I can't believe the situation in NZ appears to be so much different to Oz where our dollar is also strong? Record in Melbourne last year was about $1.44 and today we got to $1.39.

Do you the know the figures for comparison in NZ?

cheers
Phil.

We're running about $1.55 here in Auckland at the moment.

The latest govt budget sets a new 10c/litre petrol tax on sales within the Auckland region to fund Auckland specific transport projects: finishing the motorway system :), electrification of the pathetic rail system, etc...

Nice link for current prices, and comparisons as well as breakdown of price components for NZ from the Ministry of Economic Development:

International and Domestic Petrol and Diesel Price Comparisons:
http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/ContentTopicSummary____20094.aspx

Also, shows some nice graphs giving an indication of the price incl/excl. tax for OECD by quarter (in $NZD of course)