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Add my experience from hitchhiking from Drury near Papakura.
== From Papakura ==
There's a service station, but it is not as easy to get to as once before (the hole in the fence is gone). Your best bet is to go start hitchhiking and walking down great south road, and someone will likely stop for you within 20 minutes.
On Jan 17th, 2020 I (ChurNewZealand on Hitchwiki) took the train to Papakura and then caught the bus to Drury which is a few minutes down the road. There's plenty of space for cars to pull over before the go onto the motorway from here. There isn't a heap of traffic going onto the motorway but there's so much space. Waited ~5 mins and got a ride to Rotorua.
== From Center ==