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New Zealand motor vehicle registration statistics - 2007

General - Table 36

Licensed vehicles as at year end 2007, by vehicle type and postal district

Postal district Cars Rental cars Taxis Trucks Buses / coaches Trailers/
caravans
Motor-cycles Mopeds Tractors Exempt vehicles Miscel-laneous Total
Whangarei
77,660
1,263
135
21,300
769
22,266
1,792
328
1,532
345
1,382
128,772
Auckland
781,487
16,511
3,503
110,144
4,352
85,180
15,156
3,848
2,815
2,818
6,795
1,032,609
Hamilton
179,260
451
287
39,697
1,525
45,541
4,493
1,349
3,442
790
2,137
278,972
Thames
30,804
103
48
7,964
339
10,584
971
324
873
89
641
52,740
Tauranga
111,638
435
163
22,275
606
25,372
3,253
1,078
1,283
596
1,803
168,502
Rotorua
35,860
48
79
8,459
419
8,859
889
196
545
349
469
56,172
Gisborne
20,503
127
55
6,091
270
5,650
437
306
641
232
223
34,535
Napier
81,658
213
156
18,862
751
18,292
2,159
643
1,105
430
904
125,173
New Plymouth
58,808
259
94
12,848
342
12,151
2,135
913
1,174
260
880
89,864
Wanganui
25,441
83
31
5,342
156
5,117
793
466
274
136
281
38,120
Palmerston North
98,704
500
148
22,425
577
22,813
3,017
1,131
2,190
1,082
1,146
153,733
Masterton
22,010
31
23
5,869
428
6,100
742
319
385
191
261
36,359
Wellington
215,989
429
1,380
27,689
1,420
22,939
6,077
1,849
269
734
1,721
280,496
Nelson
54,720
533
99
13,216
494
16,282
2,261
733
1,064
421
1,231
91,054
Blenheim
24,853
122
44
6,873
168
8,344
968
317
703
186
569
43,147
Greymouth
11,699
103
21
3,481
170
4,036
442
93
179
92
181
20,497
Westport
4,255
10
12
1,108
79
1,329
190
46
58
29
92
7,208
Christchurch
292,937
8,498
1,142
46,611
2,893
61,964
7,596
2,419
3,786
1,482
3,526
432,854
Timaru
34,775
75
44
8,307
306
12,040
1,180
300
1,499
373
658
59,557
Oamaru
11,685
37
15
3,260
134
4,681
389
95
542
97
260
21,195
Dunedin
101,715
632
425
22,704
1,210
30,788
3,072
773
1,558
798
1,611
165,286
Invercargill
54,743
156
107
15,846
730
19,596
1,728
489
2,409
499
856
97,159
Total
2,331,204
30,619
8,011
430,371
18,138
449,924
59,740
18,015
28,326
12,029
27,627
3,414,004

Note: The above totals exclude vehicles that have an exemption licence and vehicles that are unlicensed.

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