Half price tickets due to government attempts to counter inflation has seen the Hamilton to Auckland commuter train Te Huia fill up rapidly. \
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson said on Sunday the government would battle inflation by extending the reductions to fuel excise duty, road user charges and half-price public transport by more than five months until January 31, 2023. \
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The initial cut was brought in to reduce cost of living pressures on households, in March 2022.
That saw record numbers of people board the train in April, after a slow start to the service due to it launching in 2021 amid pandemic uncertainty, and lockdowns which stopped travel over regional borders.
