| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| Wadsworth Motors Ltd Tapawera Nelson | 1921 | Founded by Spencer Wadsworth and now managed by grandson Jeff Wadsworth and wife Sue. Operated scheduled services Nelson-Tadmor-Tapawera and Nelson-St Arnaud until 2003. Now provide charter and school bus services only wth 9 buses and 3 minibuses. |
| Present | ||
| Waerenga-O-Kuri School Bus Partnership Waerenga-O-Kuri, Gisborne | ? | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| Waihao Downs Bus Co-op Rangiora | ? | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| Waiheke Adventure Tours Waiheke | by 1999 | Tour Operator Grant Loudon |
| Present | ||
| Waiheke Bus Company Waiheke | . | A subsiduary of Fullers Auckland. Sold by NZ Bus to Souter Holdings c2009. Operates buses on Waiheke Island |
| Present | ||
| Waihi Passenger Services Ltd Waihi | 24/6/77 | School bus and charter. Bus from Allan Muggeridge |
| till 1979 | ||
| Waikato Coachlines | c1966 | Took over Orini-Hamilton service from Leslie Buses ltd. Taken over by Bonnici Coachlines. Orini-Hamilton licence passed back to Leslie Buses Ltd later |
| 197? | ||
| Waimamaku Transport Waimamaku, Hokianga | ? | School bus operator (D J Robertson) |
| present | ||
| Waimata Valley Bus Services Gisborne | ? | School bus service |
| present | ||
| Waimate Shuttles Waimate | by 1998 | Operate Volvo B58 coach, Owned by Patrick Scannell |
| present | ||
| Waipara Junction Garage Waipara | ? | School bus service |
| present | ||
| Waipawa Buses Ltd | 24/5/79 | Tour and Charter Operator formed by acquisition of Central Buses Ltd by D F & J W Richards Contracting Ltd. Have also acquired Red Bus Servce, Gisborne; White Bus Service, Dannevirke; W & W Buses, Wairoa |
| Present | ||
| Wairarapa Coach Lines Featherston | . | Martinborough - Featherston service. Tour and charter and school bus services. Acquired South Wairarapa Tours in 2003. Sunday Masterton-Featherston services from 2007. Taken over by Tranzit |
| 6/11/09 | ||
| Waitemata Bus & Transport Co | . | Acquired by North Shore Transport Ltd |
| c1959 | ||
| Waitomo Taxis Ltd Otorohanga | by 1987 | Operated an ex-Edwards Vistaliner as a school bus in 1987, Ford R1014 1996-2002 |
| till 2002 | ||
| Waitomo Wanderer | . | Tour Operator |
| Present | ||
| R Wallace | . | Kaitangata-Dunedin and 2 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 21/9/36 | ||
| Waller Motors Mercer | by 1983 | School bus services |
| till 1988 | ||
| Walton Transport Walton, near Matamata | by 1984 | B K Bailey School bus services. Sold to Matamata Passenger Transport? |
| till 1995 | ||
| Wanaka ConneXions Wanaka | . | Scheduled services from Wanaka and Queenstown to Christchurch, Dunedin, Te Anau and Invercargill. Now owned by Citibus |
| Present | ||
| Wanaka Motors Ltd Wanaka | . | Dunedin-Timaru; Dunedin-Palmerston-Wanaka; Wanaka-Makarora and Cardrona service and 27 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 1/6/36 | ||
| W & H Motors Christchurch | . | Ford V8 ex-Harris |
| ? | ||
| W & W Buses Wairoa | . | Charter and school bus operator. Owned by Waipawa Buses Ltd |
| Present | ||
| Wanganui River Services Ltd Wanganui | by 1948 | Services from Wanganui up the Wanganui River valley |
| 7/9/58 | ||
| Wang Wang Travel Christchurch | . | Tour operator |
| By 2011 | ||
| V & W Wanoa Coachlines Ltd Kaiaua, South Auckland | by 1988 | School bus and charter services |
| Liquidated 03/02 | ||
