| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| Backpacker Express Glenorchy | ? | Services from Queenstown to Glenorchy, Routeburn, Muddy Creek, Chinamans Bluff |
| Present | ||
| Backpacker Express Whangaparoa | by 1991 | G R Kemp. ex-NZRRS YMT |
| till 1999 | ||
| J C Baker | ? | Greymouth-Blaketown service and 1 vehicle acquired by NZRRS |
| 23/5/43 | ||
| Baker Reporoa | ? | School bus operator. To Vern Milne? |
| ? | ||
| Balfour Coachlines Balfour, Southland | by 1981 | Schoolbus and Charter services. Fleet included Leyland Lion. Henry & Beverley Short |
| till 1996 | ||
| B & M Transport Russell | by 1992 | Trading name of B A Hall, Jacks Bay |
| till 2003 | ||
| B & P Shuttle Rotorua | by 1997 | Trading name of P & M Voermanek. (email bouncing) |
| Present? | ||
| Barber & Whetton Ltd | ? | Wellington-Hutt Valley services and 7 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 20/2/1928 | ||
| J A Barclay Woodend, Christchurch | by 1996 | Bedford VAM, Hino BT51 |
| till 2002 | ||
| Barefoot Adventures Pahia | by 2003 | Adventure tour operator. Chris Scott |
| Present | ||
| Barnaby's Passenger Service Ltd Pukekohe | by 1947 | Charter and school bus operator. May have sold to Hardy's |
| till 1980 | ||
| Barnard's Coach & Boat Tour Co. Wellington | ? | Charter operator. |
| Present | ||
| Barriball Motors Ltd Inglewood | ? | School and charter operator. Merged with Midhusrt Motors in 1990?. Acquired by Tranzit 2007 |
| Present | ||
| Barrier Travel Tryphena, Gt Barrier Is | by 1990 | Owned Leyland OCU435 Cub ex-Johnstons and Bedford VAM. Owner Paki Pye |
| till 2001 | ||
| Batchelor Coachlines Rangiora | by 1981 | Brian Batchelor, Peter Batchelor |
| till 1993 | ||
| A J Bates Outram | ? | ex Otago Road Services Ford V8 |
| ? | ||
| Bay Bus and Coaches Ltd Whakatane | ? | owned Ford Tourliner Coach 1997 Marion and John Dalton |
| ? | ||
| Bay Coachlines Ltd Whakatane | By 1982 | Charter and Schoolbus operator. Became Transbay Coaches Ltd. Previously Caves Transport |
| 14/11/95 | ||
| Bay of Islands Shuttle Services Okaihau | By 1998 | Rangi Rakena. Ex-NZRRS YMT |
| till 2000 | ||
| Bay Tours & Charters Napier | 1982 | Charter and tour operator. 4 minibuses, 29 and 45 seat Fuso coaches previously Bay Mini Tours |
| Present | ||
| Bay Xpress Hastings | Refer Karamu Coachlines Ltd | |
| Bayes Coachlines Ltd Albany | 1979 | Initially Bayes Bros Dairy Flat Ltd. Acquired 4 school runs and 4 buses from George Roberts; 4 school runs and 5 buses from John Kennedy of Orewa. Now also operates charter services from depots in Auckland & Christchurch. Also Albany-Takapuna scheduled service. |
| Present | ||
| Bayline Group Tauranga | 1919 | Operates schedules services in Tauranga and Whakatane. Operated services in Hamilton 2003-05 Charter operations |
| Present | ||
| Baylis Bros (Leeston) Ltd Leeston, Canterbury | by 1988 | Bedford VAMs |
| till 1995 | ||
| Bayly's Beach Tours Dargaville | . | Tour Operator |
| Present | ||
| Baz's Taxi Paeroa | by 2004 | ex-Pacific Tourways Hino Ac140 |
| Present | ||
| BBQ Bus Arrowtown | . | Queenstown-Milford Sound tour operator |
| Present | ||
| Beau's Coachlines Christchurch | ? | Charter services |
| Present | ||
| Roy Beamish | ? | Hamilton-Matamata services |
| 1930 | ||
| Beckley Coachlines Ashburton | ? | Charter services |
| Present | ||
| Beeline Ltd Hastings | ? | School bus services |
| Present | ||
| H R Belcher | . | Christchurch-Kowhai Bush service and 1 bus acquired by NZRRS |
| 16/4/28 | ||
