Kiwi Fuelcards Special Offers

We’re looking forward to joining the fun at the Hamilton Motorhome, Caravan and Leisure Show at Mystery Creek, from 23-25 September!

This is always a highlight of our calendar, with thousands of people coming from all over the central North Island (and beyond!) for an exciting three days celebrating everything we love about New Zealand’s amazing outdoor lifestyle.

If you’re thinking about getting your first caravan, upgrading to a new model, adding bells and whistles or simply wanting ideas about your next caravanning holiday, this is the event for you!

NZMCA do an incredible job of bringing together a huge array of products, services and suppliers from across the industry offering everything imaginable to make your outdoor lifestyle complete, including lots of expert advice.

This is a great chance to see all the latest products for caravanners, talk to the experts and of course sign up for your Kiwi Fuelcard, if you don’t have one already!

More than 12,000 NZMCA customers are already enjoying great fuel discounts with Kiwi Fuelcards, so come and see us at the NZMCA stand at Mystery Creek to sign up; the first 100 applications also receive a Kiwi Fuelcards goodie bag!

And if you’re already a Kiwi Fuelcards customer, don’t worry you won’t miss out! We will be running a special “Mystery Dip” with lots of prizes to be won each day!

For more details, you can visit the NZMCA website here.

Look forward to seeing you there!

We attended the NZMCA Motorhome Caravan & Leisure Show at Mystery Creek in October 2020. A handmade Combi Van was our prize for the show and all new applications completed over that weekend went into the draw to win the Van.

Attached are a couple of photos of the Van and a photo of the winners – Garry Whale and Joanne Ellis.

The Combi Van was made by Carlos from Fat Cow Woodcrafts – www.fatcowwoodcraft.com

Due to Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown, we are all working from home and the office is currently unattended.

Please email any queries to info@kiwifuelcards.co.nz

You can ring on our 0800 number however all calls are going to voicemail and will be actioned as quickly as possible. 0800 43 8383

Please stay safe and healthy.

Aucklanders are finding creative ways to tackle the new regional fuel tax, but we reckon we have the best option of all – a Kiwi Fuelcard!

The regional fuel tax, voted for by Auckland City Council in May this year, has become a reality for Auckland motorists, with pump prices up by 11.5 cents in some areas.

This has led to motorists finding creative ways to keep their fuel costs down, like buying fuel just outside the Auckland region (in Mercer and Pokeno), using public transport, or swapping the car for a bike (assuming you don’t need to transport all the kids to school and you live within cycling distance of work). There are also some great car pooling initiatives in place, like ride-sharing apps and websites including Smart Travel, Easy As Carpooling and CarpoolWorld.

But it’s hard to go past a Kiwi Fuelcard as the best possible solution, with a guaranteed saving of up to 12 cents per litre (for every litre!) with every fill at one of our 900 stations nationwide (including nearly 100 in Auckland!) Unlike other fuel cards, you don’t need to own a farm or business, have additional loyalty cards to other organisations or collect points or grocery dockets. We just offer genuine discounts at the pump.

We reckon we’re just another great example of an innovative Kiwi company doing our bit to make life easier for fellow Kiwis. So don’t pay more than you need to for fuel – get your Kiwi Fuelcard today.

Kiwi Fuelcards is delighted to be lending a helping hand to the Life Education Trust in the Far North.

Life Education connects with more than 250,000 children every year to educate and empower them to make healthy choices so they can live full and healthy lives. The charity teaches children about their body, friendships, their identity, food and nutrition and helpful and harmful substances.

The charity is run by a group of dedicated volunteers and in the Far North alone, the educators travel over 25,000 kilometres each year, visiting over 80 schools from Te Hapua in the Far North to Dargaville, Maromaku, Russell and the East Coast.

The most popular team member of the Life Education Trust is Harold the Giraffe, who helps share the important messages being taught in the well known bright yellow caravan. In the Far North, the Trust educators visits primary schools, kura and some high schools, as well as being available to preschool children.

The Life Education Trust New Zealand was formed in 1988 and Life Education Trust Far North was established just a year later in 1989, being one of the first in the country. There are now 32 education units nationwide.

Life Education uses a preventative approach, using a philosophy that focuses on creating a sensitivity to values which lead to an understanding and appreciation of human life. This enables tamariki to make informed decisions about any negative influences that might impede them reaching their full potential.

We’re proud to support this incredibly important work in New Zealand’s Far North. To learn more about this amazing national charity, visit www.lifeeducation.org.nz.

Regional fuel tax is expected to be in place for Aucklanders before the end of 2018, to help fund a multibillion-dollar investment in light rail for the city.

The new Labour-led Government has confirmed it will change the law to allow Auckland Council to introduce a regional petrol tax, likely to be set at 10c a litre and introduced in the next 6 months.

While the new light rail system will provide the beginning of a fantastic long-term solution for Auckland’s infamous traffic congestion, it will also be a hard pill to swallow for everyone living in Auckland who will be asked to pay more for their fuel.

