Travelers on the road this holiday period will notice their money at the petrol station taking them farther.
Petrol retailer Gull announced a 12-hour special on petrol prices today.
The discount of 20 cents per litre makes the difference in distance people can travel this year compared to last year equivalent to getting stuck in Palmerston North or making it to Wellington.
If you were to pull up to Gull Forrest Hill today in a Honda Civic 2010, 1.4L engine, and put $82 of petrol into the tank you could drive from Auckland to Wellington, a distance of 650 km, assuming the car drove at a fuel efficiency of 12km/L. The Forrest Hill service station will be charging $1.499 at the pump today.