New Zealand

Petrol prices continue to fall

11:59 am on 11 December 2014

Petrol prices have fallen again, just days after 91 octane fell below $2 a litre.

Photo: RNZ

Prices were now mainly about $1.97 cents for 91 octane and diesel was about $1.30 a litre.

The fall was mainly due to a bigger supply of fuel.

Some of this stemmed from booming shale oil and gas production in the United States.