Fuel has become one of the biggest costs of a New Zealand road trip in 2026. MBIE's weekly monitoring put regular 91 at 354.4 cents a litre on the price boards in the week dated 9 October 2026, against 260.4 cents a year earlier, and diesel at 323.8 cents before road user charges; the latest week's figures are provisional. At those prices it pays to know both where fuel is cheapest and which discounts you hold, so the best setup is one app that shows prices and one or two that cut them. We make KiwiCamping, a camping app that does not track fuel prices, so it is not ranked here; it appears at the end only for the planning job it can help with.

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Fuel apps at a glance

Start with Gaspy to see which station near you is cheapest. Then add the app for the network you pass most: Z's app gives a daily discount and a bigger one on Wednesdays, bp's app works with Woolworths' Everyday Rewards card, and Foodstuffs' Club+ turns a supermarket shop into a discount at Z and participating Caltex sites. Waitomo and Gull reward you through in-app credit and promotion days rather than a fixed cents-per-litre discount.

Discounts are capped per fill, usually at 50 or 100 litres, and the schemes can change their amounts at short notice. Check the terms in the app before a long drive rather than relying on last month's offer.

Checked 20 October 2026 on the New Zealand App Store and each company's own page. Ratings are New Zealand App Store averages with the number of ratings.
AppHow it saves you moneyPriceNZ rating
GaspyShows user-reported pump pricesFree; Gold NZ$1.69 a month4.0 (773)
Z EnergyAt least 6c a litre daily, 15c on WednesdaysFree4.8 (13,568)
BPme6c a litre with Everyday Rewards (up to 50 L)Free4.9 (34,764)
Club+ (Foodstuffs)8c a litre at Z or Caltex after a supermarket shopFree1.8 (682)
WaitomoSpin-to-win credit on fills of $20 or moreFree4.8 (23,195)
GullPromotion days; unlocks unmanned pumpsFree4.8 (17,818)
g.a.s.Everyday Rewards discounts at g.a.s. sitesFree4.7 (1,027)
MobilSmiles points and paying from the carFree4.7 (10,135)
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1. Gaspy: best for finding the cheapest station

Gaspy is a crowd-sourced price map run by Hello World Limited. Its users enter the price shown on the pump, other users confirm it, and both earn Spy Coins when a price is confirmed. Gaspy's help page says updates are limited to stations near you because of past misuse, which keeps prices honest but means a remote station can show an old figure.

You can tell the app which discounts you hold, and it shows your discounted price above the pump price; the free version allows one custom discount and Gaspy Gold, NZ$1.69 a month, allows as many as you like. Favourites can send price alerts, and the map also lists EV chargers. It rated 4.0 from 773 New Zealand ratings.

Keep in mind
  • Choose it for: comparing stations
  • Gold NZ$1.69 a month
  • Check the time of the last update
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2. Z Energy app: best everyday discount on a major network

Z Rewards in the Z app takes at least 6 cents a litre off every fill, up to 100 litres, and 15 cents a litre from 6am Wednesday to 6am Thursday when you scan in the app. You also earn a point for every dollar spent on fuel and Airpoints on fuel, and Sharetank lets you share a virtual fuel tank with up to five people.

It rated 4.8 from 13,568 New Zealand ratings. Z's Wednesday figure has changed before (it was 10 cents in mid-2025), so confirm it on the rewards page before you plan a fill around it.

Keep in mind
  • Choose it for: a steady discount at Z
  • 15c a litre on Wednesdays
  • Up to 100 litres a fill
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3. BPme with Everyday Rewards: best if you shop at Woolworths

bp takes 6 cents a litre off up to 50 litres when you scan an Everyday Rewards card, and the same card earns a point per litre towards $15 vouchers. Woolworths, which runs Everyday Rewards, also issues bonus fuel discounts for qualifying grocery spends; their size changes and is not fixed in its terms. BPme links your Everyday Rewards card in the app and rated 4.9 from 34,764 New Zealand ratings.

The same Everyday Rewards discount works at g.a.s. stations, and the g.a.s. app (4.7 from 1,027) links the card there.

Keep in mind
  • Choose it for: bp and g.a.s. with one card
  • 6c a litre on up to 50 L
  • Bonus discounts vary
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4. Club+: best if you shop at PAK'nSAVE or New World

Foodstuffs launched Club+ in June 2026 in place of the New World Clubcard. A qualifying spend of $1 or more at a store without its own fuel site earns an 8-cent-a-litre discount, up to 100 litres, to use at Z or participating Caltex sites within 30 days. PAK'nSAVE and New World stores with fuel on site give their own discount, which Club+ states as at least 8 cents a litre in the North Island and 4 cents in the South Island.

