New Zealanders are strongly in favour of a proposal to give tertiary students free trips on public transport, a Herald-DigiPoll survey shows.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents said students should be entitled to travel free on buses, trains and ferries at off-peak hours and weekends, which was one of the key planks of the Greens Party's transport policy announced this month.
Just 30 per cent of respondents said students should continue to pay full fares.
The proposal was particularly popular in Auckland, where support was close to 70 per cent, and among people aged 18 to 39, who could benefit most from the subsidy.
Tertiary students who regularly travelled between 9am and 3pm or after 6.30pm could save $35 to $40 a week if fares were scrapped.