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The presidential highway

The presidential highway

Since the 1990s, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore were respectively president and vice-president of the United States, the road between Clinton in Otago and Gore in Southland has been designated the 'presidential highway'.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Omissions and minor influences, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19371/the-presidential-highway (accessed 20 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

Deane
14 July 2015
The Encyclopedia omits to mention that the "alternative route" from Clinton to Mataura became known, at the same time, as the Monica Lewinsky Highway.