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Transporting NZ is quietly confident the Government will extend fuel tax relief past January. A litre of diesel is just nine cents a litre cheaper than regular petrol at the moment. New Zealanders have been saving around $276 a week on a 40-litre tank since the tax pause was introduced in April. CEO Nick Leggett told Heather du Plessis-Allan fuel needs to be kept low at the moment. “For us to transition our economy to being more efficient and reducing our fossil fuel use is by investing in technology, and you can’t do that when you’ve got an economic slowdown and sluggish productivity.” LISTEN ABOVE LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.