Matamata Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Matamata is on SH27, 20km north of Tirau.

InterCity (07-834 3457; www.intercity.co.nz) runs daily buses to Cambridge ($19, 30 minutes), Hamilton ($24, 54 minutes), Tauranga ($20, one hour) and Rotorua ($24, one hour).

Budget operators Naked Bus (www.nakedbus.com) have advance fares starting from $1 on daily trips to Auckland (3½ hours), Hamilton (one hour), Cambridge (30 minutes) and Tauranga (45 minutes).

Go Kiwi (0800 446 549; www.go-kiwi.co.nz) has daily shuttles to/from Auckland ($27, 3¼ hours), Cambridge ($9, 20 minutes) and Tauranga ($14, one hour).