Story: Older people

SuperGold card

SuperGold card

Aucklander Viviane Drury is waiting for a bus with her SuperGold card in hand in 2008. The SuperGold card entitles people aged 65 and over to free or subsidised goods and services, such as free travel on buses during off-peak hours. 

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Peggy Koopman-Boyden, 'Older people - Politics and advocacy', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/26711/supergold-card (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Peggy Koopman-Boyden, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 22 Aug 2018