A Christchurch teen says he’s annoyed and frustrated that cruise ship passengers are getting priortised over locals at Christchurch’s bus interchange.
Year 13 student Ihorangi Reweti Peters, 17, had to wait two-and-a-half hours to get home to Lyttelton on Saturday, missing four buses as they kept filling up with cruise ship passengers.
Lyttelton will greet 85 cruise ships over the current season, which ends in April. The ships will bring a total of 170,000 passengers and 35,000 crew members to the city.
Reweti Peters said it was “not right” that local students could try to board the #28 bus to Lyttelton when they finished school at 2.30pm, but may not get home until 6pm.
