man 11.190 in 2008 founded 31 december 2004 1 headquarters hamilton new zealand service area hamilton tauranga gisborne hawkes bay christchurch dunedin invercargill queenstown service type bus service inter city coach service tour buses coach charters student transport fleet designline corporation mercedes benz man zhongtong bus fuel type diesel chief executive calum haslop website gobus.co.nz go bus transport ltd is a large bus company in new zealand owned by tainui and ngai tahu . the company is based in hamilton new zealand but also runs bus services in hawke s bay tauranga christchurch gisborne dunedin and invercargill . 2 contents 1 history 2 acquired bus companies 2.1 christchurch bus services 2.2 urban cat 2.3 invercargill passenger transport 2.4 hawarden garage 3 references 4 external links history edit original constituent companies buses ltd ran hamilton buses from at least 1928 . 3 about 1980 it was bought by hamilton city council and renamed hamilton city buses ltd 4 simpsons ran huntly buses since at least 1929 . 5 hodgsons of te awamutu were granted a licence in 1932 . 6 merger in 2004 go bus was formed by the merger of c.j. worth ltd. trading as blue worth coachlines and hamilton city buses privatised in the 1990s simpsons and hodgsons . 7 craig worth was still commercial director in 2015 . 8 9 controlling shareholders wellington investment group morrison and co. 10 had become a 41 % shareholder by 2005 . 11 in 2007 direct capital bought 87 % of gobus . the other 13 % remained with gobus managers and directors . 12 gobus then had 410 vehicles 4 workshops 8 depots . 10 and 460 staff . 13 by 2010 it had 650 buses and over 700 staff . 14 from 2007 to 2012 gobus more than doubled its fleet and increased its staff to 950 . direct put gobus up for sale saying it needed more capital to continue expanding . 12 in 2012 another private equity fund australia s next capital bought direct s 86.8 % of gobus 12 for 84.6 m. 15 in 2014 ngai tahu holdings corp and tainui group holdings bought go bus for a reported 170m . 16 expansion some growth has been by acquisition of bus companies see below some by winning new contracts . among the latter have been 2009 contract for napier and hastings renewed in 2015 after a 60 % growth in passengers . 17 2009 tauranga 7.5 m 3m less than previous operator bayline coaches 5 year contract with environment bay of plenty bay . bayline had run 25 buses daily but the new service used 35 buses and 42 staff with depots in tauranga mt maunganui and te puke . 18 2013 won gisborne contract by cutting the 320 000 a year waipawa red bus service to 217 776 plus 5 000 for cycle racks in the first year 19 with two air conditioned 27 seat gizzybuses and a reduced timetable . 20 gobus also tendered for large buses at 225 941 a year . 19 2015 won 8 bus gisborne school contract from waipawa . 21 acquired bus companies edit christchurch bus services edit christchurch bus services ltd operated metro routes for environment canterbury in christchurch and timaru as well as private charter services for groups and schools . it was purchased in december 2010 by go bus . urban cat edit in july 2013 gobus transport took over the urban cat christchurch urban bus operations of leopard coachlines gaining around 90 buses . 22 invercargill passenger transport edit in april 2014 go bus took over invercargill passenger transport which at that time was trading as passenger transport citibus throughout the southern south island . hawarden garage edit based in kaiapoi hawarden garage & transport co ltd was bought at the end of 2013 . references edit omnibus society urban routes hamilton napier hastings tauranga cristchurch go bus . www.gobus.co.nz . retrieved 2015 11 14 . papers past auckland star 16 february 1928 page 20 . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz . retrieved 2015 11 15 . omnibus society miners in buses . evening post . 1943 12 14 . p. 4 . retrieved 2015 11 16 . motor transport . new zealand herald . 1932 11 11 . p. 12 . retrieved 2015 11 15 . omnibus society media . www.gobus.co.nz . retrieved 2015 12 08 . lewis geoff 2014 01 20 . hamilton welcomes kneeling buses . stuff.co.nz . retrieved 2015 11 15 . a b investor buys controlling share in bus company . stuff.co.nz . 2009 01 01 . retrieved 2015 11 16 . ift page 16 . www.sharetrader.co.nz . retrieved 2015 11 16 . a b c stuff 2 6 2012 aussies board gobus direct capital . www.directcapital.co.nz . retrieved 2015 11 16 . direct capital . www.directcapital.co.nz . retrieved 2015 11 16 . next capital investor . www.nextcapital.com.au . retrieved 2015 11 16 . nbr august 12 2014 go bus gets its contract renewed . m.nzherald.co.nz . retrieved 2015 11 16 . suddaby graham skellern reon 2008 12 24 . hopper buses to disappear from city . bay of plenty times . issn 1170 0777 . retrieved 2015 11 16 . a b bus tender contract ew12 11 tender evaluation report pdf . gisborne district council . line feed character in title at position 30 help new gizzybuses get the thumbs up scoop news . www.scoop.co.nz . 22 august 2013 . retrieved 2015 11 16 . new buses for city schools run . www.test.helm1.gisborneherald.co.nz . january 17 2015 . retrieved 2015 11 16 . christchurch based leopard coachlines is selling its city bus routes and commuter buses to hamilton s go bus ... stuff.co.nz external links edit go bus transport ltd website v t e bus transport in new zealand urban bus companies go bus transport go bus christchurch nz bus go west north star link metrolink waka pacific go wellington valley flyer highland global transport howick & eastern mana coach services newlands coach services red bus ritchies transport long distance bus companies intercity manabus.com nakedbus.com tourism bus companies great sights & newmans kiwi experience nakedpassport.com bus manufacturers designline international kiwi bus builders government and regulation new zealand transport agency at auckland citylink new plymouth metlink wellington metro christchurch orc dunedin 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