An ACT Party press release announces a policy to introduce an 'Open Seat Rule' in rural school transport, allowing children to board buses with available seats regardless of school, addressing inefficiencies, fuel costs, and inequities in access.
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Uh, you mean Indians? Do you mean you hear that? Dare I say butter chicken. You heard it from Jamie. Best that I say butter chicken rather than you, because you'll just get in trouble. Um Chippy uh the Labour Party came out yesterday with some policy because it's been a long time coming, and it was basically as I read it, he disagreed. He talked about rural school buses here earlier, but I see this as a subs subsidy uh for urban New Zealand when it comes to public transport because most of these people out here don't have access to public transport.
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fairer use of existing transport capacity
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Let the kid on the bus: ACT commitment for rural families**\\ \\ ****Andrew Hoggard****\\ \\ 5 May 2026\\ \\ Manawatū-based ACT MP Andrew Hoggard has announced an election commitment to fix inefficiencies in rural school transport, including an ‘Open Seat Rule’ to ensure no bus passes a waiting child with empty seats.\\ \\ **Read More**Social-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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