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13th July 2010 - Unions Agree to recommend ratification
On Tuesday 27th July GO Wellington and Valley Flyer bus services will be disrupted between 11am to 2.30pm to allow members of the Wellington Tramways and Manufacturing and Construction Workers Unions to Read more...
27th April 2010 - Strike notice received before negotiation started
Drivers and other workers employed by GO Wellington and Valley Flyer (NZ Bus) and another employer, Mana Coach Services (Souter Holdings Ltd), will walk off the job at 9am on Wednesday, 28 April with negotiations yet to start. Read more...
26th April 2010 - Wellington bus commuters impacted by striking unions from 9am on Wednesday, 28 April
The Wellington Tramways and M&C unions have instructed bus operators GO Wellington and Valley Flyer that they will be undertaking strike action on Wednesday, 28 April from 9am. Read more...
21st April 2010 - Buses salute our war heroes
GO Wellington and Valley Flyer are providing free bus travel to veterans on ANZAC Day, Sunday, 25 April. Read more...
11th March 2010 - DISRUPTION TO BUS SERVICES
On Monday, 08 March GO Wellington bus services will be disrupted due to a scheduled meeting of the Wellington branch of the Tramways Union. Read more...
2nd March 2010 - GO Wellington and Valley Flyer get graduating!
On 18 February, a graduation ceremony was held to present GO Wellington and Valley Flyer bus drivers with their National Certificate in Passenger Service. Read more...
24th February 2010 - ‘AmBUSadors’ out to entertain GO Wellington customers!
To really get Wellingtonians into the spirit of the Festival, GO Wellington will have two ‘AmBUSadors’ on board buses from Monday, 1 March to Friday, 5 March. Read more...
15th February 2010 - DISRUPTION TO BUS SERVICES - Monday, 08 March
On Monday, 08 March GO Wellington bus services will be disrupted due to a scheduled meeting of the Wellington branch of the Tramways Union. Read more...
12th February 2010 - GO Study or GO Shopping with GO Wellington
GO Wellington has introduced a new permanent route to its service to coincide with Orientation Week at Victoria University. Read more...
9th December 2009 - GO Wellington gave the ride of your life
GO Wellington today handed over a cheque worth more than $8300 to the Wellington Free Ambulance Read more...
3rd December 2009 - GO Wellington supports the Act Right Youth Event
A GO Wellington bus will be carrying an anti-violence message round the city for the next eight months. Read more...
4th November 2009 - GO Wellington gets into the festival spirit
Three striking new-look buses will take to the streets of Wellington today as part of GO Wellington’s sponsorship of the International Festival of the Arts. Read more...
29th October 2009 - Go Wellington gives the ride of your life
GO Wellington is proud to again be a major sponsor of the Ride of Your Life event to be held Thursday, 5 November from 6pm to 9pm. Read more...
24th September 2009 - Promotion snappered up
Last weekend’s Snapper 50 per cent off promotion saw a 27 per cent jump in people snappering their bus fare on GO Wellington, Valley Flyer and Airport Flyer buses. Read more...
14th September 2009 - bus fares are snappered in half
GO Wellington, Valley Flyer and Airport Flyer are all offering 50% off the cash price of a single fare when customers Snapper their bus fares this weekend. Read more...
2nd September 2009 - Last new-generation trolley bus hits the road
GO Wellington today launched the last of the new generation trolley buses to be delivered under a fleet replacement programme which began in December 2007. Read more...
31st August 2009 - Win the best seats from your bus seats
Simply by travelling on a GO Wellington, Valley Flyer or Airport Flyer bus, passengers will be in with a chance to win two of the best seats in town every day! Read more...
28th August 2009 - Children can hook a Snapper too!
Children are now able to Snapper their bus fares on Go Wellington buses Read more...
17th August 2009 - Children can Snapper too
From 20 August, children who catch the bus will be able to Snapper their GO Wellington bus fares. Read more...
8th July 2009 - GO Wellington - Zero tolerance for theft
GO Wellington today confirmed that nine drivers have been dismissed in recent months due to irregularities in reconciling revenue off their buses. Read more...
2nd July 2009 - GO Wellington - go give life
A dramatic, new-look bus aimed at raising awareness of the work of the Neonatal Trust will be taking to the streets of Wellington from tomorrow as part of GO Wellington’s highly visual community-branded bus fleet. Read more...
4th June 2009 - 30,000 people benefit from Council's decision on the Golden Mile
NZ Bus CEO Bruce Emson comments on the Wellington City Council voting in support of opening Manners Mall to Wellington buses and improving the area's pedestrian ways. Read more...
25 March 2009 - GO Wellington routes 48 and 49 to cease at end of trial period
GO Wellington routes 48 and 49 will cease running from Friday, 27 March. Routes 48 and 49 ran from Karori Park to Queensgate via Johnsonville and from Wellington Zoo to Queensgate via Wellington’s CBD, respectively. Read more...
24 March 2009 - Disruption to GO Wellington bus services - 30 March 2009
Due to a scheduled stop work meeting for the Wellington Tramway Union’s AGM, all GO Wellington bus services will be disrupted on Monday, 30 March between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Read more...
11 March 2009 - From 1 April 2009, pensioner bus permits will no longer be valid
The introduction of free travel for SuperGold* card
holders (on off-peak Metlink services from 1 October
2008) has replaced the pensioner scheme. Read more...
17 February 2009 - How many artists does it take to turn a bus into a work of art?
Get down to the Cuba Street Carnival on Saturday, 21 February and watch as a group of local and overseas artists turn a GO Wellington bus into a moving piece of art. Read more...