State Highway 26 (New Zealand)
# State Highway 26 (New Zealand)

State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a state highway in the North Island of New Zealand, linking Hamilton with the Coromandel Peninsula. It starts from the Waikato Expressway at Ruakura on the eastern outskirts of Hamilton and travels 96 kilometres to Kopu, 6 kilometres south of Thames. It passes through Morrinsville, Te Aroha and Paeroa.

## Major intersections

| Territorial authority | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waikato District / Hamilton City boundary | Ruakura | | | SH 1 north (Waikato Expressway) – Auckland SH 1 south (Waikato Expressway) – Rotorua, Taupō | SH 26 begins |
| Waikato District | Newstead | 6 | 3.7 | SH 1B north (Marshmeadow Road) – Taupiri | SH 26/SH 1B concurrency begins |
| Waikato District | Newstead | 7 | 4.3 | SH 1B south (Hoeka Road) – Cambridge | SH 26/SH 1B concurrency ends |
| Matamata-Piako District | Tatuanui | 35 | 22 | SH 27 north – Auckland SH 27 south – Matamata, Tīrau | |
| Hauraki District | Paeroa | 69 | 43 | SH 2 south (Normanby Road) – Tauranga | SH 26/SH 2 concurrency begins |
| Hauraki District | Paeroa | 69 | 43 | SH 2 north (Normanby Road) – Auckland | SH 26/SH 2 concurrency ends |
| Thames-Coromandel District | Kopu | 95 | 59 | SH 25A (Kopu-Hikuai Road) – Tairua, Whitianga, Whangamatā | |
| Thames-Coromandel District | Kopu | 96 | 60 | SH 25 west/Pacific Coast Highway – Auckland SH 25 north/Pacific Coast Highway – Thames, Coromandel Township | SH 26 ends |
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## Route changes

When the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway opened in July 2022, the western terminus of SH 26 was rerouted from its old terminus on Cambridge Road in Hillcrest to Ruakura Road to connect to the new location of SH 1 in a full diamond interchange.