The Club+ app rated only 1.8 from 682 New Zealand ratings, and its terms let Foodstuffs change the discount at any time. Gull is not part of the scheme.

Keep in mind
  • Choose it for: Foodstuffs shoppers
  • 8c a litre at Z and Caltex
  • Use within 30 days
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5. Waitomo, Gull and Mobil: best for their own networks

Waitomo's app (4.8 from 23,195) gives a spin to win credit called Moolah on fills of $20 or more, plus scratchies when your monthly spend passes set amounts; Moolah is spent in the app. Gull's app (4.8 from 17,818) unlocks pumps at unmanned Gull stations and Pay at Pump lanes and runs promotion days. Neither states a fixed cents-per-litre discount.

Mobil's app (4.7 from 10,135) earns Smiles points and pays for fuel from the car. We could not load Mobil's own rewards page to confirm its current discount, so check it in the app.

Keep in mind
  • Waitomo: chance-based credit
  • Gull: unmanned pumps and promo days
  • Mobil: Smiles points
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Diesel, EVs and remote roads

MBIE's diesel figure excludes road user charges. NZTA charges $76 per 1,000 km for light diesel vehicles, so add about 7.6 cents a kilometre to the pump cost when you compare a diesel campervan with a petrol car. Hire companies bill RUC in different ways; ask before you book.

For electric vehicles, PlugShare (4.6 from 4,173) maps chargers from many networks, and the Z app also handles Z's EV charging. On remote routes the cheapest fuel is the fuel you already have: DOC notes there are no fuel stations between Te Anau and Milford Sound, so fill up in Te Anau.

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Where KiwiCamping fits

KiwiCamping does not show fuel prices, so it is not on the list above. What it does show is distance: a trip in KiwiCamping gives the distance and drive time for each leg between stops, so you can see which legs are long and plan where to fill up before them. A collection of saved places also shows how far apart its two furthest places are, a rough idea of how much ground the trip covers.

KiwiCamping runs on iPhone with iOS 26 or later, and its four New Zealand ratings average 3.8. To turn those distances into dollars, our fuel and distance calculator on this site does the arithmetic.

KiwiCamping on iPhone: a Picton to Christchurch collection showing 19 saved places and 277 km as the furthest distance between them
Keep in mind
  • Use it for: spotting long legs between stops
  • iPhone only, iOS 26 or later
  • No fuel prices
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How we chose and checked

We included the price app with the most New Zealand use and the app of every fuel brand or loyalty scheme we could verify. Discounts and caps come from each company's own rewards or terms page on 20 October 2026; ratings come from the New Zealand App Store that day. Fuel prices come from MBIE's weekly monitoring table, which records board prices, not prices after discounts.

We describe each scheme as the company does. A discount or feature not mentioned here is not a claim that it does not exist.

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Places along the way

State highwaysRural fuel stopsTe AnauSupermarketsEV chargers

Check before you go

Rules and conditions change. Recheck the official source and the page for your exact park or campground before departure.

FAQ

Common questions

Which app shows the cheapest petrol prices in New Zealand?+

Gaspy. Its users report the price on the pump and other users confirm it, so you can compare stations near you before filling up. It is free, with an optional Gold subscription at NZ$1.69 a month that lets you add more of your own discounts.

Which fuel discount is biggest in New Zealand?+

It changes. On 20 October 2026 Z's app gave at least 6 cents a litre every day and 15 cents on Wednesdays, bp and g.a.s. gave 6 cents with Everyday Rewards, and Foodstuffs' Club+ gave 8 cents at Z and participating Caltex sites. Each scheme caps the litres per fill and can change its amounts.

Do diesel campervans cost more to run in New Zealand?+

Diesel is cheaper at the pump, but light diesel vehicles also pay road user charges of $76 per 1,000 km, about 7.6 cents a kilometre. Add that to the fuel cost when you compare a diesel campervan with a petrol vehicle.

The KiwiCamping map for New Zealand, with campsite and holiday park pins across Golden Bay and the Explore list of nearby places below

Try it yourself

See how it fits your trip.

Free to download. BookIt holiday parks and tours are free to browse and book; DOC campsites, huts, dump stations, the in-app guides and trip planning need the Premium pass.

KiwiCamping is an iPhone app. There is no Android version.