They’re not different to the consumer. Either way they’re a surcharge to the store price of the item, and most places in the world include it on the sticker.

AFAIK NZ has no more 24 hour supermakets. I remember brisbane used to, but a quick google search shows that might not be true anymore?

When I was staying in South Bank, restaurants were regularly open until 9:30/10pm. Finding places like that in christchurch is much harder, outside of thursday/friday/saturday. Auckland might be better, but it’s been a while since I’ve stayed there.

TBH, maybe it’s not that brisbane is good for late night stuff, maybe it’s just that NZ is even worse.

I found the same thing when I visited brisbane recently. I’m from NZ, and virtually everything is closed at 6 or 9, depending on the day & what kind of establishment it is.

In NZ, the only time I’ve boiled water is when we had an earthquake that screwed up a bunch of stuff, including the water & sewage pipes.