| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| The Saint Coachlines Albany | 2006 | Erin Ketel. School bus & charter |
| Present | ||
| Saint Georges Green Bus Service | ? | E.A. St George. Waitara-New Plymouth service and 4 vehicles acquired by NZRRS becoming 1170-1173 |
| 2/12/45 | ||
| R Salmon | ? | Dargaville-Maungatoroto service and 1 vehicle acquired by NZRRS |
| 3/5/43 | ||
| Sand Cruiser Beach Tours Ltd Hamilton | ? | Tour Operators |
| Present | ||
| Sand Safaris Kaitaia | 1986 | Cape Reinga Tours and school bus services. Rob and Teresa Lilley |
| Present | ||
| Sanderson Transport Great Barrier Island | ? | Charter and schedules services |
| Present | ||
| SBL Group Ltd Nelson | c1930 | Operates Nelson SBL, Abel Tasman Coachlines, Nelson Double-decker, and InterCity services on Nelson-Picton and Nelson-Franz Josef-Queenstown routes |
| Present | ||
| Scenic Coachlines Ltd Auckland | 1967 | Tour Operators. Commenced as Mini Tours NZ Ltd with a Commer Minibus. First full sized bus 1981. Changed name in 1983. Grew rapidly following de-regulation in 1984. Operate depots in Auckland and Christchurch. Fleet includes double decker coach |
| Present | ||
| E A & E J Savill Tauranga | ? | see City Travel |
| ? | ||
| Jill Schou Ahipara | by 1989 | ex-NZRRS bedford YRT |
| till 1991 | ||
| S B & M A Schroeder Taitapu | by 1978 | Operated Bedford VAM coaches. To Travlon Coachlines |
| till 1996 | ||
| A R Scott | ? | Opotiki-Taneatua service and 1 bus acquired by NZRRS |
| 11/1/41 | ||
| Scottsdale Tours Whangamata | by 1998 | Tour Operators (Ross MacDonald) |
| Present | ||
| Seddon Transport Seddon | by 1997 | L V & C L Clement. School bus operators |
| Present | ||
| Ben Sewell & Son Carterton | by 1961 | Ford V8 bus. To Carteron Transport? |
| till 1973 | ||
| Shannon Auto Services Ltd Shannion | by 1992 | School Bus operators acquired by Madge 2003? |
| ? | ||
| Sharaz Enterprises Wanganui | ? | Acquired ex-NZRRS Hino BG100 2004 |
| . | ||
| J W Sharpe Ltd | ? | Wellington-Hutt Valley services and 8 buses aquired by NZRRS |
| 20/2/1928 | ||
| Shaws Transport Ltd Takanini | ? | Originally in Pukekohe. Acquired by Murphy Buses Ltd in ????. Still operating as Shaws Transport |
| Present | ||
| Shears Coachines Ltd Avondale | ? | Operated school and charter services. Acquired by George Hudson in 1967 who also acquired Green Line Bus Service in the same year. Australian Pacific brought a part of the company in 1975 and the company became Fourways Coachlines. In 1977 the Pt Chevalier-Middlemore hsopital service was sold to ARA. |
| 1975 | ||
| NR & SL Shepherd Wellsford | ? | Owned Seddon Pennine Coach 2003 |
| ? | ||
| Sheppard Touring Ltd Titirangi | ? | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Sherenden Bus Society Inc Shereden, Hawkes Bay | ? | School bus service for Shereden School on Napier-Taihape Rd. |
| Present | ||
| A W Shield Ltd Whangarei | by 1979 | Initally at Maungatapere and later at Onerahi. School bus operator |
| till 1997 | ||
| Ship 'n Shore Tours & Cruises Whangaparoa, Auckland | . | Yellow pages listing |
| Present | ||
| The Shopper Bus Queenstown | . | Local bus service in Queenstown operated by Ewen McCammon |
| Present | ||
| Henry & Beverley Short Balfour | refer Balfour Coachlnes | |
| Shutltranz Ltd Puni, Pukekohe | refer Omana Shuttles & coaches | |
| Sievers and Bosher Eastbourne | May 1925 | Eastbourne Wellington bus sevice. To Eastbourne Borough |
| Nov 1926 | ||
| Sightseers Ltd Kaukapakapa, Auckland | ? | Tour services |
| Present | ||
| Simbo Motors Ltd Whangarei | ? | Charter services; Volvo B58 and Isuzu CQR680 (Mark Simperingham) The Isuzu was not sold until 2008 but was parked up. |
