How can I help?

If you think a tourist highway from Cape Reinga to Bluff, New Zealand
which parallels but avoids New Zealand's main route, State Highway 1
is a good idea, here's what you can do:

• click on "comments" at the bottom of this article and leave a
constructive comment
• click on "The Other 1 travel guide" on the left of this web page, it
takes you to an editable Wikitravel page (
http://wikitravel.org/en/The_Other_1 ) -- you can help design The
Other 1!
• discuss and promote the idea in your community

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The Other 1:

a tourist highway from Cape Reinga to Bluff, New Zealand which
parallels but avoids New Zealand's main route, State Highway 1. 'The
Other 1' is a voluntary, non-profit project to benefit communities
along the route.

Welcome

Welcome to The Other 1

The Other 1 is a road trip itinerary which parallels and avoids State
Highway 1, the main north-south highway of New Zealand.

Highway 1 is mostly two-lane but average speeds are high, so this
itinerary aims to create a slower-speed touring route serving the main
destinations. In many cases the route given here is the old highway,
so the itinerary is like Route 66. The recommended route is no more
than 5 or so km to one or other side of the highway and does not use
any gravelled roads. The intention is to create a route ideal for
campervans and people admiring the view (and get these slowpokes off
the main highway!).

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The Other 1:

a tourist highway from Cape Reinga to Bluff, New Zealand which
parallels but avoids New Zealand's main route, State Highway 1. 'The
Other 1' is a voluntary, non-profit project to benefit communities
along the route.