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Story: Coaches and long-distance buses

New Zealand Railways Road Services brochure

New Zealand Railways Road Services published this brochure for the Wellington–Rotorua route as in the 1950s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-BUS-1950s-01-map

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Jane Tolerton, Coaches and long-distance buses – Early long-distance buses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/23733/new-zealand-railways-road-services-brochure (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.