Resources & manuals

• Author: NZ Transport Agency

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...

• Also known as: Factsheet 44b
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This factsheet informs you of the changed requirements for importing certain vehicles that do not meet frontal impact or emissions standards.

• Also known as: Factsheet 44
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This factsheet should be read in conjunction with Factsheet 44a and Factsheet 44b. New Zealand allows the import of 'used' vehicles, provided the vehicle meets applicable standards, safety and emissions requirements. There must also be acceptable proof of ownership and standards compliance. These things are checked in the process known as entry certification. Entry certifiers are...

• Author: NZ Transport Agency

Introducing the Safe System approach to road safety for 'system designers'.

• Version: 11
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

If a vehicle was sourced from the Singapore market it may be eligible for an exemption from the Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Exhaust Emissions. The Singapore emission exemptions contains a list of vehicles that are eligible.

• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This document contains a list of specialist repair certifiers in New Zealand. Please note that this list will be updated regularly.

If an entry certifier identifies that a vehicle you are importing has been damaged or repaired before it arrived in New Zealand, they may decide that one of these specialist repair certifiers needs to inspect the repairs.

For more...

• Reference: VCUEF 08 Version: 3.4
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This form is to be used when applying for an exemption to passenger service vehicle door height requirements.

This form can now be found on the NZ Transport Agency's vehicle inspection portal.

• Version: 1.3
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This form is to be used to apply for Category A left-hand drive vehicle permit for a specified class MA vehicle that is less than 20 years old.

Do not use this form if your vehicle was entry certified before 1 April 2010. Instead use the Application for exemption from land transport vehicle rules...

• