So, as part of the big shiny Metlink rebrand­ing, they’re going to change zones and prices, and they’d like you to have a say. Won­der­ing what this means and how it might affect you? Well, if you’re under 18 or over 65, you might get 50% off your fares, pro­vid­ed you show a pho­to ID. That’s nice and all, but as this par­tic­u­lar Welling­ton­ista under­stands it, if, how­ev­er, you hap­pen to live in Hataitai, and you’re used to pay­ing $1 to get to Courte­nay Place, you’ll now find that as you’re going out of your zone (PDF), you’ll be pay­ing $2.50, or a 150% increase on every sin­gle trip. And that’s total balls. So make sure you make a sub­mis­sion and tell them what you think.

(Please note: if I have in fact mis­in­ter­pret­ed the pro­posed zones, feel free to cor­rect me but look­ing at the FAQ it does seem that I’m right and they’re total­ly stick­ing their fin­ger up at me. Bas­tards.)