Whitianga Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Great Barrier Airlines (0800 900 600; www.greatbarrierairlines.co.nz) connects Whitianga to Great Barrier Island and Auckland (both $109, 30 minutes, twice weekly). The airfield is 4km west of town.

InterCity (0508 353 947; www.intercity.co.nz) has daily buses to/from Coromandel Town ($18, 80 minutes), Tairua ($17, 45 minutes) and Thames ($33, 1½ hours), stopping at the i-SITE. Daily Go Kiwi (0800 446 549; www.go-kiwi.co.nz) shuttles head to Tairua ($12, 45 minutes). Naked Bus (www.nakedbus.com) has four services per week to Auckland (3¾ hours) and Tairua (45 minutes), with advance fares starting from $1.