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Ministry of Education New Zealand

Apply for school transport assistance

Schools and kura can use Pokapū Waka Kura to apply for the following types of school transport assistance on behalf of their ākonga | students:

  • SESTA (Specialised School Transport Assistance)
  • SESTA Conveyance Allowance
  • Daily Bus Conveyance Allowance.

View school transport assistance information

Schools and kura can use Pokapū Waka Kura to view the following information:

  • View their school’s school transport assistance applications.
  • (For directly resourced schools only) View their school’s directly resourced school transport assistance payments.

How to get access

You need an Education Sector Logon (ESL) account to use Pokapū Waka Kura. If you do not have one, ask your school's ESL delegated authoriser to create one for you.

Once you have an ESL account, the delegated authoriser needs to add a Pokapū Waka Kura user role:

  • For most schools and kura this is Pokapū Waka Kura School User.
  • For directly resourced schools and kura, this is Pokapū Waka Kura School Admin.

Our applications and online systems site has more information about how to access and use Pokapū Waka Kura.

Pokapū Waka Kura | the School Transport Hub – Applications and Online Systems

Log in to Pokapū Waka Kura

User guides

Pokapu Waka Kura user guide for directly resourced schools
DownloadPDF1.1MB
Pokapū Waka Kura user guide – SESTA applications
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Pokapū Waka Kura SESTA attendance report user guide
DownloadPDF1.7MB
Pokapū Waka Kura Conveyance Allowance enrolment report user guide
DownloadPDF1.2MB
YEAR LEVEL
  • Primary (years 0-8)
  • Secondary (years 9+)
SCHOOL TYPE
  • Private
  • State
  • State Integrated
  • Te reo Māori pathways