Fuel media releases
1 September 2020
AA Smartfuel pushes for savvy shoppers to love their Auckland local
AA Smartfuel is today launching a new campaign it hopes will encourage people to get behind their Auckland retailers again.
20 December 2019
Mis-fueling mistake risks catastrophic damage – AA
The Automobile Association is concerned about a reported increase in the number of motorists accidentally filling up with Diesel Exhaust Fluid.
28 September 2018
AA Smartfuel discounts climb to $120 million this year
As fuel prices get set to climb again with the Government’s next excise tax increase, AA Smartfuel has seen a 26% jump to $120 million in fuel discounts earned by its cardholders over the past year. AA Smartfuel has also seen a corresponding drop in volume per fill, with the noticeable exception of when cardholders redeem their accumulated AA Smartfuel discounts. From next Monday motorists nationwide will see the next petrol tax hike of 3.5 cents a litre take effect, in what’s set to be the first of three annual excise increases.
31 January 2017
AA calls for please explain on price rises
The Automobile Association is calling for fuel companies to explain to motorists why the national price of fuel rose 5 cents per litre during January, despite no increase in commodity prices or a drop in the exchange rate.
2 August 2016
Watch out when filling up at truckstops
The Automobile Association is warning motorists to be extra vigilant when buying fuel at truckstops, after several catastrophic incidents with people inadvertently filling up with Diesel Exhaust Fluid.
3 November 2015
PetrolWatch - Oct 2015: Fuel prices at lowest level in over six months
The price of fuel fell a total of 8 cents a litre during October, reducing petrol prices to their lowest level since April, and diesel to the lowest price since February 2015.
5 October 2015
PetrolWatch – Sep 2015: Pump prices should be falling
Fuel prices rose 6 cents per litre during September, after commodity prices rose early in the month.
1 September 2015
PetrolWatch – Aug 2015: Fuel prices continue to fall, but not for much longer
Fuel prices continued to fall during August, with the national price of 91 octane petrol dropping below $2.00 a litre for the first time in four months, according to AA PetrolWatch.
3 August 2015
PetrolWatch – July 2015: Falling commodity prices flow through to the pump
Falling commodity prices led to a 5 cent reduction in petrol prices, and an 8 cent drop in diesel prices during July, according to AA PetrolWatch.
30 June 2015
PetrolWatch – June 2015: Taxes going up and down, but fuel prices should be falling
Petrol tax collected to fund New Zealand’s land transport system is increasing 3 cents per litre on 1 July, the third of three scheduled annual tax increases. However, at the same time ACC is reducing the tax it collects from petrol by 3 cents per litre.