Christmas bus tours, complete with tinsel and carols, combating seniors' loneliness during festive season
Al O'Connor/Supplied The Christmas Light Night Rider bus tours have been so popular organisers have put on extra services. The trips have been put on to combat social isolation among the elderly. It has tinsel, four wheels, and is proving wildly popular among retirees. Meant to get older people out and about at what can be sad time of years for some, the free Christmas Light Night Rider tours around Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua or Wellington stop off at properties with Christmas light displays. Loot bags with lollies, biscuits, Christmas cake and other goodies are handed out by on-board...
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