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Transaction Centre.

Transaction Centre

Complete your paperwork online.

Used car safety ratings.

Used car safety ratings 2008

How safe are cars in a crash?

Road code.

Road code

New Zealand road rules and safe driving tips

Driver licensing.

Driver licensing

How to get or renew your driver licence.

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Did you know?

Speed surveys show that nearly one in 10 cars are exceeding 110 km/h on the open road.

What's in this section on vehicle ownership?

  • Vehicle registration: What 'vehicle registration' means, fees, plates, locations of vehicle registration agents.
  • Vehicle licensing: Factsheet explaining what 'vehicle licensing' means, where to get a vehicle licence, when you should apply for an exemption, and which vehicles are exempt from licensing requirements. Includes Q&As.
  • Vehicle licensing fees: A table of common vehicle licensing fees.
  • Transaction Centre: Online facility where you can relicense your vehicle, apply for a licensing exemption, notify a change of ownership and notify a change of address.
  • Buying and selling: Tips for people buying or selling vehicles.
  • Don't get stung! Notify change of ownership: The process for advising us of a change of vehicle ownership.
  • Warrant of fitness: What a warrant of fitness (WoF) is, which vehicles need one, what the check includes, what to do if your vehicle fails a WoF inspection.
  • Certificate of fitness: What a certificate of fitness (CoF) is, which vehicles need one, other requirements these vehicles must meet.
  • Vehicle certification: What it is, what it includes, the Vehicle Certification Unit, complaints about certifiers.
  • Trade plates: What are trade plates, who can use them, how to apply for them. Using trade plates on uncertified or unregistered vehicles.
  • Land Transport NZ agents: List of organisations acting as Land Transport NZ agents for vehicle registration and licensing.

Last updated: 29 June 2007