| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| Taafe's Motors Kaitaia? | ? | Kaitaia-Otiria service sold to NZRRS. Otiria is immediately to the west of Moerewa in Northland. It was the end of the Northland Line from Auckland. Branch lines ran to Opua and Kaikohe-Okaihau. While mixed trains ran to Okaihau, Otiria was the end point for passenger trains from Auckland and Whangarei |
| 6/10/40 | ||
| Tahuna - Te Hoe - Patetonga Transport Ltd Tahuna | ? | Patetonga- Te Hoe - Tahuna - Morrinsville service. Sold to Edwards Motors. |
| Dec 1947 | ||
| Taitumu Travel Coromandel | by 1982 | Kenneth Taitumu Operated 1944 New Look Ford V8, later a Seddon Pennine |
| till 1989 | ||
| Takaka Service Station Takaka | c1950 | School bus & charter. Works buses for Golden Bay Cement. To Bickley Motors |
| 1979 | ||
| Tamiki Tours Rotorua | ? | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Tangiteroria Garage Tangiteroria, Northland | ? | School Bus operator. Khalsa Group of Companies, Rajinder Singh Binder |
| Present | ||
| Taranaki Coachlines Ltd Auckland | 1991? | Started by Richard Guthrey. Operated Newmans Auckland-New Plymouth franchise. Also operated the Intercity franchises Auckland-Hamilton-Rotorua and Auckland-Waitomo franchise. . Newmans and Intercity franchises sold to TransRich 1997 (Transit and Ritchies joint company). Also operated as MacBus with Bristol RE. No info on which routes or how long. In 1997 the company returned to operating as Guthreys Coachlines Ltd |
| 1997 | ||
| Tasman Coachlines Ltd Christchurch | By 1991 | Tour operators |
| till 1997 | ||
| Tates Motors Orewa | ? | Tates Motors Limited
became a fully owned subsidiary of the North
Shore Transport Company following the resignation of former directors
and shareholders, Clarissa and Alf Tate, in July 1954.
The Company continued to trade as Tates Motors Limited, using buses owned by North Shore Transport, under a Transport Service Licence issued in the name of Tates Motors Limited. To meet legal requiremnents NST buses carried a "Tates Motors" window sign. Following a decision by Tates Board of Directors the assets and liabilities of the Company were taken over by North Shore Transport and its operations absorbed into the parent Company during the year ending 31 March 1960. By decision of the No.2 Transport Licensing Authority Tates TSL was transferred to NST in September 1960 and the window sign was no longer required. Seven drivers employed by Tates were transferred to NST in October 1960. Tates Motors Limited was finally struck off the Register of Companies on 1 July 1961. Tates Motors name continued to appear on NST timetable publications until early 1965 and although NST promoted the service as the "Hibiscus Coast Service" from 1962 it was regularly referred to internally within NST as Tates Motors. |
| 1/7/61 | ||
| Tauhoa Bus Service Wellsford | by 1992 | School bus operator. Kerry Marquand. To Leabourn Bus Service? |
| till 1999 | ||
| Taupo Passenger Service Ltd Taupo | 1980s | School bus charter and scheduled services in Taupo. Operated by Steve Milne son of Vern Milne, Reporoa. Sold to Waipawa Buses Ltd |
| 17/4/07 | ||
| Tauranga Bus Service Tauranga | 1946 | Precursor of Bayline Group |
| 1986? | ||
| Tauranga Mt Mauganui Bus Company Tauranga | 1969 | Precursor of Bayline Group |
| 1986 | ||
| Tauwhare Transport Ltd Hamilton | ? | legal name of Cambrige Travel Lines |
| Present | ||
| Taverner Motors Ltd Hamilton | ? | charter and school services. Operated as Tav's Coachlines. |
| till 1995? | ||
| Tav's Coachlines Waiuku | By 1996 | Charter and school services. |
| Present | ||
| Taxi Liner Ltd Papatoetoe, Auckland | by 1990 | ex-Johnston's Bedford VAS 1990-1991 ex-ARA Peanut 1997-2000 |
| till 2000 | ||
| Te Anau Holiday Park Ltd Te Anau | ? | Backpacker transport to tracks in Southland from Queenstown and Te Anau operated as Tracknet. |
| Present | ||
