Blessing and official opening of new section of State
Highway 33 near Paengaroa
| NZ Transport Agency
The new section of State Highway 33, between Paengaroa and Rotorua, was officially blessed by local hapu Ngati Pikiao and Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick, with this new realigned section of highways expected to provide safer travel connections from the Central Bay of Plenty to the Western Bay of Plenty for motorists.