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