| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| James MacAndrew Methven | . | owner of MCD ex-THL 607 |
| . | ||
| MacBus Auckland | 1994 | Trading name of Taranaki Coachlines Ltd. Operated in Auckland on routes 922, 947 and 777. 4 Bristols and 2 Designline MANs. Didn't last long. |
| 1995? | ||
| CP & JA McCann Rotorua | . | Charter services |
| Present | ||
| J McComb & Co Ltd Whakatane | . | To Caves Buses, Whakatane |
| 5/6/57 | ||
| John McCulloch Te Kauwhata | by 1982 | School bus services? To Carleys? |
| till 1995 | ||
| McDonald Services Rolleston, Christchurch | . | Tour operator |
| Present | ||
| McDermotts Coaches Ltd Winton, Southland | by 1974 | Tour and charter operator Graham McDermott till company formed 23/12/76 |
| Present | ||
| Donald McFadzien Ferndale, Gore | by 2002 | Refer Dons Coach Lines |
| present | ||
| Macfarlanes Atiamuri | . | School bus licence acquired by NZRRS |
| 24/12/45 | ||
| Macfarlanes Passenger Transport Te Aroha | . | Operated a PTC Moa and OPS1 |
| . | ||
| C J & S M McGlade Papakura, Auckland | . | Charter |
| Present | ||
| J McGlashans Ltd | . | Greymouth-Taylorville-Blackball service and 4 vehicles acquired by NZRRS. From 1960-69 NZRRS operated this service with one bus - the Lizard Bedford SB fleet no. 3141 |
| 3/11/40 | ||
| G R McGowan Balclutha | School bus operator | |
| Present | ||
| McGrath Buses Ltd Manunui, Taumarunui | by 1998 | School & Charter company formed July 1999. Acquired Taumaranui business of Ray Charteris and D J Koni Motor Services. |
| Present | ||
| McIntyre Coachline Mangere, Auckland | . | School & Charter. Stuart McIntyre |
| Present | ||
| C W McKenzie | . | Geraldine-Timaru service and 5 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 1/6/40 | ||
| McKeich Coachlines Ashburton | . | Charter operators |
| Present | ||
| McLachlin Passenger Services Ltd Owhango | By 1986 | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| McLeod Motors Helensville Ltd Helensville | By 1992 | School bus operator. Bedford VAM. To Ritchies |
| till 2002 | ||
| E V (Eric) McLew Palmerston | By 1968 | Ford Thames Trader bus |
| till 1976 | ||
| Alan McLister Winton | By 1970 | Ford Thames Trader bus |
| till 1972 | ||
| Todd McMeeking Te Puke | ? | Single bus operator. Sold to Tui Motors |
| 1950s | ||
| Donald McMillan Waimamaku, Northland | 1996 | Bedford YMT |
| till 1999 | ||
| E G McNabb Brookside, Leeston | by 1982 | School buses? |
| till 1996 | ||
| C R McNeill Waianawa, Southland | by 1977 | Ford R1114 |
| till 1983 | ||
| Madge Char-a-banc Motors Ltd Palmerston North | 1920 | Scheduled services from Palmerston North to Foxton, Feilding and Ashhurst. Now Palmerston North-Feilding and Otaki-Paraparaumu. Charter and school bus services. Madge Coachlines Ltd since 1991. Also trade as Transbay Coaches, Whakatane |
| Present | ||
| Magic Transport Darfield | by 1987 | Acquired ex-Leopard Bedford YRT |
| till 1990 | ||
| Magic Transport 1988 Ltd Queenstown | 1988 | ex-Fiordland Volvo B10M |
| till 1990 | ||
| Magic Travellers Network Auckland | . | Backpackers transport. Buses are operated by Tranzit in North Island. Nelson Suburban Buses Ltd in South Island |
| Present | ||
| Peter Maguire Waddington, Canterbury | by 1997 | Charter services with Volvo B10M |
| till 2000 | ||
| Main Coachlines Papatoetoe, Auckland | by 2003 | Tour and charter services |
| Present | ||
| Mainland Coaches Ltd Christchurch | by 1999 | Tour and charter operator |
| Present | ||
| Mainline Coachways Ltd Auckland | 1982 | Took over Auckland-Matamata-Tauranga/Rotorua/Taupo services from Midland Coachlines when they ceased business |
| 199? | ||
| Makora Transport Services Ltd Mangere, Auckland | 1998 | (Peter Fairgray) Charter services with ex-ARA MB0303 and 0305, became Favona Charter Service |