| 2006 | ||
| Simpsons Bus Service Ltd Huntly | c1960 | Huntly-Hamilton (until 2006) and Hamilton-Raglan services. School and charter |
| Present | ||
| Skellern Motors Inglewood | . | acquired by Barriball Motors |
| c1960 | ||
| Ski Shuttle Queenstown | . | A division of Tourism Holdngs Ltd operating transport from Queenstown to Coronet Peak and Remarkabkes Ski fields. |
| Present | ||
| Murray Skilling Leeston | . | Refer Ellesmere Buses |
| SL Motors Ltd Invercargill | by 1972 | New built Ford R192 |
| till 1982 | ||
| Maxine Smith Birdlings Flat | ? | School bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Murray Smith Motueka | by 1958 | To Hickmotts Bus Services Ltd |
| 11/12/67 | ||
| T G Smith Waitoa, Waikato | . | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| William Smith Manawaru, Te Aroha | by 1976 | School bus service? Bedford VAM70 and YRT |
| till 2003 | ||
| Smith & Reid | c1960 | Dunedin Invercargill service and 1 vehicle acquired by NZRRS |
| 3/5/36 | ||
| Gordon Snow Mangere | ? | refer Alpha & Omega Bus Co |
| Snowork Mountain Tours Mt Pleasant | ? | Tour and Charter |
| present | ||
| Stephen Sole Gisborne | by 1990 | Operated Bedford VAM14 |
| till 1991 | ||
| Sorensons Motors Ltd | ? | Maunganui-Kaikohe service and 2 vehicles acquired by NZ Railway Road Services. |
| 8/1/45 | ||
| SOS Motors Ltd Wanganui | ? | Wanganui-Wellington service acquired by NZ Railway Road Services. First long distance service purchased by NZRRS. 6 service cars sold with licence |
| 1/9/34 | ||
| South Bus Ltd Dunedin | ? | Owned by Geoff Novak. Operated scheduled services in Dunedin. Services now confined to school bus &, charter work in Te Anau. |
| Present | ||
| Southeastern Bus Dunedin | ? | Owned by Geoff Novak |
| Present | ||
| Southern Connections Ltd Christchurch | 1990 | Tours with 14 cars, minibuses and buses up to 24 passengers |
| Present | ||
| Southern Lakes Touring Ltd Christchurch | ? | Tour operator owned by Jeong Dae Oh |
| ? | ||
| Southern Land Transport Queenstown | ? | Scheduled services. Don Hazlett |
| Present | ||
| Southern Link Coaches Ltd Christchurch | 1996 | Christchurch-Nelson-Motueka and Christchurch-Wanaka-Queenstown services. Merged with Kahurangi Bus Service and operate as Southern Link K Bus. Routes extended to Nelson-Takaka, Christchurh-Nelson via Picton & Lewis Pass, Nelson-Greymouth and Christchurch-Dunedin |
| Present | ||
| Southern Pacific Holiday & Leisure Ltd Auckland | by 1991 | Tour operator. Acquired by THL? |
| till 1993 | ||
| SouthernStar Touring Ltd Christchurch | ? | Tour and charter operator. Operate a Yugoslavian Flexiliner Neostar N615 and 5 other buses |
| Present | ||
| South Road Services | ? | Dunedin-Balclutha-Clinton/Tahakopa services and 5 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 22/9/36 | ||
| Southstar Tours Ltd Mangonui, Northland | by 1993 | operated MCD coach 1993-2000. Hino CM277 2000-2005 |
| till 2005 | ||
| South Wairarapa Tours Featherston | . | Tour operators acquired by Wairarapa Coach Lines |
| 2003 | ||
| South Westland RFC Buses Harihari | by 1991 | Charter operations with Ford R1114 |
| Present | ||
| Spears Garage Ltd Putaruru | by 1949 | 1940 New Look Ford V8, 1949 Guy Arab half cab |
| till 1964 | ||
| H R (Hans) Speck New Plymouth | c1959 | School bus and charter. Purchased business from H R Coleman. Sold to Newmans Coachlines |
| 12/76 | ||
| George Spencer Winton | by 1972 | Ford Thames Trader bus |
| till 1974 | ||
| Maria Spykerbos Reporoa | by 1995 | Nissan Nomad TC81 |
| till 1998 | ||
