| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| Nairn Motors | c1930 | Auckland-Hamilton-Te Aroha service for Sun newspaper |
| 1931 | ||
| Nalla Holdings Ltd Palmerston North | by 1986 | Owner of coaches operated by Madge Coachlines. Is this a residual of Allan Motors? |
| 4/3/1994 | ||
| Napier Hastings Bus Company (Checker Service) | . | Hastings-Napier service and 8 vehicles purchased to form New Zealand Railways Road Services |
| 10/11/26 | ||
| Nationwide Bus Services Ltd SH2 Pukekohe | By 2001 | School bus operator? Also trade as Nationwide Tours Ltd |
| till 2004 | ||
| N D C Transport Ltd Oneroa, Waiheke Is | By 2000 | Neil Clooney |
| Present | ||
| Neils Coach Service Upper Hutt | 2005 | Charter & school bus service run by Malcolm Little using licence of Neil Anderson. To New Zealand Coach Service |
| 2007 | ||
| Neke Neke Hia Shuttles Ltd Parklands Christchurch | By 2004 | Samuel Humm Purchased ex-Midland Ford R1014 Aug 2004 |
| 2005 | ||
| Nelson Lakes Transport Nelson | 1986 | Nelson suburban services "The Bus" c2007 - appears to have been short lived. Charter and tours Also known as Nelson Leisure Travel |
| by 2011 | ||
| Nelson City Taxi Society Nelson | ? | School bus & charter services as Busworks |
| Present | ||
| Nelson Suburban Bus Co Nelson | c1930 | Richmond-Nelson services, Intercity services Picton-Blnheim-Nelson-Greymouth-Franz Joseph-Queenstown. Now SBL Group. |
| Present | ||
| Nelson Tourist Services Ltd Motueka | by 1986 | Operated ex-Bonnici Seddon 1986-92; Ford R1114 1987-94 Hino BG100 1993-95 |
| till 1995 | ||
| Neumans Tours New Plymouth | by 1982 | Tour operators with 17 seat Ford D300 |
| till 1992 | ||
| Noel Nevin Christchurch | refer Akaroa Connection | |
| Newlands Coach Service Ltd Wellington | c1970 | Newlands-Wellington and Johnsonville-Wellington scheduled services. Merged with Mana Cach Services on 2 Nov 1998 but still operates as a seperate division. |
| Present | ||
| Newman Bros (National Park) Ltd Raetihi | by 1948 | Newmans acquired Webbs of Raetihi. What became of the business? |
| till 1949 | ||
| Newman Bros Ltd Nelson | 1879 | Started as coach service to Murchison. Operated Nelson to Wesport, Greymouth, Takaka, Blenheim, Picton and Christchurch. Became Newman's Coach Lines |
| 1976 | ||
| Newman Bros (North Island) Ltd Napier | 1/9/35 | Joint venture of Hawkes Bay Motor Co and Newman Bros Ltd. HBMC share (by then only 18%) purchased in 1973. Amalgamated with Newman Bros Ltd |
| 1976 | ||
| Newmans Coach Lines Ltd Auckland | 1976 | Operated coaches between Auckland and New Plymouth; Wellington, Palmerston North, Wanganui and Napier; and Nelson, Blenheim, Picton, Christchurch, Westport, Greymouth. Expanded nationally in 1980s. Acquired by a Corporate Investments in 198? and effectively disbanded in 1992. Newmans are now owned by Inter-City. For Rugby world cup services where integrated with InterCity. No only service operating is Christchurch-Queenstown and Queenstown-Franz Josef. All other services are code share on InterCity coaches. |
| Present | ||
| Newman Motors Hokitika | . | Hokitika-Cooks River-Ross-Okarito services and 12 vehicles acquired by NZRRS. Will Newman and his sons |
| 14/9/36 | ||
| C Newrick (Blue Fleet) | . | Hastings-Napier service and 5 vehicles purchased to form New Zealand Railways Road Services |
| 10/11/26 | ||
| News Motors Kinloch | Operated a Leyland Cub at Kinloch in 1960's. This was before the Dart River bridge was built and Kinloch could only be reached on the Earnslaw | |
| Stewart Newton Dunedin | by 1962 | Ford Thames Trader bus |
| till 1968 | ||
| Newton Coachways Ltd Dunedin | . | Merged with Dunedin City Transport to form Citybus Newton Ltd |
| 1993 | ||
| New Plymouth Bus & Coach Services New Plymouth | by 10/95 | Hino AC140 Japanese Import |
| till 11/95 | ||
| New Zealand Bus Limited . | . | The holding company for Stagecoaches New Zealand interests. |
| 198? | ||
| N Z Busrental Woodville | by 1997 | Self-drive Bus rental 2 MB0303, Volvo B58 MB 0305 |
| 2007 | ||
| New Zealand Coach Service Upper Hutt | 2007 | Charter & school bus service run by Malcolm Little initially with his father Ian Little. |
| Present | ||
