Aucklanders, if you are feeling the pinch from the newly introduced regional fuel tax, spare a thought for South Islanders who have paid these prices year on year.
The tax went into play last weekend, upping the price by an extra 11.5 cents per litre in Auckland.
But many South Islanders Newshub spoke with on Tuesday say they have little sympathy for their North Island neighbours, who had it good when it came to paying at the pump.
"Their increase, whatever it is, doesn't take them much above what we've been paying all the time, so [I'm a] bit disgusted really," one woman told Newshub.
"Oh mate it's a little bloody ridiculous, innit?"
"We should have the same costs all across the board. At the end of the day we are one country [and] the price should remain the same everywhere else," another concerned Cantabrian said.
"I knew the more north you go the cheaper it is. It sucks for us though," another woman said.
The Automobile Association (AA) says there is a simple reason why upper North Islanders have been paying less for their fuel - more competition.
"The AA has been saying for several years the prices in Wellington and the South Island have actually been higher in much of the North Island," AA Petrol Watch spokesperson Mark Stockdale says.
"The question is actually, 'Why are the prices cheaper in much of the North Island?' And the reason for that is that there is actually been more price competition... particularly from low-cost discount brands like Gull and service station brands that are unmanned and don't have a shop, so [they] have lower overheads and are able to pass those lower overheads on to their customers in the form of low fuel prices."
But help is on the way to the South Island. Mr Stockdale says several low-cost brands have recently entered the South Island market.
Consumer New Zealand chief executive Sue Chetwin agreed, saying the price difference has certainly been noticeable over the past few months.
Ms Chetwin expects fuel prices across the country could rise not just in Auckland but across the country, simply because companies can do so.
So, it may be a case of motorists shopping around to nab the best deal.
Newshub.
