Hon MICHAEL WOOD: The last two years have been a challenging time for public transport operators in New Zealand. With a reduction in patronage, we've dealt with the impacts of COVID and now the Omicron wave. This initiative has the dual benefit, therefore, of incentivising those who would otherwise be using their cars to use a bus or a train or a ferry, and also supports potentially greater farebox revenue for local authorities and Waka Kotahi to make the services more sustainable.