1922

Enquiry into Toll Gates (recommended introducing a user-pays national highway fund to stop the proliferation of toll roads)

1923

Parliamentary debate of Motor Vehicles Bill intended to introduce user fees for a national highway scheme

1924

The Motor Vehicles Act 1924 authorises the payment of motor vehicle registration and licence fees and traffic fines into the Main Highways Account

The Main Highways Act 1924 establishes the Main Highways Board, makes the Board independent of political interference and appropriates roading revenue to the Main Highways Account.

1925

The first annual report of the Main Highways Board describes funding priorities, etc

1927

Parliamentary debate of resolution to introduce motor spirits excise duty to provide additional funding for the Main Highways scheme

Parliamentary debate of Motor Spirits Bill intended to confirm the petrol tax for the Main Highways scheme and authorise rebates for non-road petrol users

The Motor Spirits Taxation Act establishes the petrol tax and appropriates the revenue to the Main Highways Account

1929

Canterbury Progress League critique of funding of Canterbury highways. This report provides an interesting view of the benefits 1920s society expected from good roads.

1933

Annual report of the Main Highways Board introduces policy of roading revenue meeting costs of natural disasters (Murchison and Hawke's Bay earthquakes) and funding government and council deficits. Includes maps showing locations of dustless and all-weather roads in 1924 and 1932.

1939

A Thesis investigating the use and abuse of motor taxation between 1924 and 1939. Highly relevant to the current debate on the diversion of petrol taxes.

1950 AN ACT to Provide for the Constitution of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority, to Define Its Powers and Functions, and to Provide for the Construction, Maintenance, and Control of a Bridge Across the Waitemata Harbour.