Transport zone maps
The Ministry of Education publishes the official transport zone map for every school in New Zealand. Use it to see the transport boundaries that apply to your address.
The Ministry of Education provides an interactive map showing transport zones for every school in New Zealand. These zones are the main factor in deciding where you can access school transport assistance from. Enter your address to see the transport boundaries that apply to you.
Open the Ministry's mapping systemTransport zones are not the same as enrolment zones. An enrolment zone decides which schools your child is entitled to attend. A transport zone decides whether the Ministry of Education will fund their bus ride. Both are set by the Ministry, but they use different boundaries and often don't line up.
The rule that matters for transport is the 'nearest appropriate school' rule. Your child qualifies for a free bus pass if they are travelling to the nearest school - of the right level - to your home. If your family chooses a different TTNG school instead, your child is still welcome on the bus, but as a fare-paying student rather than an eligible one.
Use the Ministry map above to see the transport boundaries for your address. If you're unsure how the nearest-school rule applies to your family, contact EasyBus and we'll walk you through it.
Public transport is considered suitable if:
- Runs within 2.4km of your roadside gate
- Runs within 2.4km of the school
- Does not need your child picked up before 7am, and still gets them there on time
- Collects them within an hour of the school day finishing
- Needs no more than one change of bus