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Service Information:   Effective from: 01 Mar 19 - combined bus/coach and ferry services from Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Plamerston North and Wellington to Kaikoura and Christchurch are operating
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North Island coach and bus route mapYou can search online for times, fares and make instant confirmation reservations to small communities, towns, cities, national parks, skifields, major tourist destinations and attractions including the destinations on the route map in the North Island, on regular daily services - 365 days a year, on New Zealand's largest bus, coach, scenic coach and inter-island ferry travel network in association with InterCity and Great Sights - with its scenic sightseeing travel services and tours.

If you are experiencing any problems in making your reservation or would like one of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact our Travel Centre team.

Fares
All fares are in NZ$/NZD and include local taxes.

Making Reservations
1. To search for fares, departure times, seat availability or making a reservation, type in the 'From' field of the FareFinder search box located on the left of this page - the destination you are travelling from.

2. Type in the 'To' field, the destination you are travelling to.

3. Select your travel date, by clicking on the 'Calendar' icon next to the 'Depart Date' field.

If travel is one way, do not select a 'Return' travel date.

If want to search for return travel fares, times or make reservations, then select your return travel date, by clicking on the 'Calendar' icon next to the 'Return Date' field.

4. In the 'Passenger' field, select the number of people travelling including any children and/or infants.

5. Click on the 'Search' icon to display times, fares and seat availability.

6. To make a reservation, select the fare you wish to travel on and click on the 'Add to Cart' icon.

Note - If you want to make reservations to other destination on the same reservation, on the Cart page, click on the New Search icon located under Cart top left of the page.

Type or select the destination you want to travel from in the 'From' field and type or select the destination you want to travel to  in the 'To' field, add your new Travel Date and click on the Search icon. Select the Fare Type you want to book and click on the Add to Cart icon. If you want to add other travel sectors, repeat booking process until you have booked all required travel sectors.

If you want to add more travel sectors to your reservation, please repeat, the above procedure, until you have completed all the required travel sector/s you want to travel.

7. If you do not wish to add any other travel, click on the 'Book' icon to the 'Passenger Details' screen and click on Continue icon to Secure - Check Out and Confirmation to complete your reservation.

8. To finalize your reservation, follow the instructions for payment procedures. Once payment has been finalized, your E-Ticket/Itinerary will be emailed to the address you have used in your reservation.  If you are using a public email account like Hotmail, Google, Yahoo, etc, please the Spam/Junk folder of your account, if your E-Ticket/Itinerary is not in your email 'In' box.

If you are experiencing any problems in making your reservation or would like one of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact our Travel Centre team.

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Payment
Payment for all bus and coach services can be paid by a Visa or Mastercard credit, debit, prepaid/prepaid reloadable card, Airpoints ONESMART debit Mastercard card or for New Zealand and Australian residents only - by internet banking using 'Poli' pay.

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Ferry Reservations/Bookings
Combined bus and Cook Strait ferry travel is available from Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Paihia (Bay of Islands), Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston North or Wellington to Christchurch, Kaikoura, Blenheim, Nelson or Picton, using the FareFinder - type or select 'Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Paihia, Whangarei, Auckland Central, Hamilton Central, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston North or Wellington Central' in the 'From' field and type or select 'Christchurch, Kaikoura, Blenheim, Picton or Nelson' in the 'To' field as your destination.

To make reservations to other destinations on the same booking/reservation, follow the steps in paragraph 6 under Making Reservations.

If you are experiencing any problems in making your combined bus and ferry reservation or would like one of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact our Travel Centre team.

Return to FareFinder for online ferry times, fares and instant confirmation reservations

Auckland Airport Reservations
Reservations can be also made for travel to/from Auckland International Airport to Auckland city and to other destinations outside the greater Auckland urban region either from the International or domestic terminals.

Using the Farefinder search box located on the left, in the 'From' field, select either 'Auckland International Airport' or 'Auckland Domestic Airport' and in the 'To' field, the destination you want to travel too.

Reservations for bus and coach travel within the greater Auckland urban region can not be made, as these services are local commuter services.

If you are experiencing any problems in making your combined bus and train reservation or would like one of our travel consultant's to make a reservation/s for you, please do not hesitate to contact our Travel Centre team.

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