Axing the Auckland fuel tax reveals the lack of a real transport plan for NZ’s biggest city
- Written by: Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The government’s recent announcement that it would bring forward legislation to end the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax (ARFT) in June – four years early – is the third time in 30 years a National-led government has repealed such a tax.
Pulling the plug seems less about the cost of living or misuse of tax revenue than simply sweeping...
