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Paekākāriki Hill Road, North Island, New Zealand
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Paekakariki Hill Road is one of the most beautiful coastal drives in the world. Paekākāriki Hill Road runs approximately north to south from Paekākāriki to Pāuatahanui. The Paekākāriki Hill Road was built to pacify Wellington region after the Hutt Valley War of 1845-6. British Army engineers with Māori road-building gangs completed the road in November 1849, linking Wellington and Porirua with the beach road to Whanganui.
Paekākāriki Hill remained the main highway north until 1939, when Centennial Highway eliminated the arduous and often dangerous climb.
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