The Herald reports Auckland public transport rides will cost at least 10c more from the end of next week, and fares on Fullers’ unsubsidised Waiheke Island ferry service will be boosted by an average of 4.7 per cent. Auckland Regional Council chairman and part-time Waiheke resident Mike Lee is accusing […]
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Fullers ferry company and connecting bus operators are offering people a week’s free travel over the next month on the following ferry services: Half Moon Bay, Devonport, Stanley Bay, Birkenhead, Bayswater and Northcote Pt. The offer is valid from Monday 31 August until Sunday 27 September. Associated feeder bus services are also […]
The Herald reports a last minute reprieve for the Coromandel ferry service. A ferry service from Auckland to Coromandel is to continue as authorities wanting to keep the business afloat look at throwing it a lifeline. Ferry operator Discovery 360, which runs a service between Auckland and Coromandel via Waiheke, […]
John Roughan’s anti-public transport articles are becoming tiresome of late. Most recently, he opines that the “active retired do not need free public transport.” What he fails to acknowledge is that public transport provides choice.  Thanks to free ferries and public transport after 9am, SuperGold card holders now have the choice of spending […]