{"id":450730,"date":"2026-05-29T07:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450730\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:35:11","slug":"opunake-primary-school-pupils-given-final-warning-from-bus-company-over-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450730\/","title":{"rendered":"\u014cpunak\u0113 Primary School pupils given \u2018final warning\u2019 from bus company over behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe bus drivers have tried asking \u2026 the students to lower the noise level. Our staff have spoken to the students about keeping the volume down, staying in their seats, not throwing objects around a moving vehicle and keeping their hands and feet to themselves. I\u2019m sure parents and caregivers have chatted to their children as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">Stockman said the company has \u201cadvised that this is a final warning\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A letter from \u014cpunak\u0113 Primary School\u00a0principal Anna Stockman to parents and caregivers. Image \/ \u014cpunak\u0113 Primary School\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A letter from \u014cpunak\u0113 Primary School\u00a0principal Anna Stockman to parents and caregivers. Image \/ \u014cpunak\u0113 Primary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf the noise level does not drop to a safe level, they will start to stand the students down from the bus for one week. If this happens, it will be the parent\/caregiver\u2019s responsibility to get their children to and from school for the period of the stand down. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe understand that this would cause added financial pressure and a huge inconvenience for wh\u0101nau. Please have a chat with your children about this consequence and remind them that we must ensure the bus ride is safe for all involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThanks in advance for your ongoing support in this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">When contacted by the Herald, Stockman said the school \u201cwill not be commenting\u201d further. Pickering Motors has been approached for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rGEveXCr\" style=\"display:none\">\u014cpunak\u0113 Primary School has over 160 pupils based on last year\u2019s school roll. \u014cpunak\u0113 is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe bus drivers have tried asking \u2026 the students to lower the noise level. Our staff have spoken&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44183,30482,1061,1656,5904,71,19724,111,43,139,69,1523,3766,9215,6177,229417,151320,19764,312,4062,5815,16715,165,1455,102],"class_list":["post-450730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-behaviour","tag-bus","tag-children","tag-company","tag-final","tag-from","tag-given","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-parents","tag-pleading","tag-primary","tag-punak","tag-pupils","tag-received","tag-says","tag-school","tag-speak","tag-taranaki","tag-their","tag-warning","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}