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Friday, 11 December 2020, 9:23 am A dedicated bus service will launch in the new year, linking the north Waikato communities of Tuakau and Pokeno to Pukekohe. Waikato Regional Council’s regional connections committee chair Angela Strange said: “We’re excited to be rolling out with this new service for our north Waikato communities. “It’s been a real collaboration with Waikato District Council and I’m sure will be a game changer for these communities who have been crying out for frequent and accessible public transport,” Cr Stranger said. The service will start on Sunday, 10 Jan...

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Thursday, 10 December 2020, 3:25 pm Free bus travel for carers of accessbility concession holders will be a life changer, says Waikato Regional Council. Councillors recently backed a regional connections committee recommendation to give eligible people an accessibility concession ‘plus one’ for free bus travel. Waikato Regional Council will start processing and implementing requests from 1 February 2021. Regional connections commitee chair Angela Strange said, “I’m really excited we’ve been able to introduce this New Zealand first concession. It will be life changing for around 300...