Tag: regional fuel tax
Simeon Brown: That’s a wrap for 2024!
By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
In my last column for 2024 I wanted to start by wishing you all a very...
Auckland Council faces off with Government over Eastern Busway
Laura Kvigstad, Auckland Council reporter, funded by New Zealand on Air
Auckland Council is calling on the coalition Government to fund the Eastern Busway...
Relief at the pump from July 1
By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
A few weeks ago, the Government announced we would be repealing the Regional Fuel Tax (RFT)...
MP: We’re being fleeced at petrol pump by Govt
Aucklanders will be angered to learn that despite paying over half a billion dollars in Regional Fuel Tax (RFT), less than half of that...
OPINION: Fuel tax an unnecessary burden
The Auckland regional fuel tax should be scrapped to alleviate some of the pain local motorists are feeling at the pump.
A Members' Bill I've...
OPINION: Capital Gains Tax of great concern for hard-working Kiwis
Pakuranga is an area full of hard-working Kiwis.
Business owners, entrepreneurs, and people who just want to get ahead call this place home, and sadly...
Brown: Petrol tax continues to drive up the cost of living
As I meet with people across the Pakuranga Electorate, I am constantly told about the impact the Government is having on the back pockets...
New Bill to repeal Regional Fuel Taxes
A new Bill from National would relieve Aucklanders and New Zealanders facing higher fuel prices, National’s Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says.
The Bill would remove the...
Price of petrol up 20 cents before Govt fuel taxes
Petrol prices went up 20 cents per litre, even before the Labour Government's petrol tax increases, says National Party Transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross.
The Government’s extra 25 cents...
Ross: Even more taxes coming
Last week the Ardern-Peters Government confirmed their transport policy with their finalised Government Policy Statement on Land Transport. This confirmation brings with it some...
Fuel tax to cost Aucklanders $1.5bn more
With Auckland’s regional fuel tax coming into effect today, National’s transport spokesperson Jami-Lee Ross says the cost of living in Auckland is set to...
Ross: There are alternatives to new taxes
Last week, Auckland Council voted 13-7 to keep pressing forward in their attempt to impose a new regional fuel tax on Auckland.
National has consistently...
Ross: Aucklanders won’t forgive Labour for new fuel tax
Today’s decision by the Labour Government and the Labour Mayor to whack Aucklanders with a new regional fuel tax will not be forgiven by...
Government commits to higher fuel prices
By refusing to back down on new and increased fuel taxes, the Government is committing New Zealanders to higher fuel prices, says National Party...
Unnecessary raid on our wallets
The Auckland Council has now voted to open their final stage of consultation on the proposed Regional Fuel Tax for Auckland. If this is...
$28 billion to be spent on transport
A $28 billion transport investment to fix Auckland’s Transport has been unveiled and east Auckland has not been forgotten.
The AMETI Eastern Busway and a...
Ross: PM misleads over fuel taxes
The Prime Minister has repeatedly misled New Zealanders by claiming the previous Government was planning a 20 cent per litre fuel tax hike, as...
