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  #3472155 21-Mar-2026 12:28
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NZH story today. Petrol hits $4/L in Auckland suburbs.





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  #3472160 21-Mar-2026 12:55
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eracode: NZH story today. Petrol hits $4/L in Auckland suburbs.


"The average petrol price across the city of sails today is sitting at $3.15 per litre for 91, $3.34 for 95, $3.56 for 98 and $2.94 for diesel."

So, not really.

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  #3472161 21-Mar-2026 13:01
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eracode: NZH story today. Petrol hits $4/L in Auckland suburbs.

 

 

 

"The average petrol price across the city of sails today is sitting at $3.15 per litre for 91, $3.34 for 95, $3.56 for 98 and $2.94 for diesel."

So, not really.

 

 

Yeah - click-bait headline - as usual.





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  #3472162 21-Mar-2026 13:13
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I sure wish we had better media. I have to turn to ABC for regional and international news, but New Zealand rarely gets a mention there.

 

 





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  #3472163 21-Mar-2026 13:25
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Rikkitic: I sure wish we had better media. I have to turn to ABC for regional and international news, but New Zealand rarely gets a mention there.

Keep it in perspective.

It's an attention getting headline but it's accurate.

The article itself is solid. Imo our news media overall is excellent.

Edit: Anyone can dispute this further in the media topic if needed ; ).

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  #3472168 21-Mar-2026 14:13
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Serious problems have started to hit in India with LPG shortage affecting industry and workers returning home to villages:


 
 
 
 

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  #3472171 21-Mar-2026 14:36
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gzt:
eracode: NZH story today. Petrol hits $4/L in Auckland suburbs.

 

 

 


"The average petrol price across the city of sails today is sitting at $3.15 per litre for 91, $3.34 for 95, $3.56 for 98 and $2.94 for diesel."

So, not really.

 

I drive past this station daily in to the office (in my smug little 2020 egolf) and the price climb has been insane - was around $3.49 wednesday / thursday and now over $4.. they've been high priced for a long time similar to the Z in green bay.


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  #3472218 21-Mar-2026 14:43
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See NZ has now had its credit rating outlook revised negative by Fitch as a result of this uncertainty on the economy. Not good.


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  #3472219 21-Mar-2026 14:46
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mattwnz:

 

See NZ has now had a Fitch credit rating outlook revised negative as a result of this uncertainty on the economy. Not good.

 

 

But, but, but "green shoots". Is someone telling porkies here?





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  #3472224 21-Mar-2026 14:53
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Benoire: I drive past this station daily in to the office (in my smug little 2020 egolf) and the price climb has been insane - was around $3.49 wednesday / thursday and now over $4.. they've been high priced for a long time similar to the Z in green bay.

I drive past several similar stations with insane prices. It's pretty obvious they all rely on several loyalty schemes to get any customers at all. One I know is within both a few hundred meters of a PakNSave fuel and a Waitomo both with market leading prices.

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  #3472225 21-Mar-2026 15:03
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On the subject of supply, does anyone know which if any 98 octane petrols still have ethanol blended in them?


 
 
 

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  #3472226 21-Mar-2026 15:03
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mattwnz:

 

See NZ has now had its credit rating outlook revised negative by Fitch as a result of this uncertainty on the economy. Not good.

 

 

The downgrade has nothing to do with the current crisis and belongs in another thread. 


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  #3472227 21-Mar-2026 15:07
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Wigram NPD was $3.168 / Litre for 91 when I filled up this morning.


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  #3472228 21-Mar-2026 15:07
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gzt:
eracode: NZH story today. Petrol hits $4/L in Auckland suburbs.

 

 

 


"The average petrol price across the city of sails today is sitting at $3.15 per litre for 91, $3.34 for 95, $3.56 for 98 and $2.94 for diesel."

So, not really.

 

 

 

Diesel was $3.15/L in Warkworth this afternoon. Didn't manage to catch what the petrol price was. EDIT: [as we drove past with about 60km charge remaining in the MG and thought, we'll definitely need to plug it in when we get home]





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  #3472232 21-Mar-2026 15:12
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Handle9:

 

mattwnz:

 

See NZ has now had its credit rating outlook revised negative by Fitch as a result of this uncertainty on the economy. Not good.

 

 

The downgrade has nothing to do with the current crisis and belongs in another thread. 

 

 

 

 

That's incorrect. Fitch Ratings said in its report the Iran war posed “some risks to the economy, given its substantial dependence on energy imports". It also says how NZs economy is vulnerable to external shocks like this. The finance minister has also said this global economic volatility makes the Government's programme of fiscal consolidation more important than ever. So it is very relevant to what is happening with fuel access.

 

 


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