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Should Petrol Price rises only apply to cities that get roadworks and of course worked out accordingly to each location's share of the road funding budget.

I think it's unfair that we only get like a small portion (CHCH) of the National roading budget but we have to pay 5c - 6c , to cover Aucklands roads when they pay the same amount but get substantially more funding for their motorways..


This country is so biased towards Auckland. It's liken to Americas Cup which was more Aucklands cup than anything else..

I think it should be like this


Southland/Otago - 2 cent increase
Canterbury/West coast and Nelson Bays - 3 - 4 cents increase
rural and small town Nth Island regions 5 cents
Wellington 6 cents
Auckland 8 cents


Feel free to post feedback on this issue , we all know its going to affect us one way or another.

Each city / town to their own.

I dont want to pay for aucklands shit roads....

CozmoNz wrote:...aucklands sh*t roads....

That they are.

A couple of years ago, a stretch of road was totally re-done. A couple of months later, they were full of corrigations and what not. Absolute crap.

Relative price distibution.

If people choose to drive in auckland then they should pay for their roads while other centres pay for their own.

DeeCee wrote:Relative price distibution.

If people choose to drive in auckland then they should pay for their roads while other centres pay for their own.

I can see ppl bidding for same level of rises, ha they must be Aucklanders...


Anyway you guys win out in the end..

Yeah, we know which way the Aucklanders are voting

What irks me is petrol was $1.25 when our dollar was only worth 40c US. Now its worth 70c US, and the petrol is still $1.25...

It pisses me off that fuel prices go up the second theres the slightest hint of trouble in the Gulf, and yet our dollar almost doubles in value and it doesnt drop a bit...

Remember, these companies pay for their fuel in $US, so they are actually paying HALF what they used to a few years ago for a barrel, and the price hasnt changed at our end... in fact, they've seen fit to bump it UP...