| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| Cain Road Services Nelson? | 2003? | Operates Nelson-St Arnaud service. Has 2 1962 ex-Newmans Albion Clydesdales |
| Present | ||
| Cairns Consulting Group Ltd Wellington | 1988? | Owner of 1988 Fuso WU3125 operated by Rudolph's Coaches |
| Present | ||
| Allan Calder Invercargill | by 1987 | School bus operator? Isuzu KS32 |
| till 1994 | ||
| Call A Bus Tauranga | ? | Yellow pages listing 0800-100-500 |
| Present | ||
| Cambridge Travel Lines Cambridge | c1965? | Leamington-Cambridge-Hamilton Service. Owned by T N Pidduck 60s & 70s Now Tauwhare Transport Ltd |
| Present | ||
| Canlis Super Tours Auckland | ? | yellow pages no address 09-533-6363 |
| Present | ||
| Mauryne Cannell Haast | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Canterbury Coach Co Rangiora | ? | Tour and Charter operators |
| Present | ||
| Cape Reinga Tours Kaitaia | ? | Tour and school bus operators |
| Present | ||
| Capital Adventure Tours Wellington | 2001 | Off road tours using an ex-army Unimog converted to a coach for use in filming Lord of the Rings |
| Present | ||
| Cape Reinga Tours Kaitaia | ? | Tours to Cape Reinga and charters. C Harrison |
| present | ||
| Carey's Sightseeing Tours Rotorua | by 1990 | tour operator |
| present | ||
| Carey's Sightseeing Tours Rotorua | by 1990 | tour operator |
| present | ||
| Carleys Transport Ltd Te Kauwhata | by 1985 | School bus and Charter opertor. Acquired by Go-bus |
| till 2002 | ||
| Murray Carpenter Te Aroha | by 2002 | owned Nissan Scorpoin RX102 2002 |
| till 2004 | ||
| Carrington Passenger Services Waitara, New Plymouth | ? | operated 2 ex-ARA MB 0305, Hino BG100 2xBedford NFM |
| 1994 | ||
| N & S Carter Ltd Ranui, Auckland | by 1990 | Charter operators. |
| present | ||
| Carterton Transport Ltd Carterton | by 1973 | Charter and school bus operators. To Tranzit Group |
| 2/11/81 | ||
| G & S Casey New Plymouth | by 1979 | Owned 1944 New Look Ford V8 |
| till 1982 | ||
| Catch A Bus Christchurch | ? | Door-to-door services Christchurch-Dunedin |
| Present | ||
| Caves Buses Whangarei Ltd Whangarei | ? | School bus & Charter operator |
| Present | ||
| Cave Buses Rotorua | by 1997 | School bus and charter operator (Ian Cave) |
| till 2000 | ||
| Caves Buses Ltd Whakatane | 5/6/57 | Acquired J McComb & Co Ltd (5/6/57), Ohope Transport (12/5/64), A C Doyle (4/2/74?). School bus and charter operator. Became Bay Coachlines Ltd |
| before 1982 | ||
| CB Charters Picton | 28/8/08 | Charter Operator Anthony Coia. Mercedes Benz 0303 |
| Present | ||
| C StC Cecil Wellingon | ? | Wellingon-Hutt Valley services and 3 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 12/4/28 | ||
| Central Buses Ltd Waipawa | 2/9/77 | School bus and charter. Formed in 1975 when Byers Taxis Ltd purchased E.J. Cleary Buses. Business but not the name sold to D F & J W Richards Contracting Ltd which was renamed Waipawa Buses Ltd. |
| 24/5/79 | ||
| Central Coachlines Levin | by 1992 | Charter operator with Volvo B58. Legal name Central Services Ltd. |
| till 1998 | ||
| Central Garage (Omakau) Ltd Omakau | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Central Motorways Ltd Alexandra | c1950 | School and charter operator acquired by current owners in 1979. |
| Present | ||
| Cesta Travel Dunedin | ? | In 1991 when municipal operators where required to competitively tender public transport Cesta Travel acquired routes in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Wellington operations were handed back to Welligton City Transport along with 1 bus used on route 18 from Newtown to Karori via University in 1995. Went into liquidation 1998. Founder Geoff Novak had esablished Southeastern buses in Dunedin who were equally controversial. |
| 1998 | ||
| Dennis Chappell Wellsford | By 1987 | Operated Bedford VAM14 |
