Factsheet index

Land Transport New Zealand's factsheets provide information on transport safety, standards and processes.

All our factsheets are available on this web site and can be printed directly from the site.

Many of our factsheets are also available from Land Transport New Zealand agents and regional offices in a commercially printed format. (These are indicated with an asterisk* in the list below.)

Read a list of factsheets that have been updated in the past three months.

Driver licensing

No.	Title	Date
45	Learning to drive: How to get your car licence	September 2007	*
3	Restricted licence: How to get your restricted car licence	June 2006	*
58	Full licence test for driving a car	November 2007	*
20	Identification for driver licensing	April 2008	*
66	Driver licensing courses for driver licences and endorsements	December 2007	*
54	Upgrading driver licences from paper to photo	November 2006	*
28	Motorcycle licences: How to get a Class 6 licence	May 2007	*
59	Motorcycle full licences: What the test involves	May 2007	*
70	Heavy vehicle driver licences	June 2008	*
56	New residents and visitors - driving in New Zealand	September 2008	*
57	Older drivers: Licence renewal	December 2006	*
65	Overseas travel by New Zealand driver licence holders	July 2007	*
11	Driver licence classes	May 2007	*
Also see our occupational driving factsheets, which cover driver licence endorsements.

Vehicle registration | licensing

No.	Title	Date
49	Vehicle licensing	July 2007	*
9	Reregistering your vehicle	June 2008	*
27	Exempt vehicles from registration and licensing	May 2007	*
19	All-terrain vehicles: ATV registration, licensing and safety	June 2008	*
6	VINS: Vehicle identification numbers	July 2006

Charges and duties

No.	Title	Date
38	Road user charges: 1–6 tonne vehicles	June 2008	*
14	Excise duty: Who can get refunds, and how	December 2007	*

Occupational driving

No.	Title	Date
2	Work time and logbooks	November 2007	*
4	Taxi drivers and area knowledge certificates	October 2007	*
15	Passenger service vehicles	October 2007	*
21	Taxi and shuttles: Rights and responsibilities	October 2007	*
47	Transport service licences	January 2008	*
18	Volunteer drivers and exempt passenger services	April 2008	*
42	P endorsements for carrying passengers	July 2008	*
46	V endorsements for vehicle recovery services	October 2006	*
37	D endorsements for carrying dangerous goods	May 2008	*
10	F endorsements for driving forklifts	September 2006	*
40	R, T and W endorsements for special-type vehicles	June 2007	*
5	I endorsements: How to become a driving instructor	September 2007
48	O endorsements: How to become a testing officer	October 2006
61	Renewing driver licence endorsements	October 2006	*
66	Driver licensing courses for licence classes and endorsements	December 2007	*

Buying and selling

No.	Title	Date
41	Buying and selling: Your legal obligations for notifying a change of ownership	May 2005	*

Road user safety

No.	Title	Date
7	Child restraints	February 2005	*
30	Safety belts and airbags	February 2005	*
26	Kea crossings: School crossing points	July 2007

Driver safety

No.	Title	Date
24	Fatigue: Staying alert while you're driving	June 2005	*
34	Sharing the road with trucks and oversize vehicles	February 2005
29	Head-on crashes	October 2005
33	Speed: How to use speed limits safely	January 2006
52	Flush medians	January 2006

Medical

No.	Title	Date
31	Disabilities and driving	February 2005	*
16	Diabetes and driving	July 2008	*
25	Vision and driving	June 2005	*
23	Dementia and driving	December 2006	*
17	Epilepsy and driving	July 2008	*
36	Head injuries and driving	January 2006	*
51	OT assessments: Occupational therapists and driver licensing	December 2006	*

Vehicle safety

No.	Title	Date
43	Mopeds: Road rules and equipment	June 2006	*
73	Vehicle lighting: How to install and use lights safely	July 2008
39	Vehicle windows, wipers and mirrors	November 2005
22	Bullbars	May 2003

Cycles

No.	Title	Date
1	Cycles: Road rules and equipment	May 2007	*

Enforcement

No.	Title	Date
55	Driving offences and their penalties	February 2006	*
50	Disqualifications and suspensions	August 2008	*
62	Suspension of your licence at the roadside	January 2006
63	Impoundment of your vehicle at the roadside	April 2006

Importing vehicles

No.	Title	Date
44	Importing a motor vehicle	April 2008	*
44a	Immigrants' vehicles	April 2008	*
44b	Special interest vehicles	April 2008	*
12	Importing a left-hand-drive vehicle	April 2005
35	Importing a vehicle temporarily	January 2006
For detailed information on the requirements for importing different types of vehicle from different countries, see our importing infosheets.

Vehicle dimensions and mass

No.	Title	Date
13	Vehicle dimensions and mass - guide to factsheet 13 series	June 2005	*
13a	Heavy rigid vehicles	September 2005	*
13b	Light rigid vehicles	June 2005	*
13c	Towing and trailers (full, semi, simple, pole, A- and B-train)	September 2005	*
13d	Trailers: Light simple trailers	February 2005	*
13e	Static roll thresholds	February 2005	*
53	Overdimension vehicles and loads	July 2005	*

Transporting dangerous goods

No.	Title	Date
64	Transporting dangerous goods	May 2008	*
69	Dangerous goods transported for domestic or recreational use	May 2008
67	Dangerous goods carried by transport service operators or for direct reward	May 2008
68	Dangerous goods transported as tools-of-trade	May 2008
See also Factsheet 37 D endorsement for carrying dangerous goods.