| Teddy's Motors Waerenga (near Huntly) | 1946 | Carrier and storekeeper. Started a Waiterimu-Waerenga-Te Kauwhata-Auckland service. Bus service and Diamond T service car sold to Edwards Motors Ltd |
| Nov 1947 | ||
| Te Hapua Buses Te Hapua, Northland | . | Charter and school bus operators |
| Present | ||
| Te Karaka Bus Company Te Karaka, Poverty Bay | by 1987 | Operating name of Te Karaka Motors Ltd |
| Present | ||
| Te Karaka Motors Ltd Te Karaka, Poverty Bay | by 1987 | Te Karaka-Gisborne service discontinued by 2005. School and charter services. |
| Present | ||
| David Te Karu Christchurch | 1991 | Christchurch airport bus service |
| 1995 | ||
| Te Mata Store Te Mata near Raglan | by 2002 | School bus service |
| present | ||
| Te Puke Bus Services Te Puke | . | Go-Bus operations in Te Puke |
| Present | ||
| Terry Tours Whakatane | 02/08 | Tour operators with 3 small vehicles |
| Present | ||
| Te Tipua School Transport Soc Waimumu, Gore | . | School Bus Service |
| Present | ||
| Texas Party Bus Kaiapoi | by 2002 | Party Bus operato; Wayne Butson |
| Present | ||
| Te Wai Ora Coachlines Ltd Manurewa | by 2004 | School bus operator (George Beazley) |
| Present | ||
| Chris Thomas Oxford | by 1997 | ex H&H VAM |
| by 2003 | ||
| Vern Thomas Ltd Papakura | . | Sold Bedford SB3 bus and licence to Ranby Motors Ltd. School, charter work plus Papakura-Hunua service |
| 1979 | ||
| Thompson Transport & Coach Ltd Mt Wellington, Auckland | by 2002 | Charter Operator. Volvo B10M |
| till 2002 | ||
| Thompsons Passenger Services Ltd Otaki | by 1953 | Otaki-Levin Bus Service Shopper service Otaki-Paraparaumu twice a week until June 2005. Operated Newlands service till 1957 (to Meehan Motors). |
| Present | ||
| Allan Thomson Ashburton | By 1998 | Ford D0912 bus |
| till 2003 | ||
| Garry Thorburn Paeroa | 2000 | ex-Whangarei Ford R192 |
| Present | ||
| Thornbury Store Ltd Clyde | Refer Milne's bus Service | |
| Bruce Thornley Woodend Christchurch | 1991 | Operated MCD 530 1991-93 as an owner-driver for Mt Cook. Later operated a Volvo for Mt Cook also as fleet number 530 |
| 1997 | ||
| Threeway Motors Ltd Piopio | . | School and charter operators |
| Present | ||
| Thurman Transport Greytown & Tawa | by 1999 | Peter Thurston & Gary Manktelow Kapiti Shuttles |
| till 2000 | ||
| Tikva Investments Ltd Nelson | . | Tour and charter operators |
| by 2011 | ||
| Timaru City Council 1914 | . | Services started with 3 AEC B type Double deckers. Over the years a number of interesting buses have been used including Fiats. The service passed to Ritchies in 1991 when legislation prevented City Councils running bus services. |
| 1991? | ||
| Time Travel Motor Tours Huntly | 2000 | Charter operators with a small Toyota. Emphasis on historical tours |
| Present | ||
| Timmins Buses Ltd Waiuku | by 1964 | William Timmins. School bus operator. |
| till 1968 | ||
| Tipapa Tour & Charter Ltd Greta Valley | ? | School bus & charter service |
| Present | ||
| Titahi Bay Tours & Charters Ltd Titahi Bay, Porirua | by 2004 | Tour and Charter operator |
| Present | ||
| TK Tours Mangere Auckland | 1999 | Operator of MCD coach |
| Present | ||
| L J (Lawrence) Todd Stratford | by 1970 | Thames Trader bus |
| till 1978 | ||
| Tokaanu Bus Co Taumarunui? | by 1964 | School bus service with 1940 New Look Ford V8 |
| till 1965 | ||
| Tokoroa Coaches Tokoroa | ? | Now part of Go-Bus Transport. |
| Present | ||
| Topline Tours Te Anau | by 1998 | Tour operators (Denis Penington) |
| Present | ||
| Torlesse Travel Ltd Kirwee, Canterbury | 1995 | Tour, Charter and school bus operator. Tony & Sandra Rabbidge. Purchased Tour & Charter Service's Darfield and Rangiora operations. Oxford to Rangiora service |
| Present | ||
| Toughear Bros | ? | Acquired LJ Keys Leyland 23 later dumped at Tuai |
| ? | ||
| Tour and Charter Service Greymouth Greymouth | . | Tour and charter operator |
| Present | ||