| Bell Bus Company Ngaio Wellington | c1920 | Wellington-Ngaio-Khandallah services and Wellington sightseeing. Operated 11 buses when acquired by NZRRS |
| 1/7/1936 | ||
| Bell Motors Reefton | . | Charter services |
| Present | ||
| Bennetts Passenger Service Ltd Tuatapere | by 1980 | operated Ford R1114 with Midland Coachwork. Sold to Brazier Motors, Nigthcaps |
| Till 1994 | ||
| Bennetts Passenger Service 1989 Ltd Arrowtown | 1989? | operated Hino BG100 and Ford R1114s |
| Till 1999 | ||
| C E Bentley | ? | Wellington-Hutt Valley services and 3 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 23/12/1928 | ||
| BES Ltd Waiuku | . | owned Ford R1114 2000-01 |
| . | ||
| Bethlehem Coachlines Tauranga | 1981 | Operated by a number of companies with interesting names. Acquired by Neil & Michelle Jamieson 2003? Charter & school bus. |
| Present | ||
| Betty's Travel Ltd Howick, Auckland | . | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Bev's Small Group Tours Christchurch | . | Tour operators (Beverley Gilbert) |
| Present | ||
| Bickley Motors Ltd Takaka | 1979 | Takaka-Collingwood-Heaphy Track service as Golden Bay Coachlines. School bus & charter services. Changed name to Golden Bay Coachlines |
| 30/3/11 | ||
| Brian Bickmore Lower Moutere, Nelson | by 1993 | Bedford VAM70, Ford N1117 |
| till 1995 | ||
| Big Fun Tours NZ Ltd Christchurch | ? | Tour operators (M Shiotsuki) |
| Present | ||
| The Big Limo Dunedin | ? | Party bus and charter services with 16 and 22 seater bus |
| Present | ||
| Billy Bus Greenhithe Auckland | 2004? | Party and charter bus operation. Michael Painter |
| Present | ||
| Billy B Buses 2004 Albany | 2004 | Party and charter bus operation. Paul Squire - is this a change of owner of the above? |
| Present | ||
| Birkenhead Transport Auckland | 1920s? | Les Purdie proprietor. Taken over by Charlie Inwards to form Birkenhead transport Ltd |
| 1933 | ||
| Birkenhead Transport Ltd Auckland | 1933 | Scheduled services from Birkenhead, Birkdale, Beachhaven, Glenfield, Greeenhithe to Downtown Auckland and Takapuna. Operated by Inwards family |
| Present | ||
| BJC Enterprises Avondale, Auckland | ? | School bus operator |
| present | ||
| Black and White Buses Tauranga | by 1963 | George Beagley. Greerton route services and charter operations. |
| 4/4/73 | ||
| Black and White Buses Ltd Tauranga | 4/4/73 | Greerton route services and charter operations. Became part of Bayline Group |
| 1989 | ||
| Lesley & Ian Blain Ashburton | refer Vanleigh Buses | |
| Blair Motor Coaches Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua | by 1971 | Charter Operator |
| till 1976 | ||
| Bruce Blakeborough Taupo | by 1989 | School bus operator |
| till 1992 | ||
| Blanford Bros Auroa, South Taranki | ? | Operated Forward control White |
| ? | ||
| Blank Bus Services Warkworth | by 1987 | Operated Bedford VAM. Acquired by Gubbs Motors Ltd? |
| 23/4/90 | ||
| Blenheim Transport Ltd Blenheim | by 1982 | Operated Bedford VAM and Volvo B10M. Same address as De Luxe Motor Services |
| till 1993 | ||
| Blondells Passenger Services Ltd Oamaru | by 1985 | Operated Hino BG100 & VAM Ivan Blondell |
| till 2000 | ||
| Blucks Transport Nuhaka | 1920s? | Mainly a trucking company but operated a combined passenger & freight Mahia-Nuhaka-Wairoa |
| ? | ||
| Blue and White Tours Whangarei | ? | Trading name for tour operations of Whangarei Bus Company |
| ? | ||
| Blue Bus Services Masterton | 1924 | Commmenced with Carterton-Masterton service. Changed name to Tranzit Coachlines 1985 |