| 2003 | ||
| Mana Coach Services Ltd Porirua | by 1979 | Acquired Meehan Motors Ltd and Paraparaumu operations of NZRRS(199?). Scheduled services in Porirua, Kapiti. Charter and school bus services. Also acquired Newlands Coach Service 1998 |
| Present | ||
| Manaia Passenger Service Manaia, Taranaki | ? | Single bus operation. Sold to Newmans Coachlines |
| 1/8/77 | ||
| M & T Trading Geraldine | by 1995 | Owner of ex-NZRRS Hino M J & T E Neumann |
| Present | ||
| Mangahoe Bus Society Inc ? | ? | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| A G & K V Manson Dunsandel | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Manuhiri Ltd Ngongotaha, Rotorua | . | Tour & Charter. Wilhelm Lehmberg |
| Present | ||
| Manukau Bus Service Manurewa, Auckland | . | Sucessor of Tauranga Bus Services in Manurewa area |
| . | ||
| Manurewa Bus Service Manurewa, Auckland | . | Services between Manurewa and Auckland. Operated ex-Edwards Reos. Acquired by Tauranga Bus Services |
| c1965 | ||
| Manurewa Passenger Transport Manurewa, Auckland | . | School and urban routes passed to Papakura Bus Services Ltd Used 3 ex-CTB AEC Regals |
| 1986 | ||
| W G Marflitt | . | Wellington-Martinborough service and 3 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 25/6/45 | ||
| Marine Suburbs Bus Company Birkenhead | late 1920s? | Owned by Tom Smith. Operated services from Onewa Rd and Verrans Corner to Birkenhead Ferry. Service taken over by Birkenhead Transport Ltd |
| c1933 | ||
| MarlboroughTravel.co.nz Blenheim | . | Coach & Boat Charter services |
| Present | ||
| Marshall Motors Dunedin | by 1960 | Several ex Midland Leylands also new Ford Thames Trader with a Midland body ex Bedford WLB. To Newton Coachways |
| till 1962 | ||
| Martelli Motors Morrinsville | by 1965 | School bus and Charter operator. Sold to Greenline Motors? |
| till 1972 | ||
| Martin & Vernon Ltd Wanganui | 1912 | Member of White Star. Operated Wanganui-Marton-Palmerston North service. Acquired by Newman Bros North Island Ltd |
| 1/10/70 | ||
| G T Martin Hanmer Springs | by 1994 | ex-NZRRS Bedford YMT |
| till 1995 | ||
| R E Martin Mangere Auckland | by 1993 | ex-Reesby Ford R1114 |
| Present | ||
| Marton Coachlines Marton | . | Charter services; Fortnightly Marton- Hunterville scheduled service |
| Present | ||
| Peter Mason Makikihi | . | School bus operator taken over by Atkinson & Dowsett |
| 1982 | ||
| Masterton Bus Co Ltd Masterton | . | Sum knowledge is a photo of a Ford V8 ET177 |
| 1982 | ||
| Matakohe Passenger Transport Ltd Matakohe | by 1991 | Charter and school bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Matamata Passenger Services Matamata | . | Operated Matamata- Te Poi-Okoroire-Putaruru; Matamata-Cambridge service in 1940's 1950's. |
| . | ||
| Matamata Passenger Transport (1977) Ltd Matamata | 1977 | Charter and school bus services |
| Present | ||
| Matchmarc Holdings Ltd Papatoetoe | by 1992 | Owner ex-Abbotts MB0305, ex NZRRS YMT. Possibly a leasing company. |
| till 1994 | ||
| P R Mateparae Ratana Pa, Wanganui | By 1992 | Owner of ex-NZRRS Hino since 1992. Failed COF 1998 |
| Till 1998 | ||
| Maui Travel Ltd New Plymouth | by 1976 | Operated 1944 New Look Ford V8 |
| till 1979 | ||
| Maungati Coach Lines Maungati, Timaru | by 1992 | W & M Wilkes. Operating as MCL Tours by 2005. Charter & School bus services |
| Present | ||
| Maxwell Motor Services Ltd Masterton | . | Local services in Masterton until 1983. Charter |
| Present | ||
| A T & N A Mayor Co Ltd Wanganui | . | Refer Ash's Coachlines |
| . | ||
| MCL Tours Timaru | Refer Maungati Coach Lines | |
| Meehan and Narain Newlands | c1950 | Newlands-Wellington scheduled service. Became Newlands Coach Service. |
