KEY POINTS:
- After all the fuss, is the golden oldie card worth it?
About 25 national retail chains have bought into the Government's new SuperGold Card for the elderly - but some of the country's biggest companies, such as Telecom, have snubbed it.
The card, negotiated by Winston Peters' New Zealand First Party in a deal with the Labour Party after the last election, was formally introduced in Auckland yesterday when Mr Peters gave the first card to his 96-year-old mother Joan Peters.
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