Tasman District Council

Tasman District Council provides an annual subsidy of $83,673 (including a portion from NZTA) towards bus services between the two centres. These services are run by SBL Group and administered by the Nelson City Council. We also contribute $82,241 funding (again with NZTA co-investment) to Total Mobility, which offers discounted taxi fares to Richmond, Motueka and Nelson residents who are unable to use buses due to the nature of their disabilities. The Total Mobility scheme helps 1400 people make more than 32,000 journeys each year within Nelson-Tasman.