Related Content Rodney Hide: I would be wishing for a gun Rodney Hide: The downside of courting fame Rodney Hide: Marriage of convenienceThen it produced an enormous white elephant that was never going to work and that we must pay for. These include the National Land Transport Fund tax, the ACC Motor Vehicle Account tax, the Local Authorities Fuel tax, the Engine Fuels Monitoring tax, the Emissions Trading Scheme tax and, atop all those taxes, the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The promise on income tax was only the very rich would ever pay it, it wouldn't be much and it would only be spent on things we needed. We are not spreading our road use through the day and the new charge is designed to make us do that. Those priced off will have to stay at home, drive off-peak or use some other form of transport.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 25, 2016 17:09 UTC