Eastern Bay Bayhopper Route 143 - Whakatane to Tauranga

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This service travels via Paengaroa and Te Puke. It also connects with the Whakatane - Opotiki service on a Monday and the Whakatane - Kawerau service on Tuesday and Friday. Pukehina residents your bus service is 143b Whakatane to Tauranga via Pukehina and Te Puke

via Paengaroa Mon, Tues, and Fri except public holidays

	Quay Street, Whakatane	Boon Street, Whakatane	Matata	Paengaroa (opposite the Country Store)	Maketu	Te Puke (Commerce Lane)	Gravatt Road (outside Papamoa Plaza)	Bayfair Shopping Centre	Tauranga CBD Stand D (Wharf St)	Opposite Tauranga Hospital	Greerton (Cameron Rd)	Tauranga Hospital	Tauranga CBD Stand D (Wharf St)	Bayfair Shopping Centre	Gravatt Road (outside Papamoa Plaza)	Te Puke (Commerce Lane)	Maketu	Paengaroa (opposite the Country Store)	Matata	Quay Street, Whakatane	Boon Street, Whakatane
AM	9:15	9:20	9:40	10:05	10:20	10:35	10:50	11:00	11:15	11:25	11:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2:00	2:05	2:20	2:30	2:45	2:55	3:10	3:35	4:00	4:05

STOPS IN

Whakatane to Tauranga via Matata, Te Puke, Maketu

Whakatane, 1 Quay Street
Whakatane, 32 Boon Street
Matata, 37 Arawa Street
Paengaroa (opposite the Country Store)
Maketu (Beach Rd next to Maketu Pies)
Te Puke (Commerce Lane)
Papamoa, (Gravatt Road - Opposite Pak N Save)
Bayfair Mall - Fronting Main Entrance
Tauranga CBD (Wharf St)
Tauranga Hospital (Cameron Road - Fronting No. 848)
Greerton (Cameron Road - Fronting McDonalds Restaurants)

STOPS OUT

Tauranga to Whakatane via Matata, Te Puke, Maketu

Greerton (Cameron Road - Greerton Hall)
Tauranga Hospital (Cameron Rd)
Tauranga CBD (Wharf St)
Bayfair Mall - Fronting Main Entrance
Papamoa (Gravatt Road - Opposite Pak N Save)
Te Puke (Commerce Lane)
Maketu (Beach Rd next to Maketu Pies)
Paengaroa (opposite the Country Store)
Matata (37 Arawa Street)
Whakatane, 1 Quay Street
Whakatane,32 Boon Street

Adult fares

	Whakatane	Matata	Pukehina/ Pongakawa	Maketu/ Te Puke	Papamoa Plaza/ Bayfair	Tauranga CBD/ Hospital
Whakatane	-	$5.00	$9.10	$11.00	$13.70	$15.20
Matata	$5.00	-	$5.00	$6.80	$9.10	$11.60
Pukehina/Pongakawa	$9.10	$5.00	$3.70	$4.20	$6.10	$7.60
Maketu/Te Puke	$11.00	$6.80	$4.20	$3.70	$4.50	$5.70
Papamoa Plaza/Bayfair	$13.70	$9.10	$6.10	$4.50	$3.40	$3.40
Tauranga CBD/Hospital	$15.20	$11.60	$7.60	$5.70	$3.40	$3.40

Concession fares

	Whakatane	Matata	Pukehina/ Pongakawa	Maketu/ Te Puke	Papamoa Plaza/ Bayfair	Tauranga CBD/ Hospital
Whakatane	-	$3.00	$5.50	$6.60	$8.20	$9.10
Matata	$3.00	-	$3.00	$4.10	$5.50	$7.00
Pukehina/Pongakawa	$5.50	$3.00	$2.20	$2.50	$3.70	$4.60
Maketu/Te Puke	$6.60	$4.10	$2.50	$2.20	$2.70	$3.40
Papamoa Plaza/Bayfair	$8.20	$5.50	$3.70	$2.70	$2.00	$2.00
Tauranga CBD/Hospital	$9.10	$7.00	$4.60	$3.40	$2.00	$2.00

Concession fares apply to the following groups:

Children aged 5 - 15 years
Secondary school students (with a valid student ID)
Tertiary students (with a valid student ID and must be NZQA registered institution)
NZ SuperGold card peak-time travel

Children under 5 travel free

NZ Supergold - Bay of Plenty Regional Council reviewed the SuperGold Card hours free travel period and extended them as a trial until 30 June 2020 on all Bayhopper and Cityride services.

During the the trial period eligible card holders (aged 65 and over) will now have free bus travel on the regional network from:

9am on weekdays;
and all day on weekends and public holidays.

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