| Warkworth Passenger Service Ltd Warkworth | by 1978 | Charter and school bus services. Acquired Hunt Motors 1977/78. Sold to Gubbs Motors. |
| 1986 | ||
| Warman's Passenger Transport Te Kopuru, Northland | . | Charter and school bus services |
| Present | ||
| Harry Warren Motors Ltd Seddon | by 1983 | Ford DT2014 coach. Also some Nino BT51s |
| till 1984 | ||
| Warren Coachline Ltd Christchurch | 1959? | Tour and Charter services |
| Present | ||
| Warrington's Bus Run Bideford, Wairarapa | . | School bus services |
| Till 2009 | ||
| B D Watson Motors Ltd Hallswell Christchurch | by 1981 | Operated Ford R1014 and Isuzu ECR. To Travlon, Lincoln |
| Till 2001 | ||
| K M V Watson Christchurch | by 2002 | Charter operator |
| Present | ||
| H R Watts | . | Kaitaia-Mangonui service and 1 bus acquired by NZRRS |
| 1/8/43 | ||
| Watts Motors Ltd Levin | . | Levin-Shannon-Palmerston north Service. Acquired by Newmans in 1947. Absorbed 1954 |
| 1954 | ||
| Waynes Coachlines Ltd Queenstown | by 1995 | Tour & Charter operator |
| till 1998 | ||
| Jack Webb Ltd Papakura | by 1973 | School bus operator |
| till 1974 | ||
| Ken Webb Ltd Whangarei | . | Acquired by Newmans Coach Lines |
| 3/9/1980 | ||
| Webber Bus Service Te Poi, Matamata | . | School bus service |
| By 2011 | ||
| Weir Bros Hawera | by 1985 | School and charter services from depots in Hawera and Patea |
| Present | ||
| Weld Motors Palmerston North | 1950s | School and charter services. Scheduled services Palmerston North-Sanson-Bulls |
| c1980 | ||
| Wellington City Council Transport Department Wellington | 1900 | Wellington Tramway Company acquired by Wellington City Council. Traded as Wellington Tramways unti c1946 Thereafter traded as Wellington City Transport. |
| 1/7/91 | ||
| Wellington City Transport Ltd Wellington | 1/7/91 | Formed by Wellington City Council as a result of legislation requiring municipal bus services to be re-organised as commercial companies. Sold to Stagecoach 1992. Now operate as Go Wellington |
| Present | ||
| Wellington Suburban Motor Co Wellington | 1925 | Operated to Wellington southrn and eastern suburbs. Taken over by Wellington City Council following fare regulations restricting bus competition. |
| 1925 | ||
| Wallace Wells Harihari | . | School bus service |
| Present | ||
| Western Cab Society Ltd Henderson | . | see North & Western Buses |
| . | ||
| West Coast Express Ltd Nelson | by 1994 | Operated ex-H&H VAM70 |
| till 1995 | ||
| Western Highway Motors Raglan | . | Operated a Ford bus |
| . | ||
| Whakatane Coachlines Ltd Whakatane | by 1998 | Charter operator. Bell & Hodgson? |
| 2009 | ||
| The Whakatane Connection Whakatane | . | Tour operator. |
| Present | ||
| Whangarei Bus Service Ltd Whangarei | . | Operated Whangarei scheduled services with buses owned by and chartered from Whangarei City Council. Also operated tour services as Blue and White Tours. Held Intercity franchise for Northland. Sold to J J Klinac 1993. Lost Whangarei scheduled services to Adams July 2008 |
| Present | ||
| Whatatutu Bus Services | ? | some scheduled services. Also charter an school buses |
| ? | ||
| W J Wheeler & Sons Auckland? | . | Auckland-Penrose service and 8 buses to Auckland Transport Board 1949, Auckland-Papakura-Paerata-Pukekohe service to NZRRS 1948 |
| 29/5/1949 | ||