| till 1990 | ||
| A Charles | ? | Christchurch-Coalgate service and 1 bus acquired by NZRRS |
| ? | ||
| R J Charteris Hastings | by 1990 | Charter Servces Operated ex-Bonnici Seddons 1990-1998, ex-Sunline AEC RP 1996-98, ex-NZRRS YMT 1996-98 Same operator as Charteris Motors Taumaranui |
| till 1998 | ||
| Charteris Motors Taumaranui | by 1989 | Ray Charteris. School and Charter services? acquired Rob Dowles business? |
| till 1997 | ||
| Charteau Transport Ltd Chateau Tongariro | ? | This business was amalgamated with Ruapehu Transport Ltd - a Bonicci Motors subsiduary. operated Chateau-National Park- Raetihi-Wanganui service Mon-Fri and Chateau-Ruapehu Rd daily. |
| 1962 | ||
| Chatham Motors Chatham Island | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Checker Service Napier | ? | See Napier Hastings Bus Co |
| 1926 | ||
| Cheltenhem Bus Co Auckland | ? | Acquired by North Shore Transport Ltd |
| ? | ||
| Chevalier Motors Auckland | ? | Acquired Keys Mack 23 |
| ? | ||
| S A Chrichton Wellington | ? | Wellington-Johnsonville service and 5 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 10/8/36 | ||
| Christchurch Bus Services Ltd Christchurch | 2004 | Scheduled services in Christchurch. Started with a fleet of 10 Mercedes Benz buses rebuilt as SLF by Designline. First operator in NZ of Zhong Tong urban buses. Also operated in Timaru as Timaru Bus Services until 2010. Sold to Go-Bus when Environment Canterbury threatened to cancel contracts |
| 2011 | ||
| Christchurch Coach Charters Christchurch | ? | Ken Watson |
| Present | ||
| Christchurch Sightseeing Tours Christchurch | c1990 | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Christchurch Transport Board Christchurch | 1903 | Established following collapse of Christchurch Tramway Co. First bus service 19?? Reorganised as Christchurch Transport Ltd to meet de-regulation legislation in 1991 |
| 1991? | ||
| Christchurch Transport Ltd Christchurch | 1991? | Private company still owned by Christchurch City set up to meet requirements of legislation privatising all municipal bus services. Changed name to Redbus Ltd |
| 1999 | ||
| Robert Christie Balclutha | by 1989 | Owned Hino BG100, Bedford YMT, Seddon Pennine IV. Sold to Valley Coachlines? |
| 1997 | ||
| Chess Taxis Auckland | ? | Operated Auckland-Waitakere-Taupaki service car. Owner Maurice Evershed joined Edward Motors in 1938. Was this the service acquired by Alec Burr c1935? |
| 1938 | ||
| Cheviot Motors Cheviot | ? | Kaikoura-Christchurch licence sold to NZRRS |
| 31/3/46 | ||
| City Bus Services Ltd Napier | 11/5/53 | Acquired suburban Napier services from Hawkes Bay Motor Co. Sold back to HBMC c1960 but operated as CityBus Serivce until c1970. Acquired Zenith Omnibus Co Ltd 1/3/65 |
| c1970 | ||
| City Connections Ngaruawahia | 2005 | Brian Southee. Operates Unibus services to Waikato University |
| Present | ||
| City Transfer Services Ltd Takapuna | ? | School bus and charter services. Operated 1 Sunday scheduled route on North Shore in 2004 |
| Present | ||
| City Travel Tauranga | by 1996 | Charter services? owned Bedford VAM 1996-99 NFM 2001 Hino BG100 1999-01 |
| Present | ||
| Citybus Newton Ltd Dunedin | 1991? | Suburban services in Dunedin, Charter services from Dunedin, Queenstown, Chrsitchurch |
| Present | ||
| Cityline Auckland Papakura | 198? | Trading name for NZRRS South Auckland services. Purchased by Stagecoach c1992 |
| Present | ||
| Cityline Hutt Valley Lower Hutt | 198? | Trading name for NZRRS Hutt Valley services. Purchased by Stagecoach 1992. Scheduled, school bus and charter services. Now operate as Valley Flyer. |
| Present | ||
| Cityline Christchurch Dunsandel | c1992 | K A & D Roberts. Purchased NZRRS Christchurch-Dunsandel service. Also School & Charter services. |