At Kiwi Fuelcards, we believe there’s a solution to every problem, and this one easy! You see, with a Kiwi Fuelcard, you can save up to 10 cents (sometimes more!) per litre, every time you fill up. This means with a Kiwi Fuelcard, you can simply avoid the price hike and carry on paying the same price for your fuel – in fact, if you sign up now, you’ll save even more!

The new Government has committed to make an immediate start on modern trams to Westgate and West Auckland as well as trams from the airport to the Auckland CBD. Incoming Transport Minister Phil Twyford also expects to have commuter rail between Auckland and Hamilton running in the next year.

He has said the money raised from petrol taxes would contribute about 10 per cent of the $15 billion, 10-year infrastructure programme that Labour has committed to.

We’re proud to have partnered with the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZCMA) for over 10 years, and we’re super excited their 2018 National Rally and AGM is being held in our neck of the woods, in Northland!

We can tell you better than anyone what an absolute marvel the Northland region is, with its sub-tropical climate, tremendous natural beauty and warm temperatures (even if it’s raining… how else do you think our forests stay so lush!) If you’re new to Northland, we have something for everyone, with four sub-regions; Whangarei and Tutukaka Coast, Bay of Islands, Top of the North and the Kauri Coast and Hokianga. Northland is known for its spectacular coastline and bays, marine reserves and kauri forests.

And we do summer better than anyone! There is plenty happening next April, including (of course) the 62nd NZMCA National Rally (from March 29 – April 2), the Northland Fieldays, the Fritter Festival and 90 Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza, so it’s the perfect time for caravanners (and soon-to-be-converted caravanners) to head north and experience our amazing hospitality, great fishing, great food and music and so much more.

With the annual Covi Motorhome, Caravan and Outdoor SuperShow to be held at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland two weeks before the National Rally, there is a real opportunity for those NZMCA members coming north to connect these events, leaving ample time to have a good look around the region. 

Most of Northland is very motorhome friendly so there are lots of opportunities for overnight parking. Make the most of your visit and go to the NZMCA website for their full, suggested itinerary or you can also follow these links for more information about Northland or Whangarei.

If you’re interested in caravanning and not currently a NZMCA member, this is the perfect opportunity to meet the NZMCA team, the Kiwi Fuelcards team and loads of other caravan enthusiasts who will have you hooked before you know it! You can find out more about the event here.

Ahhh, the dreaded question no parent wants to hear while travelling. Here’s a few ‘Surviving Road Trip’ tips to help you get through the tough times…

Tip #1: ‘Plate Poetry’

Get the kids to make up a story or poem using the first letter of every number plate they see as the first letter of each word. They can write these down (or if that tends to turn them a little green in the gills they can just say their story out loud as the cars are going past). Hopefully they’ll be so distracted looking for oncoming traffic that they forget how far you’ve still got to go…

Tip #2: ‘Road Trip Scavenger Hunt’

Make up a travelling scavenger hunt and see who finds everything first e.g. red letterbox, yellow car, 2 horses, truck and trailer, speed sign, road name starting with W. You can make it as long or short, and as hard or easy as you like, depending on how long you’ve got to go!

Tip #3: ‘My town is famous for…’

So, we all remember as kids travelling through towns with giant shearers (Te Kuiti) or fizzy drink bottles (Paeroa) or carrots (Ohakune)… so, the game is, if you had your own town, what would you be famous for and what giant symbol would you have on your main street? Give the kids a few minutes to think about this and then see who can be the most creative. How about a town famous for a Jenga-making factory, with a stack of Jenga blocks 100m high that you can climb up? Or a town famous for bike riding, with a bike statue so big the wheels are actually giant ferris wheels? Or a town famous for making computers, with a giant laptop where you can jump on the keys and make different images appear on the screen….

If you have others, we’d love you to contact us and share your ideas, so we can help other parents get through the tough times too.

Like many New Zealand businesses, we began with a couple of mates and what we thought was a pretty good idea.

With a good understanding of New Zealand’s fuel market, we saw an opportunity to help everyday Kiwi motorists save on fuel by offering genuine discounts at the pump with ‘no strings’ attached.

When we set up our fuelcards business 15 years ago, we set our sights on Northland, and we called ourselves ‘Far North Fuels’. Little did we know that our modest business offering would catch on further down the line, and we’d end up with customers from Kaitaia to Bluff.

So in 2017, we had another good idea – we thought we’d celebrate taking our business south of the Brynderwyns and over the Strait, and change our name to ‘Kiwi Fuelcards’ – because that’s exactly what we are – fuelcards for all Kiwis.

Thanks to all our loyal customers over the years…

We’re proud to say that 15 years later we’re still going strong, thanks to the support of thousands of awesome customers who signed up to what was then ‘Far North Fuels’.

We’ve been proud to serve all our loyal customers over the years, and while the Far North Fuels brand will always hold a place in our hearts, we’re loving our new brand, Kiwi Fuelcards, and the bright, fresh new energy it has brought to our business. So as we close one chapter on our life, we can’t wait to start on the next!.