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EPISODE · Aug 27, 2026 · 5 MIN

Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on fuel tax increase, Labour promising to freeze it for a full government term

from The Mike Hosking Breakfast · host Newstalk ZB

National's hit out at Labour's plan to pause fuel taxes.  Labour's promised no hikes to the fuel excise over the first three years if elected and will consider pushing back National Land Transport fund projects to compensate.  National's announced it doesn't plan to go ahead with an excise lift scheduled for January.  But Finance Minister Nicola Willis told Mike Hosking they can't put it off forever like Labour wants to do.  She says its plan would mean potholes everywhere, bridges washed away in major cyclones, and roads that can't be fixed up.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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