| 4/8/06 | ||
| Cityline Christchurch Ltd Dunsandel | 4/8/06 | School & Charter services. |
| Present | ||
| Civil Brothers Warkworth? | . | Warkworth-Kaipara Flats Railway Station service taken over by Gubbs Motors |
| ? | ||
| CJ Coachlines Wellington | c1985 | Charter operations |
| c2000 | ||
| CJM Busline Auckland | by 1999 | Carolyn Jane Machee |
| till 2001 | ||
| Clarence River Rafting Clarence Bridge, Marlborough | ? | Charter & School bus services. Ben Judge |
| Present | ||
| Clarks Garage Ltd Maromaku | . | Charter and school bus services. B S Clark |
| Present | ||
| Clark's Coachline Kawakawa | . | Tour operator nationwide. Depots Kawakawa and Christchurch. Opertated Northliner until 1990 |
| Present | ||
| Classic Coaches Wainuiomata, Wellington | . | Charter and school bus services. Richard Potts |
| Present | ||
| E J Cleary Buses Waipawa | mid 50s | Charter services. Sold to Byers Taxis Ltd which then became Central Buses Ltd in 1977. |
| 12/2/75 | ||
| Clevedon Charter Coaches Ltd Papakura | by 1989 | Charter services. ex-Midland Seddon Pennine |
| till 1991 | ||
| Clinton Bus Services Clinton | by 1998 | Allan-H enterprises, Charter & School Bus services |
| Present | ||
| Coach Co Plimmerton, Wellington | . | Charter and tour service. |
| Present | ||
| The Coach Connection Hastings | by 1999 | Hino Ac140. Colin Smith |
| till 2001 | ||
| Coachlines Hawkes Bay Hastings | 2000 | Charter and tour service. 8 vehicles 6-33 seats. |
| Present | ||
| Coachlines Southland Ltd Invercargill | by 1991 | Acquired by Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd. Vehicles operate in IPT colours |
| Present | ||
| Coach NZ Mangere Bridge, Auckland | by 1991 | Charter Operator |
| Present | ||
| Coachways New Zealand Ltd Auckland | 1993 | Tour and charter operators. Samantha and John Arnold |
| Present | ||
| Coast Line Tours Oamaru | . | Tour and charter operators; Mon-Fri Dunedin-Oamaru service |
| Present | ||
| Coburn Deluxe Motors Greymouth | ? | Services to Runanga and Cobden. 1961 fleet was 2 Bedfords, a White and an Austin |
| ? | ||
| Colberts Bus Service Ltd Te Puia Springs | . | Charter and school bus operators. Barrie Colbert |
| Present | ||
| Colemans Motors New Plymouth | by 1956 | H G (Bill) Coleman. 1950's operator Oakura-New Plymouth services. Sold to H R Speck |
| c1959 | ||
| Colemans Road Travel Trust Blenheim | by 1992 | ex-Newmans Volvo B58 |
| till 2002 | ||
| Collingwood Bus Services Ltd Collingwood | by 1992 | ex NZRRS Hino |
| till 1998 | ||
| Collingwood Safari Tours Ltd Collingwood | 1946 | Farewell Spit tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Collingwood School Buses Collingwood | . | School bus operators |
| Present | ||
| Bryan Collins Rotorua | by 1987 | School bus operator |
| till 1993 | ||
| Collins Transport Ltd Kurow | ? | Operated buses during construction of Waitaki River hydro dams |
| ? | ||
| Jack Colvin Orini, Waikato | c1960 | Purchased a bus operation in 1960. Formed Leslie Buses Ltd 1964 |
| 1964 | ||
| Comfort Coachlines Royal Oak, Auckland | c1995 | operated ex-ARA MB0303s. All went to Comfort Coachlines 1995 Ltd |
| 1995 | ||
| Comfort Coachlines 1995 Ltd Christchurch | 1995 | operated ex-ARA MB0303s. |
| c2000 | ||
| Commercial Buses Ltd New Lynn | 1952 | took over Laingholm service from TBS 1953, Titirangi from Auckland Bus Co 1958. 1969-71 Te Atatu services (with Whenuapai Bus Co) from Auckland Bus Co. Scheduled services to Titirangi sold to ARA 1977. Laingholm service sold to Ritchies 199? Acquired by Philp Fry, who owned Bus travel Ltd, in 1981. In 1996 merged with Bus Travel Ltd to form Commercial Coach Lines |
| Jan 1996 | ||
| Commercial Coach Lines Ltd New Lynn | Jan 1996 | Charter services operator formed by Philp Fry merging Bus Travel Ltd and Commercial Buses. |
| Present | ||