| New Zealand Luxury Travel Ltd Auckland | c1975 | An operating name of Parakai Travel Ltd, now part of Tranzit Group |
| present | ||
| New Zealand Railways Road Services (NZRRS) | 1926 | Starting by acquiring operators in Hawkes Bay and Hutt Valley NZRRS grew to be New Zealand's biggest passenger service operator. NZRRS served most of the major long distance bus services the prinicpal exceptions being in the lower North Island and upper South Island where Newmans the major operator. Suburban bus services where operated in Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, Kapiti, Porirua, Hutt Valley, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The services were privatised in the 1980's. Long distance services were thinned down and became InterCity. Many rural routes were abandoned and surburban services sold off. The last units sold off were Hutt Valley and Auckland suburban services acquired by Wellington City Transport in 198? |
| 198? | ||
| New Zealand Scenic Tours Ltd Auckland | c1945 | Established by Auckland Bus Company Ltd. Taken over by Edwards Motors Ltd 1950. Sold to Midland Coachlines with Edwards Motors in 1969. |
| 1981 | ||
| Nicholas Coaches Whakatane | 2005 | Owned ex-WCT Leyland Leopards. May never have operated. |
| 2006 | ||
| Nightline Coaches Kaiapoi, Christchurch | by 1998 | Operates Bedford VAM ex-Mt Cook |
| Present | ||
| Nimon & Sons Ltd Whakatu | 1905 | Nimbus scheduled services throughout Napier and Hastings Charter and tour services. Over 80 buses. Relocated from Havelock North to Whakatu 2011. |
| Present | ||
| Nivana Coaches Whakatane | ? | Part of Reporoa Valley Transport group. 13 vehicles VAM, VAS,NFM Bedfords, R1114 Ford, BF110 Scania, B10M Volvo, FD3 Hinos, Iveco, Ford Transit. Ceased trading after school bus contracts lost in 2009 round. |
| 2010 | ||
| Noreast Coastlines Mangonui, Northland | 1971 | Founded by Peter Sparksman and later Phil & Zinnia Sparkman. Operated 13 school buses when acquired by Bowman 2000 Ltd. |
| 31 Dec 2004 | ||
| North & Western Buses Henderson | 1992 | School bus services operated by Western Cab Society. ex-NZRRS YMT 1992-94 |
| present | ||
| North City Bus Ltd Upper Hutt | 198? | Initially established by Wellington City Transport Ltd to operate the Ngaio & Khandallah services acquired from NZRRS. Now used by Stagecoach as the legal owner of Runciman Motors and Adams Travel Lines |
| Present | ||
| North Harbour Coaches Northcote, Auckland | 1992 | Charter Operator with 12 coaches. Allison & John Craven |
| 29/5/06 | ||
| North Harbour Motors Greenhithe | 26/6/08 | Michael Painter. Charter Operator |
| Present | ||
| North King Country Rentals Otorohanga | by 2000 | Ex-Midland/Mainline Ford R1114 C45F |
| Present | ||
| North Shore Ferries Devonport | 1959 | A successor of the Devonport Steam Ferry Co established to operate Devonport ferries and connecting buses in 1959 when the Harbour Bridge opened. In 1985 the bus operations were separated as Devonport Bus Co Ltd. |
| 1985 | ||
| North Shore Transport Ltd Takapuna | 1927 | Operator of scheduled bus services on Auckland's North Shore. Acquired by Auckland Transport Holdings Ltd 19??. Sold to ARA 1972. |
| 31/3/1972 | ||
| North South Tours Blenheim | . | Tour Operator |
| present | ||
| Northern Automobiles Ltd Auckland | . | Acquired by Auckland City Council following fare regulation. |
| 5/7/1926 | ||
| Northern Coachlines Lumsden | by 1986 | Eric Humphries. Five Rivers Motors Ltd. School Bus and charter Operator |
| Present | ||
| Northerner Coach Tours Ltd Manurewa Auckland | . | Charter and tour services |
| Present | ||
| Northliner Express Coachlines Whangarei? | 1993? | JJ Klinac Limited Coach services from Auckland to Bay of Islands and Kaitaia. Acquired Intercity franchise from Whangarei Bus Services 1993. |
| Present | ||
| R J Norton Rahotu | ? | One bus operator sold to Newmans Coachlines |
| 1/8/77 | ||
| Steve & Debbie Nottingham | by 1998 | See Good time Tours |
| Present | ||
| NZRRS | 1926 | Abbreviation for New Zealand Railway Road Services |
| 1989 | ||
| NZ2RS.Com | by 2010 | Operating name of City Transfer Services. Glen Craven |
| present |
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