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Fuel Tax In Auckland

4 items · 4 aliases · peaked week of 14 Jun 2026 · first seen 8 May 2026

The post criticises Labour's ute tax and fuel tax policies, arguing they unfairly target hardworking farmers and tradies while benefiting wealthier individuals through EV subsidies.

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Heard on radio

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  • Uh well, I think it looks good at this stage anyway, because uh you've got um Donald Trump saying, yes, a deal has been finalized. Um it'll be signed apparently um in Switzerland next Friday. Yeah. Um Donald Trump, they say, may even make the trip himself, along with the um Iranians. So uh, you know, that's that's going to be interesting, but um uh he's saying basically let the oil flow. Now uh he's withdrawn the United States naval blockade from the uh state of Hormuz. So that means obviously that um oil will flow and um it'll be of great relief to New Zealand. And I see the prices, as you've been quoting on the programme this afternoon. That uh magic three dollars a litre for uh 91 octane. If that comes under $3, then the government's deal, this the subsidy deal that's it made it's made to motorists comes off. Now, I think that uh the government was expecting longer to have to pay for this deal, but uh now this is a good one. Yes, it does. Yeah, but it's if it comes down, hopefully uh remains under that three dollars. And just for your information, Heather, I know you weren't interested, but in Australia, petrol there is about half the price of what it is has because why?
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