| c1970 | ||
| Meehan Motors Ltd Porirua | c1950 | Scheduled services in Porirua area. At some stage became Meehan and Narain and then Meehan Motors again. Now Mana Coach Services Ltd Meehans also owned Plimmerton Bus Co. |
| till 1979 | ||
| Peter Mechaelis Lauriston, Canterbury | by 1984 | Operated Bedford VAM and Isuzu JCR |
| till 1989 | ||
| Menzies Coach Lines Wyndham, Southland | by 1985 | Tour and charter services Reg name Burns Motor Garge Ltd |
| Present | ||
| Mercury Buses Ltd Martinborough | by 1992 | Acquired by Tranzit |
| 1999 | ||
| Methven Travel Methven | by 2004 | School and charter services. Graeme Mangin |
| Present | ||
| Metro Rentals Napier | 1993? | School and charter services Forster Jervis Consulting Ltd |
| Present | ||
| Robert Meynell Hawera | by 1970 | School and charter services. Later Meynell & Burrell |
| till 1974 | ||
| Meynell & Burrell Hawera | by 1970 | School and charter services with 2 buses. To Newmans Coachlines |
| 19/12/77 | ||
| MFN Ltd Palmerston North | . | Charter services? |
| Present | ||
| Richard Michaelson | ? | Qualified as a school bus operator by Department of Education |
| Present | ||
| Mid-Canterbury Transport Ashburton | by 1991 | A division of Mid Canterbury Industries Ltd. Charter services |
| till 1998 | ||
| Midhirst Motors 1974 Ltd Midhirst Taranaki | 1974 | Merged with Barriball Motors Ltd c1990 Alan & Irene Gooch. Acquired by Tranzit |
| 17/10/06 | ||
| Midland Coach Lines Christchurch | . | . |
| 1981 | ||
| Midland-Edwards Coachlines Ltd Auckland | Mar 1969 | Name of Edwards Motors Ltd after being taken over by Midland Coach Lines. Sold to Mainline Coachways |
| 1981 | ||
| Millars Carrying Co Patea | ? | 5 bus fleet sold to Newmans Coachlines |
| 10/9/80 | ||
| I & G Miller Waikaka, Southland | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| M S & V A Miller Matawai | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Millers Flat Holiday Park Millers Flat | ? | Russel Hannah. School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Vern Milne Reporoa | ? | Operated from a depot on State Highway 5 in 1960s. Sold to Kevin Smith of Reporoa Valley Transport |
| ? | ||
| Milnes Bus Services Thornbury, Southland | by 1983 | School bus service |
| till 1995 | ||
| Mini Tours (NZ) Ltd Auckland | 1967 | Commenced operating tours with a Commer Van. Built up a large fleet of minibuses. Renamed Scenic Coachlines Ltd |
| 1983 | ||
| Missing Link Christchurch | by 2001 | Party Bus operators Stuart & Heather Cadenhead |
| Present | ||
| Pamela Mist Taihape | by 1995 | School bus operator |
| till 1998 | ||
| Robert Mitchell Mosgiel | . | see Mosgiel Coach Services |
| . | ||
| M'n'R Travel Chrsitchurch | . | Tour operator |
| Present | ||
| Moatrek NZ Ltd Newmarket, Auckland | 1971 | Tour operators. Started with 1 Ford transit minicoach. Grew to 4 minibuses and 5 larger coaches on truck chassis. Sold to Contiki tours. Three Volvo B58 coaches ordered prior to sale delivered to Contiki Tours. |
| 1982 | ||
| Moatrek NZ Ltd Newmarket, Auckland | 1999 | Tour operators with Toyota Coaster 18 seaters |
| Present | ||
| Mocketts Motors Ltd | . | Christchurch-Hanmer-Waiau servces and 7 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| . | ||
| Molloy's Services Ltd Colac Bay, Southland | by 1994 | School Bus operator? Bedford YRT |
| till 1998 | ||
| Graeme Moore Tokoroa | 1993 | Operated ex-Newmans Volvo B58 |
| 1997 | ||
| Moore & Sellar Ltd Papatoetoe | by 1989 | Operated ex-Johnston's Bedford VAS |
| till 1990 | ||
| R J Moore Ltd Riverton | by 1975 | School bus and charter operator |
| till 1998 | ||
| W T & L D Morgan Helensville | 03/65 | School bus and charter previously Pengelly Motors |
