It Costs More Now to Travel
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on Maui Pomare
ISLAND Territories Department, Wellington, NZ, has announced an increase in fares for its New Zealand-Cook Islands service vessel Maui Pomare. The vessel resumed the service March 12, following re fit in Auckland.
Fares to or from New Zealand ports and Rarotonga have risen by £2—the fare Auckland-Rarotonga now being £NZ2S.
There has been an increase of about 10 per cent on the fare be tween individual islands, the mini mum between any two islands now being £NZ3/5 -. Though “deck” ra t e s are listed, it is understood that passengers are no longer accepted in the Cooks at “deck” rates; a i th ough frequently travelling deck, they p & ay sa i oon fares, Maui Pomare loses a great deal of money annually, and the increase in fares will make no difference to this.