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Peter Dunne: The SuperGold Card needs a super makeover

Author
Jacqui Stanford,
Publish Date
Sat, 10 Sep 2016, 6:20PM
(Photo / NZ Herald)
(Photo / NZ Herald)

Peter Dunne: The SuperGold Card needs a super makeover

Author
Jacqui Stanford,
Publish Date
Sat, 10 Sep 2016, 6:20PM

United Future wants to give the SuperGold Card a super makeover.

It wants to allow it to be used nationally as ID, a public transport card, and a health information card.

It would do this by blending it with the Government's RealMe identification service, and be dubbed "Super Me".

United Future leader Peter Dunne said it would simplify things.

"Much more comprehensive access to services than having to have different cards for different purposes."

Mr Dunne said it would be a much-needed upgrade for the SuperGold Card.

"The Gold Card is here to stay. This is really giving it some oomph, some status, and not just being a plastic card one carries around, but one that actually does something."

Mr Dunne said the needs of modern New Zealand are different today to what they were a decade ago, and we need a nationally-recognised card that works effectively.

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