Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
摄影：RNZ / Marika Khabazi
A private car park charging up to $74 a day is being called the most expensive parking space in the country.
【澳纽网编译】每天收费高达 74 纽币的私人停车场被称为新西兰最昂贵的停车位。
First Up visited Wilson Parking on Fort St in Auckland’s CBD — where an Early Bird spot cost $55 a day if you pay using the Park Mate app — or $74 if you use the machine on site.
First Up 参观了位于奥克兰中央商务区 Fort St 的 Wilson Parking——如果您使用 Park Mate 应用程序付款，早起鸟点的费用为每天 55 纽币——如果您在现场使用机器，则为 74 纽币。
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And for casual parking it starts at $16 on the app and $22 per hour for using the on site machine.
对于休闲停车，应用程序起价为 16 纽币，使用现场机器的起价为每小时 22 纽币。
But one man told First Up says it was not always this expensive.
但一名男子告诉 First Up 说，它并不总是这么贵。
“Back in the days it was a lot cheaper, but I have no idea why it just jumped so high right now. I mean, two hours, 44 dollars people don’t make that when they work. They don’t make $23. That’s crazy. Great business, right?”
“以前它便宜得多，但我不知道为什么它现在跳得这么高。我的意思是，两个小时，44 纽币的人在工作时赚不到这个钱。他们赚不到 23 纽币。这太疯狂了。生意真好，对吧？
A few tourists who came in to the city to run errands said they were leaving because the Wilson carpark is simply too expensive.
一些来到该市办事的游客说，他们要离开是因为威尔逊停车场太贵了。
Chris Schulz is a senior investigative journalist at Consumer NZ.
Chris Schulz 是 Consumer NZ 的高级调查记者。
He said he could not find a carpark in the country more expensive than the Wilson site on Fort St.
他说，他在乡下找不到比 Fort St 的 Wilson 场地更贵的停车场了。
“Actually, we looked into all of the major centres where you would expect car parks to be pretty expensive — Auckland’s definitely up there, it’s definitely the most expensive. I guess you’d expect that.”
“实际上，我们调查了所有主要中心，你可能会认为这些中心的停车场相当昂贵——奥克兰绝对是最高的，绝对是最昂贵的。我猜你会预料到的。
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“I don’t think you’d expect the extreme prices that Wilson Car Park on 4th Street, in particular as charging $22.00 an hour is like every car going into that car park is earning minimum wage,” he said.
“我认为你不会期望第四街的威尔逊停车场会如此极端的价格，特别是每小时收费 22.00 纽币，就像每辆进入该停车场的汽车都在赚取最低工资，”他说。
Just over 60 percent New Zealanders commute to work by car.
略高于 60% 的新西兰人开车上下班。
In Auckland CBD it cost at least $5 an hour in the council-owned Downtown, Civic and Victoria Street carparks. The maximum fee per day is $24.
在奥克兰中央商务区，市议会拥有的 Downtown、Civic 和 Victoria Street 停车场每小时至少花费 5 纽币。每天的最高费用为 24 纽币。
When it comes to street parking, there’s no charge if you leave within 10 minutes – after that it’s at least $4 an hour on weekdays.
说到路边停车，如果您在 10 分钟内离开，则不收取任何费用 – 之后，工作日至少每小时 4 纽币。
In Wellington CBD, the hourly rate in a council parking building is $5, while in Christchurch it’s $4.30.
在惠灵顿中央商务区，议会停车场的每小时费率为 5 纽币，而在基督城为 4.30 纽币。
In New Plymouth the newly opened Downtown carpark charges $3 per hour, but is running a half price special until the end of the year.
在新普利茅斯，新开业的市中心停车场每小时收费 3 纽币，但在年底之前实行半价优惠。
Further south you can put the ‘car’ in ‘Invercargill’ with the first thirty minutes free in the central carpark, and $3.50 an hour after that.
再往南，您可以将“汽车”停在“因弗卡吉尔”，前三十分钟在中央停车场免费，之后每小时 3.50 纽币。
It could be the cheapest town in the country to park, with no charge for half an hour on the street, then only a dollar an hour after that!
这可能是该国停车成本最低的城镇，在街上半小时免费，之后一小时只需 1 纽币！
Back at the carpark on Auckland’s Fort Street, In a statement, Wilson said their high prices were due to supply and demand.
