u/Tutorbin76

Going from the signals from this government, the likelihood is that once Road User Charges apply to all vehicles, the NZTA would no longer directly manage them but instead outsource the work to private companies like EROAD.

I should start by saying I support the move to universal RUC's as it seems to be the only way to make sure all road users are paying their fair share. The petrol FED is no longer fit for purpose.

Shifting the admin of this process to a private company though feels like another privatisation move by this government to help out their rich mates.

Also the talk about requiring electronic devices to be installed in private vehicles seems a bit... well not New Zealand.

What are other people's thoughts on this?

For those interested, there is a consultation process open until 12 June:

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/submissions-open-regulations-modernise-ruc-system

Is there a way to make OpenStreetMap, specifically Osmand, show the names of countries?

I'm sure it used to do this, but after an update it seems to just show city and province names, then when zooming out one more level there's no labels at all.

Edit: Restarting the app fixed it. It seemed to have gotten itself confused.