'Bureaucratic lunacy' - Kaipara College student barred from school bus, told to catch ACC-funded taxi instead 11 Mar, 2021 02:10 AM 4 minutes to read Ethan Hepper (right), pictured with fellow student Kael McFarlane, has been told to get an ACC-funded taxi because he doesn't qualify for the school bus on their rural road. Photo / Sylvie Whinray A boy who has been barred from a school bus by a 117-year-old distance rule has been told to apply for an ACC-funded taxi instead. The decision will cost ACC at least $2300 a year if it agrees to fund a taxi, even though the boy's parents say there are empty seats on the school bus that goes past their gate on Inland Rd, 3.8km from his school at Kaipara College in Helensville.