回到奥克兰 Fort Street 的停车场，Wilson 在一份声明中表示，他们的高价是由于供求关系造成的。
“The pricing at Wilson Parking is primarily driven by supply and demand. As a small site in the heart of Auckland’s CBD, it is highly sought after site.
“Wilson Parking 的定价主要由供需驱动。作为奥克兰中央商务区中心的一个小站点，它备受追捧。
Beyond this, to make parking more affordable, we offer ParkMate, which provides rates 25 percent lower than machine prices and virtually eliminates breach notice risks, if used correctly. Our new ParkMate Guest feature also allows drive-up customers to access these discounts without needing to download the app.”
除此之外，为了使停车更实惠，我们提供 ParkMate，如果使用得当，它的价格比机器价格低 25%，并且几乎消除了违规通知风险。我们新的 ParkMate Guest 功能还允许免下车客户无需下载应用程序即可获得这些折扣。
Chris Schulz said whilst the company encourages people to use the carpark app, most people who drive into the carpark do not have time to download it.
Chris Schulz 表示，虽然该公司鼓励人们使用 carpark 应用程序，但大多数开车进入停车场的人没有时间下载它。
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“Wilson has an app that you can get it slightly cheaper. I think it’s down to $16 an hour [and] they are encouraging people to use the app and they they did come back at me and point that out.”
“Wilson 有一个应用程序，你可以稍微便宜一点。我认为它已经下降到每小时 16 纽币，[而且] 他们鼓励人们使用该应用程序，他们确实回头找我指出了这一点。
“But if you know most people are, they don’t download the app, they don’t notice the parking app.”
“但如果你知道大多数人都是这样，他们就不会下载这个应用，也不会注意到停车应用。”
“They roll into town, they’re looking for a park. They find us like free Oasis that’s got spare parks on Fort St and they roll in there and suddenly they parked the car they’ve got out and they’ve looked at the prices and it’s $22.00 an hour.”
“他们辗转来到镇上，寻找停车位。“他们找到了我们，就像找到了免费的绿洲“ ”绿洲在Fort St有空余的停车场“ ”他们开进那里，突然停好了车“ ”他们下了车，看了看价格，一小时22纽币”
But it was not just parking prices that are higher than usual there.
但不仅仅是那里的停车价格比平时高。
Those who overstayed even minutes over their paid time get stung with a fee
那些逾期逗留的人，哪怕是超过带薪时间的几分钟，也会被收取费用
“If you’re late, they will ping you with this extra $85 fee and they wouldn’t tell me how quickly you get charged $85.”
“如果你迟到，他们会用这额外的 85 纽币费用来通知你，他们不会告诉我你多久被收取 85 纽币的费用。”
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“But I’ve looked through the Google reviews and a lot of people complain about it. A lot of people are sort of maybe 10 minutes late, 15 minutes late, back to the car. But you know, a week, two weeks later they get a breach bill.”
“但我看了谷歌的评论，很多人都抱怨它。很多人可能迟到 10 分钟、迟到 15 分钟，然后回到车上。但你知道，一周、两周后，他们会收到一份违规账单。
There was a QR code at the Wilson Parking on Fort St that can be scanned to read the terms and condition – and those said a breach could result in an $85 notice.
Fort St 的 Wilson Parking 有一个二维码，可以扫描它来阅读条款和条件——那些人说，违规可能会导致 85 纽币的通知。
But Schulz said said Wilson Parking did not make it easy to find the fine print.
但舒尔茨说，Wilson Parking 并不容易找到细则。
“Wilson is hiding its terms and conditions behind a QR code that is right at the bottom of the sign, so the to work out like there’s no sign up in that car park that says you’re liable for an $85 fine if you over stay.”
“威尔逊公司将其条款和条件隐藏在一个二维码后面，而二维码就在标志的底部，所以要想知道停车场里有没有标志写着如果你超时逗留，将被处以 85 纽币的罚款”。
Auckland Transport estimated Auckland CBD has at least 21 thousand off-street carparks in buildings owned by council and private operators like Wilson’s.
奥克兰交通局估计，奥克兰中央商务区至少有 21,000 个路边停车位，位于市议会和像 Wilson’s 这样的私人运营商拥有的建筑物中。
Despite that – several drivers at the Wilson carpark with a $74 early bird rate, told First Up they could not find anything else nearby.
尽管如此，威尔逊停车场的几名早鸟价为 74 纽币的司机告诉 First Up，他们在附近找不到其他任何停车位。
来源： RNZ
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