Currently they are exempt from the charges that users of non-petrol vehicles have to pay ($76 per 1,000 km) but according to this article in the NZ Herald, the Jacinda regime is going to make them pay.
bad news for EV owners — the Jacinda government is going to hit them with Road User Charges
21 Tuesday Jun 2022
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Of course they should pay, they have had a free ride for long enough
The Jacinda government gives with one hand and takes with the other.
Was always in the pipeline 2 years ago if not longer actually.