhitiroa Road · Moeroa → Mangamingi

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 40%

29.0 km · 29.0 twisty km · best km 14 · ~220 tight corners
km 0–29 of 46.5

Score 11 · High

Te Towaka-Port Ligar Road · Bulwer → French Pass / Anaru

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

21.5 km · 21.5 twisty km · best km 14 · ~67 tight corners
km 0–21.5 of 21.5

Score 12 · Extreme

Watershed Road · Taunoka → Te Tuhi Junction

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

20.1 km · 20.1 twisty km · best km 14 · ~187 tight corners
km 0–20.1 of 20.1

Score 12 · Extreme

Whakarau Road · Poututu → Mōtū

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 16%

35.3 km · 32.4 twisty km · best km 12 · ~157 tight corners
km 4–39.4 of 39.4

Score 10 · High

Hauturu Road · Waitomo Caves → Hauturu

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

28.0 km · 26.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~223 tight corners
km 0–28 of 33.3

Score 11 · High

Ridge Road · Pohangina → Āpiti

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 9%

31.0 km · 30.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~135 tight corners
km 0–31 of 32

Score 10 · High

Pohokura Road · near Tūtira

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 8%

28.7 km · 28.7 twisty km · best km 12 · ~103 tight corners
km 0–28.7 of 28.7

Score 10 · High

Putere Road · Putere → Second Flat

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 25%

30.0 km · 28.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~156 tight corners
km 0–30 of 39.8

Score 10 · High

Gordons Road · near Wakefield

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

23.3 km · 23.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~161 tight corners
km 0–23.3 of 23.3

Score 11 · High

Matahiwi Track · Oreore → Matahiwi

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

19.9 km · 19.9 twisty km · best km 14 · ~215 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–19.9 of 19.9

Score 12 · Extreme

Tarndale Road · Kirks Clearing → Huiarua

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

34.8 km · 32.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~184 tight corners
km 0–34.8 of 34.8

Score 9 · High

Turakina Valley Road · Waiouru → Ōtāiri

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 8%

47.9 km · 40.8 twisty km · best km 11 · ~148 tight corners
km 7.1–55 of 104.3

Score 8 · High

Parikanapa Road · Waerengaokurī → Tiniroto

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

26.5 km · 26.5 twisty km · best km 12 · ~116 tight corners
km 0–26.5 of 26.5

Score 10 · High

Tumbledown Bay Road · Picton → Onapua Bay

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

18.5 km · 18.5 twisty km · best km 13 · ~200 tight corners
km 0–18.5 of 18.5

Score 12 · Extreme

Staircase Road · Badmans Flat → The Forks

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

26.1 km · 26.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~138 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–26.1 of 27.1

Score 10 · High

Haurangi Road · near Ruakōkoputuna

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

18.8 km · 18.8 twisty km · best km 14 · ~130 tight corners
km 1–19.8 of 19.8

Score 12 · Extreme

Kauarapaoa Road · Te Tuhi Junction → Kemps Pole

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

27.2 km · 27.2 twisty km · best km 12 · ~196 tight corners
km 0–27.2 of 27.2

Score 10 · High

Tiniroto Road · Marumaru → Waerengaokurī

Flowing
Paved 100%

47.0 km · 23.3 twisty km · best km 10 · ~28 tight corners
km 15.1–62.1 of 83.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Ōhura Road (40) · Mangatupoto → Mangaparo

Flowing
Paved 100%

47.4 km · 20.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~25 tight corners
km 0–47.4 of 47.4

Score 7 · Moderate

Whanganui River Road · Pipiriki → Atene

Flowing
Paved 100%

36.0 km · 17.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~41 tight corners
km 0–36 of 61.8

Score 7 · Moderate

Tarata Road · Purangi → Inglewood

Flowing
Paved 93%

30.1 km · 14.9 twisty km · best km 13 · ~92 tight corners
km 0–30.1 of 36.1

Score 8 · High

Waioeka Road · Mātāwai → Oponae

Flowing
Paved 100%

37.1 km · 15.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 45–82.1 of 130.1

