Cost of living: What are New Zealanders paying for petrol on Tuesday?

  • 28/06/2022

Petrol prices have been steadily rising throughout 2022, with the cost at the pump well inflated compared to this time last year.

The average national fuel price for 91 octane as of June 17 (latest available data) was $3.05, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) - up 7 cents on the previous week. 

June 17's national average represented a nearly 39 percent increase from June 18 last year, when the average 91 price was $2.20, as per MBIE data.

Will Curtayne, a portfolio manager at Milford Asset Management, predicted last week that petrol prices could fall - given Crude oil prices have dropped in the US.

Still, the price of 91 remained above $3 per litre for many parts of New Zealand.

To help swerve some of the higher prices, Newshub has put together the cheapest petrol stations for some of New Zealand's biggest cities - as per price-tracking app Gaspy on Tuesday, June 28.

Auckland

  • Costco Westgate - $3.01 (membership required)
  • NPD Otara and Wiri, and Pak'nSave Manukau - $3.06
  • Gull Wiri - $3.07

Hamilton

  • NPD and Gull Te Rapa - $2.90
  • Mobil Te Rapa, Gull Tramway and Melville, and KLD St Andrews - $2.91

Wellington

  • NPD and Pak'nSave Porirua - $2.95
  • Pak'nSave Petone and Hutt City, New World Hutt City, Caltex Old Hutt Rd, Waitomo Johnsonville, Petone, Tawa and Tinakori - $3.09

Christchurch

  • NPD and Gull Stanmore Rd - $2.81
  • Gull Woolston, and NPD Ferry Rd and Port Hills - $2.82

Dunedin

  • Allied Burnside - $2.92
  • NPD Green Island and Andy Bay, and Allied Portobello - $2.93

Tauranga

  • Pak'nSave and Waitomo Papamoa, and Waitomo Hewletts Rd $3.03
  • Gull Merivale, Bethlehem, Tauriko, Papamoa, Whakamarama, Te Puke and Oropi, and Pak'nSave Tauranga - $3.05

Rotorua

  • Gull Edmund Rd - $3.05
  • Challenge Rotorua - $3.06
  • Mobil Western Heights - $3.09

Nelson

  • NPD Parkers Rd and St Vincent St - $2.90
  • NPD Hira Rd - $2.93
  • Challenge Waimea Rd - $2.95.