| SSS International Group Co. Ltd Auckland | . | Tour operators. Imported coaches with Chinese and english signwriting. |
| Present | ||
| Stagecoach Ltd Brightwater Nelson | by 1991 | Operated Neslon-Picton services. Chaged name to ???? after a legal dispute with StageCoach UK over use of the name in New Zealand |
| till 1995 | ||
| Stagecoach Auckland Auckland | 1998 | Trading name of Cityline Auckland after takeover by Stagecoach in 1996? Transportation Corporation Auckland Ltd also used this as a trading name after aquistion by Stagecoach in 1998 |
| Present | ||
| Stagecoach Wellington Wellington | 1992 | Trading name of Wellington City Transport after takeover by Stagecoach in 1992. |
| 2006 | ||
| Stanley Bay Bus Co Auckland | ? | One of the companies that later became part of North Shore Transport Ltd |
| ? | ||
| Stanley's Motors Matamata | 1920's | Matamata-Tauranga service sold to Edwards Motors Ltd. |
| May 1946 | ||
| Star Mini Tours Ltd Paihia | by 1984 | Tour operators on Bay of Island-Cape Reinga circuit. Sold to Fullers |
| before 1989 | ||
| Starborough Transport Seddon | by 1986 | School bus and charter services |
| till 1993 | ||
| Starborough Transport Ltd Nelson | by 1997 | School bus and charter services |
| till 2001 | ||
| Stent & McNutt Buses Tauranga | by 1978 | Charter service. Sometimes traded as S & M Buses. Acquired by Costello family to become Mt Maunganui Charter Service |
| 1987 | ||
| Philip Stewart Dunedin | . | Owned ex-NZRRS Hino 1991-93 |
| . | ||
| Stokes Valley Coaches Lower Hutt | 2/8/91? | Acquired by Stagecoach. Operated Wellington-Stokes Valley service and charters. |
| 20/12/94 | ||
| J W Storey Taupo | by 1958 | Sold operations to Findlay Motors of Taupo 1958. In 1960 purchased a 1940 New Look Ford V8 for a school bus route in Turangi area. To D & M Davis |
| 1961 | ||
| Strongman Coachlines Coromandel | 1993 | Commenced operations with 2 old Bedfords. By 1995 the fleet was 5 buses and coaches. In 1998 purchased first purpose built Isuzu Coach. Tour and charters with 11 coaches and buses including an ex-CTB Bristol |
| Present | ||
| Stothers Mini Buses Napier | 1982? | Charters and Tours. Operated ex-NZRRS Bedford VAS. After Daniel Stothers and Jennifer Leedes divorced jennifer formed Bay Tours & Charters. Daniel also coninued in business for some years later. |
| 1999? | ||
| Daniel Stothers Napier | 1989 | Stothers Mini Buses was broken up after a divorce. Daniel Stothers carried on with a Bedford VAS for a while. |
| 199? | ||
| Fred Stott Otorohanga | by 1999 | Hino Bg100 ex-NZRRS |
| till 2001 | ||
| John Sturm Te Hoe | by 1991 | School bus operator? to Simpsons? |
| till 1995 | ||
| Max Sturm Wairoa | by 1991 | School bus operator? Buses were all near the end of life |
| till 2001 | ||
| Suburban Buses Auckland | 1929 | Operated buses from Auckland City to Te Papapa and Mangere. Services also ran to Otahuhu and Papatoetoe via Mangere. Part of Auckland Transport Holdings Ltd. Acquired by ARA |
| 31/3/1972 | ||
| Sunbeam Transport Otahuhu, Auckland | . | Yellow pages listing. |
| Present | ||
| Sunline Coaches Auckland | 1984 | Tour operator started by Gordon Bonnici. Used AEC RP rebuilds initially followed by Leyland Tigers. |
| ? | ||
| Supervalue Holidays Ltd Forrest Hill, Auckland | by 1991 | Tour operator |
| till 1992 | ||
| Swasbrook Tour & Event Management Ltd Auckland | 1992? | Charter and tour operators. Party bus opertions using ex ARA-MB0305 |
| Present | ||
| Noel Symons Contractors Invercargill | by 1985 | Isuzu KS32 coach. N L & M M Symons owned Wyndale Services 1981-93; Akaroa Bus Service 1986-93 Jenkins Motors 1989-93. |
| till 1990 |
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