Score 7 · Moderate

Waitotara Valley Road · Waitōtara → Makakaho Junction

Flowing
Paved 100%

43.2 km · 13.4 twisty km · best km 9 · ~37 tight corners
km 0–43.2 of 43.2

Score 6 · Moderate

Highway 22 · Glen Murray → Waingaro

Flowing
Paved 100%

36.9 km · 14.3 twisty km · best km 9 · ~7 tight corners
km 25.1–62 of 62

Score 6 · Moderate

Route 52 (52) · Pōrangahau → Weber

Flowing
Paved 100%

39.0 km · 15.8 twisty km · best km 9 · ~29 tight corners
km 45–84 of 136.3

Score 6 · Moderate

State Highway 35 (SH 35) · Te Kaha → Waihau Bay

Flowing
Paved 100%

29.3 km · 13.3 twisty km · best km 10 · ~18 tight corners
km 71–100.3 of 197.1

Score 7 · Moderate

State Highway 35 (SH 35) · Hawai → Omaio

Flowing
Paved 100%

27.1 km · 12.8 twisty km · best km 10 · ~15 tight corners
km 27–54.1 of 197.1

Score 7 · Moderate

State Highway 4 · Oreore → Mangamahu

Flowing
Paved 100%

38.0 km · 11.1 twisty km · best km 9 · ~6 tight corners
km 119–157 of 187.4

Score 6 · Moderate

Puketitiri Road · Puketitiri → Rissington

Flowing
Paved 100%

26.2 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~31 tight corners
km 2–28.2 of 49.9

Score 7 · Moderate

Pahiatua Pongaroa Road · Pongaroa → Pahiatua

Flowing
Paved 100%

24.0 km · 9.1 twisty km · best km 9 · ~8 tight corners
km 13–37 of 50.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Highcliff Road · Harwood → Dunedin

Flowing
Paved 100%

15.3 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–15.3 of 15.3

Score 8 · High

Waiapu Road · Kōpuaroa → Tokomaru Bay

Flowing
Paved 100%

20.9 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 15.1–36 of 74.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Ongarue – Waimiha Road · Waimiha → Ongarue

Flowing
Paved 100%

18.1 km · 9.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–18.1 of 18.1

Score 7 · Moderate

Fox Glacier Highway · Fox Glacier → Franz Josef / Waiau

Flowing
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 11
km 247–264 of 403.2

Score 7 · Moderate

Mangakahia Road (SH 15) · Tautoro → Pakotai

Flowing
Paved 100%

22.4 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~1 tight corners
km 12–34.4 of 71.6

Score 6 · Moderate

Ruanui Road · Mataroa → Colliers Junction

Flowing
Paved 94%

17.9 km · 7.9 twisty km · best km 9 · ~10 tight corners
km 0–17.9 of 17.9

Score 6 · Moderate

Okoki Road · Pehu → Urenui

Flowing
Paved 90%

17.1 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~13 tight corners
km 0–17.1 of 17.1

Score 7 · Moderate

Farm Road · Waipukurau → Ōueroa

Flowing
Paved 100%

15.4 km · 7.2 twisty km · best km 9 · ~19 tight corners
km 4–19.4 of 19.4

Score 7 · Moderate

Oio Road · Ōwhango → Kaitieke

Flowing
Paved 100%

19.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~10 tight corners
km 0–19 of 42.6

Score 6 · Moderate

Hetherington Road · Huntly → Naike

Flowing
Paved 100%

20.4 km · 4.4 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners
km 2–22.4 of 22.4

Score 6 · Moderate

Paihia Road (SH 11) · Paihia → Kawakawa

Flowing
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 0–17 of 17

Score 6 · Moderate

Whangaehu Valley Road (52) · Dreyers Rock → Whangaehu

Flowing
Paved 100%

21.0 km · 7.8 twisty km · best km 8 · ~7 tight corners
km 24–45 of 51.8

Score 6 · Moderate

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Twisty roads around a town in New Zealand

