Napier City Councillors have done a flip-flop on an earlier decision and will now consider offering senior citizen discounts at more council facilities.
Ahead of yesterday's change of heart, one councillor suggested not giving discounts to Gold Card holders might encourage Napier pensioners to support amalgamation.
At a meeting of the council's city development committee three weeks ago, councillors voted to ask staff to draw up a list of potential discounts for community services card holders at council-owned facilities such as the Napier Aquatic Centre, the National Aquarium and Par 2 Mini Golf.
Councillor Maxine Boag, who is also secretary of Napier and Districts Grey Power, was a lone voice at that meeting when she called for the discounts to apply to those over 65 as well.
But at yesterday's full monthly council meeting, and following informal discussions with members of the public in the ensuing weeks, councillors voted unanimously to ask staff to include possible pensioner discounts in the list they were drawing up.