There are several runs planned for the fairly immediate future: a trip to Tony Wass' place for New Year, (Hastings, NSRA,) the Mavericks' AGM, (Paekakariki, near Wgtn,) Beach Hop, (Whangamata, Coromandel,) and hopefully Muscle Car Madness, (Rangiora, near Christchurch.)
So there's a few thousand miles for it to do.

Where I struck it lucky with getting its designation changed was that the blokes at VTNZ were a) interested in the bus itself and the story behind it, and b) they were not bureaucrats; but honest practical working folk who could see an anomaly and had the knowledge and nous as to how to rectify it!
I was very lucky.

I will be getting in contact with the Fair Go team; they were instrumental in getting a stalled project kick-started back in to life, and I'm beholden to them for that.

And many thanks to you folk on CHR for your support and encouragement over the last seven years or so, its been appreciated!

Thanks!