Editing Transport in New Zealand (section)

===Passenger services===
{{Main|Public transport in New Zealand}}

Without rapid transit, transport by [[bus]] services form the main component of public transport services in New Zealand cities, and the country also has a network of long-distance bus or [[Coach (bus)|coach]] services, augmented by door-to-door inter-city ''shuttle vans'', a type of [[share taxi|shared taxi]].

The first widespread motor vehicle services were shared taxi services termed ''service cars''; a significant early provider was [[Aard]], operating elongated [[Hudson Super Six]]es.<ref name="map"/> By 1920 AARD covered most of the North Island and even provided transport for the [[George VI#Military career and education|Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/content-aggregator/getIEs?system=ilsdb&id=1049754|title=1920 AARD N Island bus map, with photo of Prince and Hudson car|website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> By 1924 the services covered even more areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/content-aggregator/getIEs?system=ilsdb&id=1081104|title=1924 AARD N Island bus map with drawing of Hudson car and gradient profiles|website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> Aard was taken over by [[New Zealand Railways Road Services]] in 1928.<ref name="map">[[Alexander Turnbull Library]], ''Map New Zealand'', Godwit/Random House, Auckland 2006</ref> The road fleet of [[New Zealand Railways Corporation]] was [[privatisation|privatised]] in 1991 with the long-distance business still existing as [[InterCity (New Zealand)|InterCity]], having more recently incorporated ''Newmans Coachlines''. Another former extensive coach business was [[Mount Cook Group|Mount Cook Landlines]], which closed in the 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} Internet-based [[nakedbus.com]] is building another nationwide network, partly as a reseller of several smaller bus operators' capacity.<ref name="popular">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10404428 |title=Online-only cheap bus fares prove popular |author=Mills, Fraser |date=5 October 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="decision">[https://archive.today/20121209185524/http://203.152.114.11/decisions/08/08178.doc Decision]. Retrieved 30 March 2009</ref>

Intercity and [[Tourism Holdings Ltd]] are significant sightseeing / tourism coach operators.