Connector information

Hāwera-NP Connector

Hospital patients/visitors must book for all services, no matter what time of day. All other Connector bookings are no longer essential.

The Connector runs four return trips Monday to Friday between Hāwera and New Plymouth, extending from and to Opunake on the first and last run. Info line: 0800 26 63 28

Connector timetable

Hospital patients/visitors must book (for all services, no matter what time of day) by calling the TDHB - Hāwera 278 9929, Stratford 765 7189 or New Plymouth 753 6139.

All other Connector bookings are no longer essential.

WITT students travel for free and must produce a current WITT student ID card when boarding the bus (Bee Card is no longer required).

The Hāwera-New Plymouth Connector is operated by Pickering Motors Ltd under contract to the Taranaki Regional Council, with funding support from the Taranaki District Health Board and WITT.

Connector fares & Bee Card information

Fares

Bee Cards

All about Bee Card

Bee Cards are the preferred method of contactless payment. Bee cards cost $5, plus a minimum top-up of $5. The minimum recharge amount is $5. 

They can recharged on the bus (cash only). Cards can be obtained online at www.beecard.co.nz(external link), or from one of our Taranaki retailers:

  • New Plymouth i-SITE located within the Puke Ariki building on St Aubyn Street, New Plymouth | 10am-5pm daily
  • Tranzit at 15 Sunley Street, Westown | 8am-5pm Monday to Friday 
  • Bell Block Library at 88 Parklands Avenue | 9am-5pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9am-6pm Tuesday & Thursday, 9am-12pm Saturday
  • Waitara Library at 15 Queen Street | 9am-5pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9am-6pm Tuesday & Thursday, 9am-12pm Saturday
  • Stratford i-SITE inside the Stratford Library in Prospero Place | 8.30am-5pm Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm Saturdays
  • South Taranaki i-SITE at 55 High Street, Hawera | 8.30am-5pm Monday to Friday, 10am-3pm weekends
  • Pickering Motors Ltd at 11 Tennyson Street, Opunake | 7.30am-5pm Monday to Friday

Links and downloads

Get a Bee Card(external link)

Bee Card FAQs

Bee Card terms and conditions(external link)

Bus fares and concession types

We offer the following concessions:

  • Infant
  • Child
  • Youth
  • WITT Students
  • SuperGold 
  • Community Connect
  • Total Mobility

For more information on the above concession types and whether you are eligible - please visit www.trc.govt.nz/bus-fares-and-concession-types/ (external link)

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