National Ticketing System
For the most up-to-date information and media releases on the National Ticketing System, see NZTA's website.
From NZTA Website - June 2024
How you pay to travel on public transport in Aotearoa New Zealand is changing.
The National Ticketing Solution (NTS) is a partnership between the New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and 13 Public Transport Authorities (PTAs) which will provide a range of easy-to-use payment methods for all public transport across the country.
The new national system will be called Motu Move. Customers will be able to pay for public transport using contactless debit or credit cards and digital payment methods such as Apple Pay and Google Pay on mobile phones and smart watches, as well as a prepaid Motu Move card and pre-bought tickets.
Motu Move implementation will start in Canterbury in late 2024 followed by a region-by-region rollout.
By making payments easier, Motu Move will encourage more people to use public transport more often. The new system will also provide better data on public transport use, which will help Public Transport Authorities (PTAs) to improve their networks in a more targeted way.
The NTS public transport partners are Auckland Transport, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Environment Canterbury, and a Regional Consortium of ten medium and smaller councils that currently use the Bee Card. Those councils are Northland Regional Council, Waikato Regional Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Taranaki Regional Council, Gisborne Regional Council, Horizons Regional Council, Hawkes Bay Regional Council, Nelson City Council, Otago Regional Council, and Invercargill City Council.
Our key external partners are Cubic Transportation Systems, Mastercard, Activata, ASB, and OneNZ.