https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1156428/flabbergasted-road-freight-lobby-criticises-fuel-excise-deferral
The situation with potable water has shown many of the folks that it is a >good idea to keep the mtce up to scratch.
Never mind they (both major parties) want to do it again with roading excise, >which of course pays for the roads.
Now the task is PM, is to sell this to the people. Roading is a bi-partisan >area. Using it to gain votes is not the way to go in the long run.
Further, we already have
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions/984498/bridges-not-up-to-scratch-roads-to-be-returned-to-gravel-south-island-counts-cost-of-under-investment
On 28 Aug 2026 07:57:46 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1156428/flabbergasted-road-freight-lobby-criticises-fuel-excise-deferral
The situation with potable water has shown many of the folks that it is a >>good idea to keep the mtce up to scratch.
Never mind they (both major parties) want to do it again with roading excise,
which of course pays for the roads.
Now the task is PM, is to sell this to the people. Roading is a bi-partisan >>area. Using it to gain votes is not the way to go in the long run.
Further, we already have
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions/984498/bridges-not-up-to-scratch-roads-to-be-returned-to-gravel-south-island-counts-cost-of-under-investment
Fuel excise tax goes into the Land Transport Fund, administered by the
NZTA. Not all of this fund is spent on roads etc. - some is spent on
pubic transport (ie bus and rail subsidies), cycle ways etc. It is
possible to maintain or increase funding of road asset maintenance
without any excise increase but this would likely require reduced
funding in other areas.
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