Mallard blasts bus company for making old people pay
Cabinet Minister Trevor Mallard says a bus company are "buggers" and "dogs" for putting up prices for 'elderly' passengers who don't get free travel with SuperGold Card. New Zealand Bus has scrapped cheap day passes for 60 to 65-year-olds.
"They are a bunch of dogs and they are behaving consistently in a number of ways."
In a statement NZ Bus's Zane Fulljames said seniors were now classified as over-65s so the younger group no longer got the discount.
He said the company was aligning itself with the government initiative.
Mr Mallard said the argument did not make sense as companies were fully funded for the free travel for over-65s and there was no justification for hiking prices for those in their early 60s.
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