School transport contacts
Find contact details for your Regional Transport Advisors, and our school transport national team.
Parents and caregivers
Every school receiving school transport bus services has a designated Bus Controller.
For enquiries about eligibility, bus routes and bus stops contact your school and speak to the Bus Controller.
For enquiries about applications for SESTA, general conveyance allowance or payments, contact our National Office team.
Phone: 0800 BUS2SCHOOL (0800 287 272)
Email: School.Transport@education.govt.nz
Schools
For enquiries about payments for Direct Resourcing or Māori Medium School transport payments, attendance records for conveyance allowances or SESTA applications, contact our national office team.
Phone: 0800 BUS2SCHOOL (0800 287272)
Email: School.Transport@education.govt.nz
FInd out more about the Bus Controller Allowance.
For enquiries about the transport services being provided to your school, contact your Regional Transport Advisor.
Auckland and Tai Tokerau
Regina Osborne
Email: ST.Northern@education.govt.nz
Waikato
Reade Nikora
Email: ST.Waikato@education.govt.nz
Bay of Plenty - Waiariki
Tracey Tupai-Rewi
Email: S.Bayofplenty@education.govt.nz
Hawke's Bay — Tairawhiti
Janice Kennerley
Email: ST.Eastern@education.govt.nz
Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu, Wellington
Dylan Stewart
Email: ST.Western@education.govt.nz
Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast
Niall Duncan
Email: ST.Tasman@education.govt.nz
Canterbury
Craig Reynolds
Email: ST.Canterbury@education.govt.nz
Otago/Southland
Heidi Pilgrim
Email: ST.Southern@education.govt.nz
Traffic management and car parks
Contact your local regional/district council for enquiries about:
- traffic management
- managing traffic flows around schools, and
- developing a car parking policy.
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