Many places don't actually a specific bus-station, there is just a bus stop on the roadside, which is used by all the bus companies that stop in the the town..
In the larger cities, there is usually one or more bus-exchange or similar. And it may be where all buses operate from - but sometimes long-distance coaches and InterCity buses may have a different office location again.
In smaller cities and towns, there might be a bus-station attached to the railway station. Or the i-SITE tourist information office may function as a bus station, sellng tickets for all the long-distances buses and with a bus-stop outside which is used by regional and long-distance buses. Or there might just be one bus-stop which is the central point for these buses, with no office or passenger facilities. The latter approach is common if a company other than InterCity is the main bus-company in the area.
And lots of locations have a bus-depot or bus-garage. Usually this is a place where buses park overnight or are dispatched from, not a people can catch the bus - although there is sometimes regular bus-stop right out side the door.
The following list of main town and cities, sorted roughly from top to bottom of the country shows the bus-station location in each pace. Don't assume that all buses stop at this place though - always check with your bus company which stop they used..
List of New Zealand bus-station addresses
| Kaitaia | Corner South Rd and Matthews Ave - Behind Te Ahu Centre |
| Kaikohe | Kaikohe Bus Company 4 Mangakahia Rd |
| Whangarei | Intercity buses: Northland Coach & Travel Centre, 3C Bank St, Whangarei City buses: Rose Street Bus Terminus |
| Auckland | Auckland central and south:
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| Hamilton | Hamilton Transport centre, 373 Anglesea St (corner Bryce St and Anglesea S) |
| Taumarunui | Outside the Railway Station / i-SITE, 116 Hakiaha St |
| Thames | iSite Visitor Information Centre 200 Mary Street |
| Tauranga | Wharf St - Outside library and i-SITE |
| Rotorua | Tourism Rotorua, 1167 Fenton St |
| Whakatane | Outside Whakatane i-SITE, Quay St |
| Gisborne | Intercity: Outside Gisborne i-SITE, 209 Grey St Local buses: Bright St. |
| Wairoa | Outside Wairoa i-SITE, 54a Queen St |
| New Plymouth | Bus Centre, 19 Ariki St, New Plymouth |
| Taupo | i-SITE 30 Tongariro Street |
| Napier | 12 Carlyle Street, Napier |
| Hastings | Bus Shelter opposite Subway, 117 Russell St |
| Palmerston North | Next to the i-SITE inside The Square carpark, Bays 1 through 5 |
| Wanganui | Travel Centre 156 Ridgway St |
| Masterton | Tranzit Depot, 316 Queen St, Masterton |
| Porirua | Platform 1, Railway Station, Station Rd (off Lyttleton Ave) |
| Lower Hutt | Waterloo Interchange, Cambridge Tce/Trafalgar Square and Oxford Tce. (Many buses run via Queensgate, 13 Bunny St and this is a major stop) |
| Upper Hutt | Railway Staton, Station Cresent (off Fergusson Dr, near Princes St) |
| Wellington | Long-distance buses: Railway Station, Platform 9 City buses: 3-21 Lambton Quay |
| Picton | Auckland Street - and Outside Main Entrance of Interislander Ferry Terminal |
| Nelson | Travel Centre, 27 Bridge Street |
| Motueka | Motueka Information Cente i-SITE, 20 Wallace St |
| Takaka | Information Centre, SH 60 |
| Westport | Outside Westport i-SITE,123 Palmerston Street |
| Greymouth | Greymouth Railway Station, 164 MacKay St |
| Hokitika | Hokitika Travel Centre and Kiwi house, 64 Tancred St |
| Kaikoura | North Bound - Outside The Fish Tank Lodge, 86 West End, South Bound - 1 of 3 Bus Stops by Public Carpark between Public toilets and i-Site on West End |
| Christchurch | Bus Interchange / Whakawhitinga Pahi: Corner of Colombo and Lichfield Streets, access also from Tuam St. Includes a Regional Platform where city and long distance buses connect. All Newmans Coach Lines buses (to Tekapo/Queenstown): Rolleston Avenue, outside the Canterbury Museum (nearest intersection Worcester Boulevard). |
| Ashburton | Adjacent to the i-SITE Visitor Centre, East St |
| Timaru | Travel Centre Railway Station, 1 Station St |
| Oamaru | Bus Stop outside Public Toilets, Eden St |
| Dunedin | Ritchies Intercity Travel 7 Halsey Street near the corner of Sturdee Street. |
| Queenstown | 7 Athol St, Queenstown |
| Invercargill | Gala St, outside the museum and iSite Invercargill Information Centre |
| Gore | Outside Visitor Centre 16 Hokonui Dr |