| Community Transport Service Porirua | by 1986 | Whitby-Paremata service connectng with trains. Also school bus and charter work. |
| till 1994 | ||
| Commuter Tour Services Ltd Kaitaia | by 1996 | Trade as Petricevich Buses. School bus and charter opertor with approx 15 vehicles |
| Present | ||
| Connectabus Queesntown | 1993 | local services within Queenstown SLF buses and services to Arrowtown from 2007 |
| Present | ||
| The Connector Bus Taupo | 2004 | Taupo-Rotorua 3x Daily operated by Paradise Tours |
| Present | ||
| Contiki Tours | ? | Acquired Moatrek 1982. Bus operations passed to Newmans 1983? |
| 1983 | ||
| The Cook Connection Ltd Mt Cook | ? | Tour and Charter operator |
| Present | ||
| Paul & Linda Cook Pukekohe | by 1993 | School bus operator. Refer Hardy's Patumahoe; Linda Darnell |
| till 1999 | ||
| Fred Cooper Wanganui | by 1970 | Wanganui-Whangaehu-Ratana services with SB3 and VAM. Sold to Barry Pull |
| 30/6/89 | ||
| G E Cooper Waitara | ? | Ex Bonnici Seddon 1986-88 |
| ? | ||
| Corgi Company Picton | by 1996 | Charter services and some scheduled services (David Steele) |
| Present | ||
| Corporate Box Touring Co Tauranga | ? | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Raymond & Hazel Cossey Kerepehi | by 1991 | Owned ex-NZRRS Hino Composite since 1991. No COF since 1997 |
| till 1997 | ||
| Keith & Patricia Costello Tauranga | . | Refer Mt Maunaganui Charter Service (till 1991) and Cozzie Coaches |
| . | ||
| Peter Costelloe Christchurch | 1991 | Bedord SB and Hino BT51. To Human Mover Bus Co |
| 2007 | ||
| Cottrell Bros Wellingon | ? | Wellingon-Hutt Valley services and 9 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 20/2/28 | ||
| Cougar Motors Christchurch | by 1965 | Charter operators. Acquired by H & H Travel Lines 1975. Still operated seperately for a while after takeover |
| 1981? | ||
| Countrywide Tours NZ Ltd Mt Roskill, Auckland | by 1994 | Tour operators. |
| till 1998 | ||
| Couper Motors Ltd Putaruru | by 1955 | Tom Couper and then his son Graham. School bus & charter |
| till 1987 | ||
| Courtesy Coach Lines Ltd Hamilton | by 1999 | Charter services |
| till 1999 | ||
| J Cowie Kaitaia | ? | School bus service and 1 vehicle acquired by NZRRS |
| 26/6/43 | ||
| Cozzie Coaches Ltd Tauranga | 1991 | Charter operator. Established by Keith & Patricia Costello. Traded as Mt Maunganui Charter Service until 1991? |
| 2003 | ||
| Mark Cranswick Beachhaven Auckland | ? | Tour operator? |
| Present | ||
| Arthur Cresswell Cambridge | by 1972 | School bus and charter operator. |
| 20/1/82 | ||
| A J M Cresswell Ltd Cambridge | 20/1/82 | School bus and charter operator. Built bodies on some of their own buses |
| till 1986 | ||
| Cresswell Motors Okato | ? | 1950's operator |
| ? | ||
| Lyall Crocker Taumaranui | ? | Operated ex-Intercity Hino 1991-93 |
| ? | ||
| Cromwell Travel Ltd Cromwell | ? | Operated ex-Intercity Hino 1991-96 |
| ? | ||
| Cromwell Travel Ltd Blenheiml | by 2004 | Max Cull Operate ex Midlands Ford R1014 |
| Present | ||
| A J ↦ E M Crosbie Gorge Rd, Southland | ? | School Bus Operator |
| Present | ||
| Cross Coaches Riversdale, Southland | ? | Charter, school bus and tour operator P L & JK Cross |
| ? | ||
| Crownthorpe School Bus Co Hastings | by 1971 | School bus operator with Ford D0710 bus |
| till 1990 | ||
| Cruise New Zealand Tours Ltd New Plymouth | by 1989 | Charter and tour operator |
| till 1992 | ||
| Cunningham Passenger Services Ltd Westport | by 1988 | School bus, charter & tour operator. Operated service to Karamea |
| Present | ||
| P Curran | ? | Blenheim-Kaikoura-Parnassus service and 9 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 31/1/38 | ||
| Custom Transfers & Tours Rotorua | ? | Charter services |
| Present |
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