It is mid-afternoon in Hamilton and Te Huia is pulling in, ready to take travellers up to Auckland. They are some of the 72,026 passengers who have used the service in the last twelve months.
“From Auckland I come down here and back once a week,” one passenger said, adding he hoped the government didn’t cancel it.
Another passenger, who had been visiting from Switzerland, said he wanted to see some of the scenery of the country on his way back to Auckland.
RNZ even found a passenger who takes it most days.
