Around 40 trucks rumble down Auckland motorway in fuel price protest

October 15, 2018

Truckies at RNB Transport wanted to show their outrage at fuel price and road user charge increases.

A transport company has sent 40 trucks down Auckland's Northern Motorway in a protest against the rising price of fuel.

The protest is being carried out by RNB Transport, to bring attention to fuel prices and road user charge increases. 

The heavy vehicles left Silverdale, north of Auckland, shortly after 7am, heading for the central city. 

The cost of fuel has become a hot topic in recent weeks.

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the Government is taking steps to look into how and why petrol prices have risen so quickly , jumping by an average of 39 cents between the end of October last year and September 28 this year.

New Zealanders are paying more for petrol – and the PM feels their pain - she told media in Wellington today.

Petrol companies have denied the Prime Minister's claims that they are "fleecing" New Zealand motorists

Gull NZ general manager David Bodger says the oil industry takes a kicking from politicians from time to time and it's all part of the job.

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