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Alexandra 11
Anatori 11
Arthur’s Pass 4
Ashley Clinton 96
Badmans Flat 44
Blackball 7
Boyle Village 8
Broadwood 47
Burnbrae 14
Caldervale 14
Cambridge 89
Campbells Beach 36
Cattle Creek 12
Christchurch 28
Claris 13
Clarks Beach 71
Clyde 15
Coromandel 36
Croziers Terrace 11
Donnellys Crossing 50
Dunedin 16
Eltham 73
Flat Point 37
Garston 13
Gladstone 55
Glendonald 77
Greytown 64
Hamurana 58
Harihari 4
Havelock North 52
Herekino 38
Hinemaurea Marae 34
Huiarua 54
Ikamatua 11
Inglewood 59
Kaikohe 77
Katikati 49
Kawakawa 78
Kawakawa Bay 76
Kererū 76
Kikiwa 35
Kimbolton 92
Kohuratahi 90
Kononi 11
Kopuriki 41
Kuripapango 60
Kākā 39
Lake Rotomā 43
Lawrence 12
Lees Valley 9
Logantown 10
Lyttles Farm 8
Makahu 94
Mangamahu 82
Mangaore 58
Mangaweka 77
Mangawhai 47
Manuka Flat 16
Maramarua 71
Matahi 41
Mataikona 76
Matakohe 49
Mauriceville 79
Meremere 72
Moeawatea 77
Morrisons 9
Motueka 51
Motukaika 7
Murchison 25
Murupara 42
Māhia Beach 28
Mātauri Bay 43
Mōhaka 62
Mōtū 57
Naike 65
Naseby 10
Ngaiotonga 56
Ngakuru 49
Ngaroma 89
Ngāruawāhia 79
Omahuta 58
Omarumutu 29
Onewhero 72
Opouteke 56
Orautoha 93
Ormondville 99
Oruanui 29
Oxford 15
Pahangaotekorowhiti 51
Pahiatua 97
Paparoa 54
Parakai 55
Picton 44
Piha 56
Piripāua 55
Pohangina 102
Pohokura 60
Ponga 79
Pongaroa 87
Port Charles 27
Pounawea 12
Progress Valley 8
Putāruru 83
Pāhaoa 26
Pōhara 23
Pōtaka 22
Pūhoi 51
Pūkorokoro / Miranda 69
Queenstown 15
Raeotutemahuta 23
Raglan 76
Rakautara 10
Rangipo West Camp 48
Reefton 18
Richmond Downs 72
Rissington 64
Roxburgh 11
Ruatāhuna 45
Ruawai 33
Ruawaro 68
Springs Junction 8
Taiwananga 22
Takapau 40
Tapawera 49
Tauwhare 91
Tauwharepārae 45
Te Kaha 30
Te Kūiti 92
Te Maire 73
Te Tuhi Junction 81
Te Whaiti 37
The Peaks 12
Tikitiki Woolwash 60
Tiniroto 61
Tinkers Diggings 8
Tokomaru Bay 39
Tolaga Bay 39
Tutamoe 60
Tuturumuri 35
Tāpora 42
Tūroa Village 71
Upper Hutt 36
Urutī 74
Utuwai 97
Waiau 14
Waikawau 84
Waimamaku 50
Waimangu 42
Waimiha 78
Waipapa 81
Waipawa 74
Wairoa 58
Waiterimu 73
Waitiki Landing 4
Waitōtara 50
Wallingford 65
Ward 10
Welcome Bay 53
Whakamaru 54
Whangamatā 33
Whangaparāoa 6
Whangara 51
Whangārei 68
Whareama 60
Whareata 29
Whiterock 14
Willow Flat 19
Ākitio 76
Ōakura 16
Ōhura 78
Ōkato 38
Ōkiwi 9
Ōkiwi Bay 48
Ōmakere 54
Ōmiha 72
Ōtira 4
Ōwhango 56

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