Public Transport
BayBus
The bus service below is operated by BayBus, Environment Bay of Plenty has in place a call centre for handling timetable and complaint enquiries.
Calls are handled between 6am and 7pm Monday - Sunday, phone 08004BAYBUS
Kawerau - Whakatane (plus Tauranga link via Te Puke)

Tuesdays and Fridays, except public holiday
| Bus routes |
AM |
Bus routes |
PM |
| Depart Kawerau |
8:30 |
Depart Tauranga Hospital |
2:00 |
| Quay St Whakatane |
9.25 |
Wharf St |
2:05 |
| Boon St |
9:30 |
Bayfair |
2:20 |
| Matata |
9:50 |
Palm B. Plaza |
2:30 |
| Pongakawa |
10:10 |
Te Puke |
2:45 |
| Te Puke |
10:25 |
Pongakawa |
3:00 |
| Palm B. Plaza |
10:40 |
Matata |
3:15 |
| Bayfair |
10:50 |
Quay St |
3:40 |
| Wharf St |
11:05 |
Boon St Whakatane |
3:45 |
| Arrive Tauranga Hospital |
11:15 |
Arrive Kawerau |
4:40 |
From Kawerau to Tauranga: (via Whakatane, Te Puke): Plunket (Bus Termini), Onslow, River, SH34, Te Teko, Main, College (to and from Edgecumbe retirement village), College, Edgecumbe, SH 2, SH 30, Awakeri, Hinemoa, Stewart (opposite Whakatane Hospital), King (Kopeopeo), Domain, McAlister, The Strand, Buddle, New World (S.C) Kakahoroa, Quay (info centre, Bus Field), The Strand, Boon (Bus Termini), Pyne, McAlister, Domain, Landing, SH 30, Thornton, Arawa (Matata), SH2, King, Commerce, Te Puke (Commerce Lane, Bus Field), Jocelyn, Jellicoe, SH2, Domain, Gravatt, Palm Bch Plaza (Bus Field), Domain, Papamoa Bch, Maranui, Girven, Marlin, Taupo, Farm, Rear Row Lane, Bayfair Shopping Centre (Bus Field), Girven, Maunganui, Hewletts, Harbour Bridge, Dive, The Strand, Hamilton, Durham, Wharf (Bus Field, Tauranga C.B.D), Willow, Hamilton, Durham, Elizabeth, Cameron, Tauranga Hospital (Bus Termini).
From Tauranga to Kawerau: (via Te Puke, Whakatane): Tauranga Hospital (Bus Termini), Cameron, Wharf (Bus Field, C.B.D), Willow, Harington, The Strand, Dive, Harbour Bridge, Hewletts, Maunganui, Concord, Harris, Jackson, Bayfair Shopping Centre (Bus Field), Girven, Maranui, Papamoa Bch, Domain, Palm Bch Plaza (Bus Field), Gravatt, Domain, SH 2, Jellicoe, Jocelyn, Commerce (Te Puke, Bus Field), King, SH 2, Arawa (Matata, Bus Field), Thornton, SH 30, Landing, Domain, McAlister, The Strand, Buddle, New World (Shopping Centre) Kakahoroa, Quay (info centre, Bus Field), The Strand, Boon (Bus Termini), Pyne, McAlister, Domain, King (Kopeopeo), Stewart (adjacent to Whakatane Hospital), Hinemoa, SH 30 (Awakeri), SH 2, College, Edgecumbe (in and out of Edgecumbe retirement village), College, Main, (Te Teko), SH34, River, Fenton Mill, Valley, Tamarangi/SH 34, Islington, Plunket (Kawerau, Bus Termini).
Intercity Coachlines
Ticketing Agent, Eduquip Ltd, 23 Jellicoe Court 323 8059 Web: www.intercitycoach.co.nz or Email: info@intercitygroup.co.nz
Intercity Coaches operates:
Gisborne to Auckland 6222 - Morning coach-stop at Kawerau, Plunket Street Auckland to Gisborne 6211 - Afternoon coach-stop at Kawerau, Plunket Street
This service operates on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.
Drive Time from:
- Whakatane - 30 minutes
- Rotorua - 45 minutes
- Tauranga - 1.25 hours
- Hamilton - 2.25 hours
- Taupo - 1.75 hours
- Napier - 3.50 hours
- Gisborne - 3.00 hours
- Auckland - 3.50 hours
Beaches - 25 minutes Lakes - 15 minutes Forest - 5 minutes
Airports: Whakatane - 35 minutes (major domestic) Rotorua - 45 minutes (major domestic)
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