| 1985 | ||
| Blue Fleet Napier | . | Acquired by NZRRS see C. Newrick |
| 10/11/26 | ||
| Blue Star Bus Company Birkenhead | late 1920s | Birkdale-Birkenhead ferry service. Acquired by Charlie Inwards in 1933 to become Birkenhead Transport Ltd |
| 1933 | ||
| Blueline Motors Buses Ltd Hamilton | by 1981 | Acquired by CJ Worth to become Blueworth? Fleet included a Seddon Pennine ex-Pavlovich & Bonnici that passed to C J Worth LTd |
| till 1987 | ||
| Blue Worth Coachlines Hamilton | ? | Charter and school services. Legal name is CJ Worth Ltd Part of the Go-bus group |
| 2007 | ||
| Bluff - Invercargill Bus Service Stewart Island | . | Charter and tour operator |
| Present | ||
| Bluff Motors Ltd Bluff | by 1987 | Charter and tour operator. Scheduled services between Bluff and Invercargill |
| till 1995 | ||
| Bonnici Coachlines Ltd New Lynn | 28/6/74 | Charter operator nationwide. Acquired by Midland Coachlines c1981 |
| c1981 | ||
| Bonnici Motors Ltd New Lynn | c1955 | School bus and charter operator throughout Auckland City. Acquired Trans Tours in 1969. Renamed 1974 |
| 28/6/74 | ||
| S Bonnici Waihi? | . | Waihi-Waihi beach service and 5 buses sold to NZRRS |
| 5/6/47 | ||
| Boris Tours Epsom, Auckland | ? | Zhen Quiang Zou; Tour Operator |
| Present | ||
| Bottom Bus Dunedin | ? | Tour and Charter Operator. Dunedin - Invercargill - Riverton - Te Anau - Milford Sound - Queenstown - Dunedin backpackers serivce in conjunction with Kiwi Experience. Also own Penguin Express in Oamaru |
| Present | ||
| L H Bowerings | . | Mokauiti-Te Kuiti service and 1 bus acquired by NZRRS |
| 1/10/46 | ||
| Bowmans Buses Kaitaia | by 1995 | Charter and School bus operator. Bowmans 2000 Ltd. Acquired Noreast Coachlines in 2004 bringing fleet to 33 |
| Present | ||
| Boyd Motors(Ngaruawahia) Ltd Ngaruawahia | 1967 | Acquired Ngaruawahia business of Leslie Buses Ltd |
| ? | ||
| Bradleys Manakau, Horowhenua | . | Charter operator with 7 vehicles in 2004 Fuso MU525 , Fuso Mk515. Fuso MM527H ,Mitsi Rosa, Hino R192 and 1 Toyota HiAce Omnibus 1 Toyota HiAce 8 Seater tour coach |
| Present | ||
| Brauer Holdings Ltd Auckland | . | Tour operator |
| Present | ||
| Brazier Motors Blenheim | by 1980 | Lance Brazier. |
| till 1986 | ||
| Brazier Motors Ltd Nightcaps, Southland | by 1983 | School bus and charter services, Nightcaps and Tapanui. |
| Present | ||
| Bream Bay Buses Ltd Ruakaka | by 1979 | Operated Ford R1114 which passed to Newmans in 1983 |
| till 1983 | ||
| Brice Motors Clevedon | ? | Operated Maraetai-Beachlands-Auckland services in 70's |
| ? | ||
| Bristol Motors Ltd Greenhithe, Auckland | c2002 | Owned by Michael Painter, operated ex ARA MB0305, Volvo B10M (and perhaps some bristols?) |
| c2004 | ||
| W G & V I Bristowe Tikipunga, Whangarei | ? | Owned ex-Whangarei Ford R192 1994-2000 |
| . | ||
| Michael Broermann Christchurch | . | Operatored MCD coach 1992-95 |
| Present | ||
| Brooks Motors Ltd Maungatoroto | by 1974 | Charter and school bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Brosnan Motors Ltd Raglan | . | Scheduled Raglan-Hamilton (and Raglan-Auckland?) services. Charter and school bus |
| till 1998 | ||
| Brothers Travel Ltd Kaitaia | by 1994 | Operator of ex-NZRRS Hino BG100 |
| till 1996 | ||
| A G Brougham Buses Ltd Pukekohe | by 1983 | School and charter services. Company formed 12/2/87. Taken over by Murphy Buses, Thames |
| 1/6/07 | ||
