Public transport discounts popular but will they continue? - a podcast by RNZ

Have cheaper public transport prices got you out of your car - and onto the bus or the train?
The subsidies are part of a three month package to ease the pressure on peoples' wallets - but should they be extended further, or even become a permanent fixture?
The first week the cut-price fares were in place, public transport use in Auckland reached record highs - hitting one million trips.
Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.

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