Factsheet index

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.

Driver licensing

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.

Vehicle registration | licensing

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	*

Charges and duties

No.	Title	Date
38	Road user charges: Light vehicles	November 2009	*
14	Excise duty: Who can get refunds, and how	September 2009	*

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 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	*

Buying and selling

No.	Title	Date
41	Buying and selling: Your legal obligations for notifying a change of ownership	July 2009	*

Road user safety

No.	Title	Date
7	Child restraints	February 2009	*
30	Safety belts and airbags	February 2005	*
26	Kea crossings: School crossing points	July 2009

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	March 2009
52	Flush medians	January 2006

Medical

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	*

Vehicle safety

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

Cycles

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

Enforcement

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

Importing vehicles

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.

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	August 2009	*

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.