| Tourism Holdings Auckland | 1986 | Tour operator, acquired Mt Cook, Johnstons. Operate Kiwi Experience and Airbus. Sold Johnstons Coachlines and Airbus 2008. Kiwi Experience only remaining tour operation. |
| Present | ||
| Tourline Ltd Pakuranga, Auckland | . | Tour operator |
| Present | ||
| Tour Services Christchurch | . | Tour operator |
| Present | ||
| Tour Time NZ Ltd Palmerston North | . | Tour Operators, self drive and coach. 49 seater Volvo coaches |
| Present | ||
| Tracknet Te Anau | . | See Te Anau Holiday Park |
| Present | ||
| Transbay Coaches Ltd Whakatane | 1995 | Formerly Bay Coachlines Ltd. School bus and charter operator now operating throughout central North Island |
| Present | ||
| Transport Bus Service Auckland | 7/10/1933 | Subsiduary established by Auckland Transport Board to operate bus services. |
| 26/10/1946 | ||
| Transport Bus Service Auckland | . | Operated Kelston services. Collapsed 1953 |
| Dec 1953 | ||
| Transport Ltd ? | . | Waihi-Paeroa-Auckland and Paeroa-Thames services. Acquired by NZRRS and Waihi service extended to Tauranga. |
| 7/6/46 | ||
| Transportation Corporation Auckland Ltd Auckland | 1/7/1991 | Established as a Local Authority Trading Enterprise(LATE) to meet legislative requirements. Sold to Stagecoach 21/8/1998. |
| Present | ||
| Tranzhook Tuakau | 2004? | Robert Hook. Operates ex-NZRRS Hino BG100 |
| Present | ||
| Tranzit Coachlines Masterton | 1924 | North Island Scheduled services for Intercity, Newmans. Also own services Wellington-Masterton; Masteron-Palmerston North. Local scheduled services in Wairarapa, Palmerston North, Wanganui and New Plymouth. Charter services from depots at Masterton, Wellington, Palmerston North, Wanganui, Stratford, New Plymouth. Over 200 buses |
| . | ||
| Travefar Coaches ltd Rangiora | ? | Operated ex-Bonnici Seddon 1981-83 |
| . | ||
| Travlon Coachlines | by 1990 | Tour, school bus and charter operator. Robin & Maureen Kelso |
| 2/5/97 | ||
| Travlon Coachlines Ltd Lincoln, Canterbury | 2/5/97 | Tour, school bus and charter operator. Lost school bus contracts in 2009 to Christchurch Bus Services |
| Present | ||
| Trek Express Upper Moutere, Nelson | . | Track transport in Nelson region and to both ends of Heaphy Track using mini-buses |
| Present | ||
| Treweela Tourist Sightseeing Service Auckland | ? | Member of White Star group in 1920s. White "Pakeha" and at leaset one other White. Tours in Auckland area. Sunday service to Hamilton. Also ran to Helensville at some time. |
| ? | ||
| Trikiso Buses Hamilton | . | School bus service (D J Reidy) |
| Present | ||
| Tuai Transport Tuai | ? | T H Hall. Services to Waiora? |
| till 1966 | ||
| Tuapeka Transport Ltd Lawrence | by 1989 | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| Tuapeka West Community Trust Tuapeka West | ? | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| Tui Coachline Ltd Mt Maunganui | 14/3/91 | Part of Bayline Group |
| Present | ||
| Tui Motors Ltd Te Puke | 1950 | Con Buckley. Started in Paengaroa. School bus and charter operator. Became Tui Coachline Ltd |
| 14/3/91 | ||
| Turangi Coachlines Turangi | 1985 | Charter and school bus operations of Turangi Rentals Ltd |
| Present | ||
| Turley Motors Te Aroha | by 1980 | Allan & Betty Turley. School and charter operator. |
| Present | ||
| Turley Murphy Te Aroha | by 1995 | Thames-Paeroa-Morrinsville-Hamilton service operated by Turley Motors and Murphy Buses in co-operation |
| Present | ||
| Turnbulls Coaches Ltd Christchurch | ? | Charter operator. Operated some of the Bonnici Trans Tour Seddons. Taken over by Bonnici? |
| 8/8/1977 | ||
| Turnbull Motors Ltd Dunedin | . | First service Ranfurly-Naseby. Later Dunedin-Omakau Took over Peninusla Motors Ltd before being taken over by Ritchie's Southern Services. Ran Dunedin Airport service in 1960s |
| c1970 | ||
| Twin Cty Buses Clive | ? | refer Tawhai Johnson |
| 2005 | ||
| Twin Cty Coachlines Whakatu, Hastings | by 2005 | W A Davies |
| Present |
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