Figure 1.--New Zealand school children like school children in other countries have different ways of getting to school. Most primary school children walk to school. Here is a innovation that we have not noted in other countries--the Walking Bus. A walking-bus is a group of children that walk to school with the aid of two adults. It has a fixed route with stops. The photo was taken in Auckland (New Zealand), where this service is very common. The children don't wear school uniforms, so we can assume that they attend a state school.

New Zealand school children like school children in other countries have different ways of getting to school. Most primary school children walk to school. The small size of primary schools meant that most children lived within walking distance. Primary schools after the first year generally are able to ride bikes. Sone did, but because of the increasing traffic, this has declined in recent years with the growing traffic, especially for primary children. We see some chidren scootering to school, which is something like walking and can be done on the sidewalk. The exception is the children in rural areas where bus routes were developed, we think after World War I in the 1920s. Even so, some children lived in such remote areas that they had to board. Coming to schooll was a little more complicated for secondary schools. Children that did not live near the school used bikes or public transport. Bicycles were particularly popular in New Zealand, although with rising traffic levels, this has declined somewhat, but is still common. Again some children in remote areas had to board. This was a major reason for boarding in New Zealand. Some attended private schools, but many state secondary schools set up boarding houses as well. This was important not only because of distance, but the need for secondary students to stay after hours to partivipstev in sports and other extra-curricular activities. Improvements in transport and the opening of more secondary schools meant that more rural children could take the bus to get to school. New Zealand opened a number full term schools (combined primaries and secondaries) to reduce the need for long bus routes. We note an innovation for primary children in recent years--the walking bus. We also notice walking busses in Britain and Serbia.

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