| Whenuapai Bus Travel Ltd Whenuapai | 11/3/46 | Established as Whenuapai Bus Co Ltd. Operated services from Whenuapai, Hobsonville, Swanson and Te Atatu to Auckland. Acquired by Transportaton Corporation Auckland Ltd 1/4/96 but operated as a separate company. Sold by Stagecoach to Ritchies shortly after they assumed control. |
| 31/12/98 | ||
| D H Whitaker | ? | Oamaru-Tokarhi and Ngapara service and 1 bus acquired by NZRRS 13/12/36. Used Republic buses on service between Oamaru and Kurow. |
| . | ||
| R G White Hastings | by 1992 | Hino BT51 |
| till 1993 | ||
| White & Sons | ? | Auckland-Thames-Coromandel service and 11 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 22/6/47 | ||
| White Bus Service Ltd Dannevirke | by 1946 | Acquired by Waipawa Buses Ltd 1/4/1996 |
| Present | ||
| White Line Travel Christchurch | by 2011 | Tour & Charter. Mark White |
| Present | ||
| White Star Passenger & Freight Services Ltd New Plymouth | ? | Wellington-Palmerston North-Wanganui-New Plymouth. Christchurch-Nelson and Christchurch-Westport discontinued 2001. Acquired by Dalroy Tours 2008 |
| Present | ||
| White Star Tourist Services | 1924 | Association of South Island service car operators. Renamed White Star Passenger Services of NZ in 1934. In 1935 became NZ Passenger Services Federation - one of the antecedents of Bus & Coach Association NZ. |
| Present | ||
| White's Passenger Service Ltd Waipukurau | by 1951 | Waipukurau-Hastings service. Acquired by Newman Bros NI in 1950. Absorbed in 1954 |
| 1954 | ||
| Whitson's Middlemarch? | . | Dunedin-Middlemarch service |
| . | ||
| W & M Wilkes Maungati, Timaru | . | Refer Maungati Coach Lines |
| . | ||
| C P Wilkie Hastings | . | Ex-Bonnici Seddons 1997. dealer? |
| . | ||
| Barry Williams | Paeroa | Refer Baz's Taxi |
| T Williams | . | Oranui-Tutukau-Rotorua service and 1 vehicle acquired by NZRRS |
| 12/11/45 | ||
| E G Wilcox Rotorua | . | See Red Bus Service, Gisborne |
| 6/7/00 | ||
| Tony Wilson Hastings | by 1992 | ex-Dominion Coachlines Ford R1114 Composite |
| till 1994 | ||
| J K & L W Wilson Ltd Motueka | by 1993 | ex-Contiki Volvo B58 |
| till 1995 | ||
| Wilson Buses Rotorua | by 1997 | Peter & James Wilson. MB0305 |
| till 2004 | ||
| H Wilton | 13/12/62 | Operated Castlepoint-Masterton Service |
| till 1965 | ||
| Windwhistle Motors Methven | 6/11/97 | School bus and charter services |
| present | ||
| Withacar Rental Ltd New Plymouth | 1993 | Also operates as Withatruck Rentals. Now listed as Withers Coachlines & Rentals. Clarrie Withers. |
| Present | ||
| Ron Witheford Wellsford | by 1990 | School bus operator |
| till 1992 | ||
| Clarrie Withers New Plymouth | . | Operated NAC ground transport and no doubt other services. Became Withacar Rental Ltd in 1993 |
| . | ||
| Wonderful Kiwi Tours Ltd Feilding | 1999 | Tour operators |
| c2006 | ||
| Wonderland Tours Christchurch | . | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| C J Worth Ltd Hamilton | . | see Blueworth |
| 2004 | ||
| Harvey Wright Mangawhai | by 1980 | School bus operator? Bedford VAM14 |
| till 1987 | ||
| Wyldes Motors Ltd Runanga, Westland | by 1970 | School bus, tour and Charter operator. |
| Present | ||
| Wylies Garage Ltd Tapanui | by 1989 | School bus operator |
| 26/7/04 | ||
| Wylies Buses Ltd Tapanui | 26/7/04 | School bus operator |
| 2009 | ||
| Wymer Buses Waiuku | . | School and Charter operator |
| Present | ||
| Wytch Way Coach Tours Tokoroa | 2008? | School and Charter operator. Christopher Candy |
| Present |
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