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The NZ Transport Agency's (NZTA) 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 the NZTA's 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.
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Learning to drive: How to get your car licence | April 2009 | * |
| 3 | Restricted licence: How to get your restricted car licence | November 2009 | * |
| 58 | Full licence test for driving a car | November 2009 | * |
| 20 | Identification for driver licensing | August 2009 | * |
| 66 | Driver licensing courses for driver licences and endorsements | December 2007 | * |
| 54 | Upgrading driver licences from paper to photo | June 2009 | * |
| 28 | Motorcycle licences: How to get a Class 6 licence | November 2009 | * |
| 59 | Motorcycle full licences: What the test involves | November 2009 | * |
| 70 | Heavy vehicle driver licences | November 2009 | * |
| 56 | New residents and visitors: Driving in New Zealand | March 2009 | * |
| 57 | Older drivers: Licence renewal | September 2009 | * |
| 65 | Overseas travel by New Zealand driver licence holders | October 2009 | * |
| 11 | Driver licence classes | July 2009 | * |
| Also see our occupational driving factsheets, which cover driver licence endorsements. | |||
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Vehicle licensing | June 2009 | * |
| 9 | Reregistering your vehicle | August 2009 | * |
| 27 | Exempt vehicles from registration and licensing | May 2009 | * |
| 19 | All-terrain vehicles: ATV registration, licensing and safety | June 2008 | * |
| 6 | VINS: Vehicle identification numbers | July 2006 | |
| 74 | Vehicle registration cancellation | March 2009 | * |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Road user charges: Light vehicles | November 2009 | * |
| 14 | Excise duty: Who can get refunds, and how | September 2009 | * |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Work time and logbooks | November 2007 | * |
| 4 | Taxi drivers and area knowledge certificates | October 2007 | * |
| 15 | Passenger service vehicles | October 2009 | * |
| 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 | September 2009 | * |
| 46 | V endorsements for vehicle recovery services | October 2006 | * |
| 37 | D endorsements for carrying dangerous goods | May 2008 | * |
| 10 | F endorsements for driving forklifts | January 2009 | * |
| 40 | R, T and W endorsements for special-type vehicles | February 2009 | * |
| 5 | I endorsements: How to become a driving instructor | June 2009 | |
| 48 | O endorsements: How to become a testing officer | May 2009 | |
| 61 | Renewing driver licence endorsements | June 2009 | * |
| 66 | Driver licensing courses for licence classes and endorsements | July 2009 | * |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Buying and selling: Your legal obligations for notifying a change of ownership | July 2009 | * |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Child restraints | February 2009 | * |
| 30 | Safety belts and airbags | February 2005 | * |
| 26 | Kea crossings: School crossing points | July 2009 |
| 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 | March 2009 | |
| 52 | Flush medians | January 2006 |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Disabilities and driving | February 2009 | * |
| 16 | Diabetes and driving | July 2008 | * |
| 25 | Vision and driving | February 2009 | * |
| 23 | Dementia and driving | January 2009 | * |
| 17 | Epilepsy and driving | July 2008 | * |
| 36 | Head injuries and driving | April 2009 | * |
| 51 | OT assessments: Occupational therapists and driver licensing | June 2009 | * |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Mopeds: Road rules and equipment | October 2009 | * |
| 73 | Vehicle lighting: How to install and use lights safely | July 2008 | |
| 39 | Vehicle windows, wipers and mirrors | November 2005 | |
| 22 | Bullbars | May 2003 |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cycles: Road rules and equipment | May 2007 | * |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | Driving offences and their penalties | May 2009 | * |
| 50 | Disqualifications and suspensions | April 2009 | * |
| 62 | Suspension of your licence at the roadside | August 2009 | |
| 63 | Impoundment of your vehicle at the roadside | May 2009 |
| No. | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Importing a motor vehicle | November 2009 | * |
| 44a | Immigrants' vehicles | October 2009 | * |
| 44b | Special interest vehicles | October 2009 | * |
| 12 | Importing a left-hand-drive vehicle | April 2005 | |
| 35 | Importing a vehicle temporarily | March 2009 | |
| For detailed information on the requirements for importing different types of vehicle from different countries, see our importing infosheets. | |||
| 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 | August 2009 | * |
| 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. | |||