Motu Move is a contactless fare payment system in development as the National Ticketing Solution (NTS) for New Zealand.

Contracted to the American company Cubic Transportation Systems, it is expected to be piloted on Route 29 in Christchurch with adult non-concession fares on 8 December 2024 before beginning initial rollout in Timaru and Temuka in early 2025 with the full range of payment options and concessions.

In late 2022 Snapper was planned to be fully rolled out on all train lines in the Wellington Region, meaning the only form of transport missing integrated ticketing would be the Harbour Ferry.

The underlying thinking of the Transport Agency was that it would make sense for the development cost to be paid only once, with other regional authorities able to join and use the same technology.

[15] Replacing ARTA in 2010, Auckland Transport announced it had invited Snapper to work with the council-controlled organisation and Thales on the ticketing system.

In April 2011, Auckland Transport launched the "HOP card", developed by Snapper, with initial rollout on all NZ Bus services.

[20] Auckland Transport then rolled out the AT HOP card from October 2012 (starting with trains and ferries) until April 2014 (finishing with buses).

When using contactless payments, a full adult fare is charged, and there is no ability to view detailed transaction history.

[4] These regions are (from north to south):[28] By late 2013, service level agreements had been put in place for the coming three years in support of the existing ticketing systems; it was thought that this was a sufficient time frame for the National Integrated Ticketing Interoperability Standard (NITIS) to be ready.

When NITIS, the critical component for integration into the national ticketing system, was not available on time, the regional councils extended their service level agreements to May 2018.

Based on Auckland's contract with Thales running until 2021 (with an option to extent to 2026), it was assumed that they would not join the programme and were not included in the economic analysis.

The system requirement was now account-based ticketing and open-loop[e] payment solutions that would accommodate EMV-based credit and debit cards (e.g. Visa and mastercard) as well as tokens and digital wallets (e.g. Apple Pay).

Key criticisms included:[11][32] As of late 2019, it was expected that the rollout for Project NEXT would begin with the Wellington commuter rail in 2022, some two years later than previously planned.

[37] On 21 October, Minister of Transport Michael Wood announced that the Government would invest NZ$1.3 billion with merging all bus, train and ferry fare payment systems into the National Ticketing Solution.

By this stage, Waka Kotahi (the New Zealand Transport Agency) and several urban and regional councils had signed contracts with Cubic.

[38][39] In June 2024, the name for the solution was announced as Motu Move, with a launch for Timaru in December 2024 for MyWay by Metro services, with other public transport in Canterbury such as Christchurch following in 2025.

[41] Following this, the first rollout will begin in Timaru and Temuka in early 2025 with concessions and the ability to pay with contactless payment options, including the new prepaid Motu Move card, and pre-bought tickets.