New Zealand Education: Activities--Coming and Going to School
Figure 1.--New Zealand school children, especially secondary school pupils have traditionally come to school on bikes. This is less the case today, but bikes are still widely used at many schools.
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Many city children walk to school or ride their bikes. This is especially true of primary school children. Many children in private prep are driven to school by their parents. Some schools have small busses. Older students may bike to school. Often schools give bike saftey lessons as there is much more traffic on streers than was the case in earlier years. The wider catchment area of the secondary schools makes walking to school impractical for many. Traditionally many of the older students biked to school. This is still common, but with rising prosperity, many students now come to school in cars which have created problems at older schools without adequate parking facilities. Walking or evem biking was often not practical in rural areas and as a result from an early point most children arrived at school in busses.
