Schools on Tuesday stepped up their campaign against planned funding cuts for bus services in rural areas.
High school students in Canterbury boarded a stock truck as a protest against changes they say will halve government subsidies in some regions.
"We're very concerned that if we have to try and run buses at this sort of loss then we're going to end up putting kids in cattle truck situations," says Mike Wilson from the Canterbury Rural Schools Transport group.
The changes start next year and will also mean buses won't be able to pick up students from outside school zones.
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