Ika Makimaki

Imagine if our government cared about facts, evidence or doing things that actually helped.

"the Government’s fuel payment is budgeted at $373 million for a full year, about $93 million per quarter, and it does not reduce a single litre of consumption. For a comparable price tag, free public transport delivers household relief, cuts fuel demand, eases congestion, and stretches our limited reserves."

Free public transport the fuel crisis response that makes sense - Newsroom
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/27/free-public-transport-the-fuel-crisis-response-that-makes-sense/

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Free public transport the fuel crisis response that makes sense

Opinion from Auckland University: Targeted fuel relief doesn’t reduce a single litre of consumption. Free public transport, however, delivers household relief, eases congestion, and conserves fuel for those with no alternatives.

Newsroom
Mar 28 at 6:20amWeb
Show threadAMonkeyInSilkMar 28

@pezmico
Meanwhile in Canberra, Australia.

The transport minister refuses to decrease public transport fares because…

‘Too many people will use public transport’.

🤦

Show threadIka MakimakiMar 28
@AMonkeyInSilk "what if we are TOO successful? wouldn't want that, would you?"