11 May 2022
Cody C
By email: [FYI request #19115 email]
Dear Cody
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):
Request for Information
I refer to your email of 11 April 2022 requesting information on the charge for airport
travel when paying by cash, compared with their zone 1-3 equivalents. Your request
has been referred to me to reply.
The cash fare dif erential you refer to has been removed as of 1 May 2022 customers
who board a Metro bus at the Christchurch International Airport wil pay the same
cash fare as for any Metro bus trip within Christchurch.
Please find further information at the following link
https://www.metroinfo.co.nz/news/airport-cash-fares-reduced-with-the-opening-of-
international-borders/.
You wil be aware that if you are not satisfied with this response, you are able to refer
this matter to the Of ice of the Ombudsman under s27(3) of the LGOIMA.
Please be advised that we now put LGOIMA responses that are in the public interest
onto our website. No personal details of the requester are given, but we do summarise
the essence of the request alongside the response.
Should you require any further information or clarification, please do not hesitate to
contact Lil ian Sewell in the first instance
(lil [email address] or 033677340).
Yours sincerely,
Katherine Harbrow
Director Operations
File Number: GOVE/INQU/OMBU/2302C