Paul Walden: Waiheke local board member says Fullers return ticket price hike reflective of industry monopoly - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

A blow for travellers to Waiheke Island, as Fullers raises return peak-hour adult ferry tickets by 19 percent to $59.

Monthly unlimited travel passes cost just over $400, and just under $300 for tertiary students.

Waiheke local board member Paul Walden says these price increases are reflective of the monopoly Fullers holds.

"It's reflective of the monopoly that Fullers is privileged to have. We just happen to have landed on the monopoly rent."

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