Petrol excise duty and road user charges to increase on 1 August 2012

The Minister of Transport has announced an increase to petrol excise duty and road user charges that will take effect from 1 August 2012.

Petrol excise duty will increase by 2 cents per litre while road user charges rates will increase by 4.1 percent on average.

Read Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee's media statement on the Beehive website.

Read the questions and answers on the increases in petrol excise duty and road user charges.

Find out about the new vehicle types and weight bands here.

Find out about the new rates of road user charges here.