However, after a lengthy discussion, the bus driver agreed to stop for 20 minutes. A woman was in tears after a bus driver left her stranded at Waitomo while she briefly went to the bathroom. She was told the bus driver had been spoken to, and given an assurance it would not happen again. Luckily a staff member at a nearby i-Site came to her aid, calling ManaBus to ask the bus driver to stop so she could hop back on. Her friend on the bus asked the driver to stop but she refused.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 15, 2016 17:03 UTC