# Read New Zealand weekly fuel prices

Preview: Check New Zealand national weekly fuel price averages, retail margins and official fuel-stock monitoring from MBIE.

Canonical: https://aroai.com/tools/nz_fuel_price/

## Tool reference

MCP tool ID: `nz_fuel_price`. Availability: Preview. Country: New Zealand.

Credit use: 1 credit.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "fuel_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Regular Petrol",
        "Premium Petrol 95R",
        "Diesel"
      ]
    },
    "weeks": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Number of most recent published weeks to return (1–12).",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 12
    },
    "include_security": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Include MBIE's official fuel-stock and shipping update.",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "weeks",
    "include_security"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Example input

```json
{
  "fuel_type": "Regular Petrol",
  "weeks": 4,
  "include_security": false
}
```

## Usage notes

- Returns national weekly retail price averages, importer margins and taxes.
- Updated weekly; does not provide live, station-level pump prices.
- Optional fuel security snapshot includes national fuel-stock and shipping updates.