| ? | ||
| Noel Morris New Plymouth | . | Owned ex-newmans Bedford YRT 1991-94 |
| . | ||
| Morrison Motors Papakura | . | Papakura suburban services. Services taken over by Papakura-Clevedon Services and Morrison Motors |
| 1980 | ||
| Dave Morunga Mangere | by 1991 | Ex NZRRS YMT and ex-Mt Cook Ford D0200 |
| till 2003 | ||
| Mosgiel Coach Services Mosgiel | by 1997 | Charter and school bus services (Robert Mitchell) |
| Present | ||
| Mosgiel Motor Service Mosgiel | . | Owned by Vince and Doug Bacon. Used Reo buses. Sold out to Archie Brown. |
| . | ||
| Motueka Bus Co Motueka | by 1994 | School bus and charter services. |
| resent | ||
| Mountain Transport Ohakune | . | Fleet included Macks, Leyland OPS |
| . | ||
| Mount Buses Ltd Mt Maunganui | by 1948 | Became part of Tauranga Mt Maunganui Bus Co |
| 1969? | ||
| Mount Cook Landlines Ltd Pukekohe | c2000 | Keith Hardy. Operates a few coaches for Scenic Coachlines |
| Present | ||
| Mount Cook Line Timaru | 1906 | First servce Timaru to Pukaki as Mt Cook Tourist Co Ltd. Built up to a nationwide scheduled coach and tour service. Sold to Tourism Holdings Ltd |
| 1998 | ||
| Mount Eden Motor Bus Company Ltd Auckland | . | Acquired by Auckland City Council following fare regulation. Mt Eden service 1/11/26, rest of services 15/8/27 |
| 15/8/1927 | ||
| Mount Hutt Snowbus Christchurch | . | Tour & charter. Lloyd Dungey |
| Present | ||
| Mount Maunganui Charter Services 7/5/87 | . | Trading name for Charter service operated by Patricia & Keith Costello on acquiring Stent & McNutt Buses. Became Cozzie Coaches |
| 1991 | ||
| Mount Maunganui Bus Services Mt Maunganui | . | Yellow pages listing |
| present | ||
| Moyes Motors Whitianga | by 1968 | Leslie Moyes. Moyes Motors Ltd from 19/6/69. Sold to Henry Prestcott? |
| till 1975 | ||
| M P R Motors Thames | by 1993 | Murray Paul Ramsay. owned ex-NZRRS Hino 1993-97 Bedford SB in Te Puke 95-96 |
| till 1997 | ||
| K L Mulholland Ranfurly | refer Ranfurly Motors | |
| Murchison Buses Ltd Murchison | . | School Bus Operator |
| Present | ||
| David & Rona Murdoch Tauriko, Tauranga | by 1991 | school bus operator? Bedford VAM 70. |
| till 2001 | ||
| Robbie Murdoch Greenhithe, Auckland | . | owned ex-Newmans Volvo B58 1993-94 |
| . | ||
| Allan Muggeridge Waihi | by 1975 | School bus operator?. To Wahi Passnger Services |
| 24/6/77 | ||
| Murphy Buses Ltd Kerepehi | 1976 | Founded by Ngaire and Ian Murphy; School bus operator now operating over most of South Auckland and in parts of Auckland city. Also scheduled services on Coromanel peninsula. See also Turley Murphy. |
| Present | ||
| Todd Murphy Kerepehi | 1987? | Operated a Seddon in 1987. Passed into joint ownershp with Ngaire & Ian Murphy 1990. Todd Murphy is now manager of Murphy Buses Ltd and Turley Murphy. |
| ? | ||
| Murray Motors Ltd Huia | . | refer Huia Passenger Transport |
| 1960 | ||
| Rodney Murray Waiheke Island | by 2002 | operates ex-NZRRS Hino |
| Present | ||
| Murupara Passenger Services Murupara | . | Part of Reporoa Valley Transport group. |
| Present | ||
| Musgrave Services Ltd Opotiki | c1920 | George Anderson and Musgrave were brothers-in-law, both having married Parkinson girls of Opotiki. Anderson and Musgrave at first had their service cars doing the Opotiki to Matata railhead run. Acquired Gisborne-Opotiki service in 1926 from Charles Lovell. Sold with 6 vehicles (all Whites) to NZRRS. Operated via Motu until Waioeka Gorge route opened in 1930. |
| 06/1946 | ||
| Musson's Coachlines Christchurch | . | Tour and charter services |
| Present | ||
| Mutual Coachlines Auckland | . | Tour and charter services. Acquired by Newmans Coachlines |
| 1986? |
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