from Norma's uncle. In 1991 Newton's took over the Dunedin area services and fleet of the New Zealand Railways Road Services, then known as Cityline and re-branded it Newton's City Line. Newton's was taken over by Citibus in 1993, and the combined firm traded for many years as Citibus-Newton Ltd or CNL. It reverted to Citibus in 2005, but the Newton's brand for tour and charter coaches remained in use by Invercargill Passenger Transport. In 2006 CNL took over inter-city coach operator Wanaka Connexions. By 2011, Citibus was described by city mayor Dave Cull as "haemorrhaging money", and the Dunedin City Council decided the business should be privatised. The new owners elected to retain the 'Citibus' naming, branding the Dunedin operation Passenger Transport Citibus, but decided to sell the Connexions business. Christchurch depot The Christchurch depot was primarily a charter operation with a fleet of coaches for such purposes. It also operated tour and long-distance bus services to other cities of the South Island. Previously the company operated limited urban bus services in the city. Queenstown depot Passenger Transport was the major operator of Ministry of Education school bus services in the Queenstown Lakes area for some years. It also operated charter services in the area as well as long-distance services to Christchurch under the nakedbus.com franchise. Tourism services Passenger Transport operated Tour coach services to package tour operators were provided under the Newtons brand and a double decker bus sightseeing tour around Dunedin under the brand First City Tours. Long distance services Passenger Transport operated inter-city coach services as part of other franchise networks: Atomic Southern Link nakedbus.com Fleet history Citibus and its predecessors operated Leyland vehicles for nearly 90 years before their last Leyland Leopard bus left service in 2011 References External links Gobus website Bus companies of New Zealand Transport in Dunedin Transport in Otago Transport in Southland, New Zealand