Orbus services do not operate on some public holidays and in Dunedin services are reduced on certain public holidays.

Orbus Dunedin public holidays

Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day are the only public holidays that the Orbus Dunedin bus service does not operate on.

However, on other public holidays, including observed public holidays, we run the public holiday timetable which is the same as a Sunday timetable.

 

Public holiday

Date

Timetable

Christmas Day

 25 December 2024

No buses running

Boxing Day

 26 December 2024

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

New Years Day

1 January 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Day after New Years Day

 2 January 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Observed New Years Day

Not in 2025  

Waitangi Day

6 February 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Good Friday

18 April 2025

No buses running

Easter Sunday

20 April 2025

No buses running

Easter Monday

21 April 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

ANZAC Day

25 April 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Kings Birthday

2 June 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Matariki

20 June 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Labour Day

27 October 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Christmas Day

25 December 2025

No buses running

Boxing Day

26 December 2025

Holiday (Sunday) timetable

Orbus Queenstown public holidays

Christmas Day is the only public holiday that the Orbus Queenstown bus service does not operate on.

For all other public holidays, the service runs to the normal timetable every day.

Queenstown Ferries (Route 6 Hilton/Kelvin Heights to/from Queenstown) has limited services over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. For further information, visit Queenstown Ferries.