PHOTO: ODT FILESThe Ministry of Education has made minor tweaks to Queenstown school bus services from term 2 this year. Ms Dawe said the council expected to receive requests from schools not on public bus routes to redesign routes or introduce special school bus services. Wakatipu High School principal Oded Nathan said the ministry had recognised the council did not have the capacity to cope with the increased demand if it cut most of the school bus routes. Queenstown Primary School principal Fiona Cavanagh said he school would lose the Sunshine Bay/Fernhill bus route, but the Arthurs Point school bus route, which was shared with St Joseph’s School, would continue. She was also pushing for public buses carrying students to make drop-offs and pick-ups outside her school.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 06, 2026 12:10 UTC