North Island

Bus travel from

  - Auckland
  - Gisborne
  - Hamilton
  - Hastings
  - Kaitaia
  - Kerikeri
  - Napier
  - National Park
  - New Plymouth
  - Ohakune
  - Paihia (Bay of Islands)
  - Palmerston North
  - Rotorua
  - Taupo
  - Tauranga
  - Tongariro National Park
  - Waitomo Caves
  - Wanganui
  - Wellington
  - Whangarei

South Island

Bus travel from

  - Blenheim
  - Christchurch
  - Dunedin
  - Fox Glacier
  - Franz Josef
  - Greymouth 
  - Hokitika
  - Invercargill
  - Kaikoura
  - Motueka/Marahau
  - Milford Sound
  - Mt Cook
  - Nelson
  - Oamaru
  - Picton
  - Punakaiki
  - Queenstown
  - Takaka 
  - Te Anau
  - Tekapo
  - Twizel
  - Wanaka
  - Westport

Stewart Island

  - Oban

Welcome to New Zealand Bus Travel Network

Travelling by bus and coach is a great way to explore New Zealand's 15 unique geographical regions and diverse natural beauty with its lakes, rivers, native rugged bush, the majestic volcanoes of the North Island's central plateau,  the North Island skifields of Whakapapa and Turoa to the mountain peaks of the majestic Southern Alps, fiords of Milford and Doubtful Sounds, the great southern lakes, rivers, native rugged alpine bush and glaciers of the west coast of the South Island to the major South Island skifields of Mt Hutt, Queenstown and Wanaka on a national network of bus and coach services.

With New Zealand Bus Travel network, you can choose from a range of bus and coach services from any one of the major destinations by clicking on your planned departure location either from the route map located on the right or a link located on the left, to destinations in the North and South Islands of New Zealand, whether your travel is from Auckland to Wellington or from Christchurch to Queenstown or from Queenstown to Auckland, travelling on frequent daily regional and national services of InterCity Coachlines, Newmans Coachlines, Naked Bus or Great Sights - with its premier touring services.

With the national bus and coach networks of InterCity Coachlines, Great Sights, Newmans Coachlines and Naked Bus operating 180 regional and national services daily, you can travel to over 700 cities, towns, national parks, major ski/snowboard fields and key tourist destintions through out New Zealand - 365 days a year.

With affordable fares from NZ$1.00, travelling on InterCity, Newmans, Naked Bus and Great Sights national and regional bus and coach services is a great way to see New Zealand's diverse scenic beauty.

Travel is on modern eco-friendly, air conditioned coaches and buses featuring reclining seats with foot and head rests, with some long distance coach services having on board washroom/toilet facility. All regional and long distance bus services do stop regularly for comfort and refreshment breaks.

InterCity Coachlines operates the Starlighter overnight coach services between Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston North and Wellington connecting with the Wellington/Picton ferry services operating between the North and South Islands. The Starlighter overnight coach services features reclining seats with foot and head rests, individual reading lights and air conditioning controls, onboard toilet/washroom facility and makes two refreshment/comfort stops on route.

Online ferry times, fares, passenger space availability and instant confirmation reservations are available for Cook Strait ferry services between Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island. There is also bus/ferry travel fares to or from Paihia (Bay of Islands), Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston North or Wellington to or from Nelson, Blenheim, Kaikoura and Christchurch.

If you want to explore and see New Zealand's diverse scenic beauty, there is a range of 'Hop On/Hop Off' Bus and Coach Passes allowing you to travel at your own pace in any direction at any time on the national bus and coach networks of InterCity Coachlines, Newmans Coachlines and Great Sights plus travel on Cook Strait ferry ferry services between the North and South Islands for up to 12 months, giving you value for money travel. 

After a day's travel, there is a range of bed and breakfast inns and lodges, backpacker hostels, motels, motor inns, apartment and hotel accommodation to choose from for a comfortable night's stay, that can be used with your bus/coach pass or after your day's bus and coach travel.