 Orders were made to Volvo and Hino in an effort to find a better vehicle.Hino and Volvo buses and coaches were purchased right up until the end of the NZRRS.In 1985 the land operations of NZRC was restructured into market-based bi-modal (road and rail) business groups, rather than branches based on mode of transport, and as part of the new Passenger Business Group, NZRRS was split into three brands