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SuperGold card

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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, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26711/supergold-card (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peggy Koopman-Boyden, published 22 March 2011.