On any weekday morning or afternoon there are hordes of children riding scooters to school.
This year's census wants to know how kids are travelling to and from school, but while it asks if pupils ride the bus, or a bike, it does not list scooters as a travel option, despite their huge popularity.
We speak to the principal of Island Bay School in Wellington, Deborah Fenton, who says a quarter of her students ride scooters to school, and she believes it is important that this is identified in our official statistics.
