{"id":610803,"date":"2026-09-24T23:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/610803\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T23:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:38:11","slug":"the-region-where-petrol-prices-are-rising-faster-than-anywhere-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/610803\/","title":{"rendered":"The region where petrol prices are rising faster than anywhere else"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petrol prices have risen in every corner of New Zealand this month<\/a>, but no region has felt the spike quite like Nelson, where 91 has jumped 46c a litre in just over three weeks. <\/p>\n

Nelson’s average price for 91 had been $2.85 a litre on September 1. By September 24, it had climbed to $3.31, according to Gaspy data, a rise of about 16%.<\/p>\n

The region also recorded the biggest single-day jump of any region, with prices rising more than 7c on September 19.<\/p>\n

Across the country, the average price of 91 rose 39c, from $3.01 to $3.40. Every region is now above $3.30 a litre. On September 1, only the West Coast had been above $3.10.<\/p>\n

Energy analyst David Keat told Breakfast that last time prices increased, there was more stock available. (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n

Escalating conflicts overseas have pushed up global oil prices<\/a>. Although prices have eased from their April peak, they remain well above pre-shock levels.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia shut its East-West oil pipeline<\/a>, an alternative route around the closed Strait of Hormuz, after it was struck by drones, blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have continued to advance, seizing an island<\/a> that gives them greater power to disrupt shipping through the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The strait, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, carries around 7% of the world’s oil.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian strikes<\/a> on Russian oil refineries have added further pressure on global supply.<\/p>\n

AA principal policy adviser Terry Collins told 1News earlier this month<\/a> he could not see relief coming until around the US midterm elections in November<\/a>, “and maybe even out to Christmas”.<\/p>\n

Collins said he did not expect prices to return to the highs of April and May<\/a>, when petrol reached about $3.50 a litre in some places. However, Brent crude oil was currently hovering around US$102 a barrel.<\/p>\n

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The West Coast remains the most expensive region to fill up. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Fastest risers<\/p>\n

Bay of Plenty was close behind Nelson, with prices up 44c to $3.36.<\/p>\n

Gisborne was third, up 43c. It also climbed the price rankings more than any other region: it had been the fifth-most expensive on September 1 and is now second, at $3.47.<\/p>\n

Marlborough and Tasman each rose about 40c. Auckland was next, up 40c to $3.35, and it is now the cheapest of the main centres.<\/p>\n

The West Coast had the smallest rise, at 29c. It was also the only region where prices fell in the first week, dropping from $3.21 to $3.16 by September 8.<\/p>\n

However, it remains the most expensive place in the country to fill up, at $3.51 a litre, and the only region above $3.50.<\/p>\n

The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including what caused an Air New Zealand engine to catch fire, and why Liam Lawson’s swearing at Lewis Hamilton. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petrol prices have risen in every corner of New Zealand this month, but no region has felt the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,138,158,1080,12506,9001,20277,16256,91,111,139,1067,69,244,15488,16715,2224,1756,52,1241],"class_list":["post-610803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-auckland","tag-business","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-dunedin-otago","tag-gisborne","tag-hamilton-waikato","tag-hawke-s-bay","tag-marlborough","tag-nelson","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-northland","tag-nz","tag-personal-finance","tag-southland","tag-taranaki","tag-tasman","tag-tauranga-bay-of-plenty","tag-wellington","tag-west-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}