Eight years after the closure of the Manawatū Gorge Road, a blessing ceremony and ribbon cutting for 
Te Ahu a Turanga - Manawatū Tararua Highway (SH3) was held on 7 June 2025 and opened to motorists on 11 June 2025.

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Creator:      PDG
Place:          Te Āpiti Manawatū Gorge
Date:          June 11, 2026

Early bridge engineering for Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatū Tararua Highway. The new route will link the Manawatū and Tararua regions after the perminant closure of the Gorge road in 2017. Image taken from the new Gore Walk carpark.

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date:          April 30, 2021