| Arche Brown Mosgiel? | c1925 | Berwick-Mosgiel-Dunedin service acquired by Miller Finnie. Used a Studebaker bus initially later a 32 seat Minerva |
| c1935 | ||
| Thomas Brown Te Horo | by 1992 | Operated Hino BG100 composite |
| till 1997 | ||
| Bruns Charter Services Ltd Waipukurau | ? | School and charter services Approx 15 buses. |
| Present | ||
| E D Bryant Ltd Waitakaruru | by 1978 | School bus operator. Acquired by Murphy Buses? |
| 27/2/91 | ||
| Allan Buchanan Invercargill | 24/11/91 | School bus and charter services |
| till 2004 | ||
| Buchanan Motors Ltd Invercargill | by 1979 | Schoool bus and charter services |
| 24/11/91 | ||
| J W Buckley Paraparaumu | 1930s | Paraparaumu-Paekakariki service and 4 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 20/9/42 | ||
| Vic Buckton Paengaroa | ? | 3 buses. 1946 self bodied Bedford, 1936 & 39 Ford V8s. Sold to Con Buckley, Tui Motors |
| 1950 | ||
| Malcolm Budd Fairfield, Dunedin | By 2001 | see Otago Explorer |
| Present | ||
| D G Bull Wellsford | By 1940 | Operated 1940 New Look Ford V8 |
| till 1952 | ||
| Buller Motorways Ltd Westport | ? | In the 1950's this company had a fleet of buses providing transport for miners. Some were built by the company with designs similar to Midland. In 2004 fleet is 2 ex-Bonnici Seddons and a Ford tour coach. |
| Present | ||
| Burnetts Sceptic Tank Services Ltd Kumeu | by 1988 | This company was previously Kumeu Buses Ltd. The change of name of the company has been reflected on all historic records. |
| till 1999 | ||
| A A Burns Belgrove | ? | Nelson-Belgrove service and 5 vehicles acquired by NZRRS. Service sold with 2 Fords buses to Nelson Suburban Buses Ltd 1964. |
| 7/4/46 | ||
| Burns Motor Garage Ltd Wyndham | ? | See Menzies Coachlines |
| Present | ||
| Alec Burr Huapai | c1935 | Service car Huapai to Auckland via Taupaki, Waitekere, Tunnel Hill and Swanson. Used a Graham service car and a Diamond T 16 seater bus. Sold to Whenuapai Bus Co 1948 |
| 1948 | ||
| James Burrell Hawera | 1974 | Refer Meynell & Burrell |
| 1977 | ||
| C H Burridge Ltd Manakau, Horowhenua | . | Charter operator |
| Present | ||
| Burrows Coachlines Ltd Kaiapoi | by 1975 | Charter operator (J J Burrows). Late Ann Yorston |
| Present | ||
| Buses & Coach Services Auckland | . | Address in Ferry Bulding but phone number 07-834 9291 |
| Present | ||
| Buses & Coach Services Ashburton | 1989? | Charter Services Bus & Charter Operator operated by Michael Hanham |
| Present | ||
| Buses-East Auckland | . | Yellowpages listing 09-537-1111 |
| c1980 | ||
| Buses Ltd Hamilton | 193? | Suburban services in Hamilton. Rural services to surrounding towns. Acquired by Hamilton City Council c1980. Became Hamiltom City Bus Limited |
| c1980 | ||
| Bus Travel Ltd New Lynn | 1960 | School and charter services. Operated Huia-Auckland service. Operations merged with Commercial Buses to form Commercial Coach Lines. Both companies were owned by Philip Fry. |
| Jan 1996 | ||
| Bus Travel NZ Ltd Mangere | 15/2/08 | Tour and charter services. Previous Greg Paul NZ Coach Enterprises |
| Jan 1996 | ||
| Busworks Nelson | refer Nelson City Taxi Society | |
| T & T Butler Opotiki | by 1988 | School bus and charter. Tom & Tawhai Butler 3 buses in 2008 |
| Present | ||
| W Butler Opotiki | by 1954 | Purchased ATB Ford V8 1954 |
| ? | ||
| Wayne Butson Kaiapoi | . | see Texas Party Bus |
| . | ||
| Byers Taxis Ltd Waipawa | c1968 | School bus and charter Became Central Buses Ltd |
| 2/9/77 |
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