In Tauranga, bus drivers and patrons are being terrorised by passengers brandishing tasers and knives and hurling racial abuse.
And the shocking reality is that the perpetrators are young teens, under 14 years of age.
Now the regional council has cracked down on free student fares, in a bid to stop the hoodlums wreaking havoc anytime they please.
Bay of Plenty reporter Leah Tebbutt has more.
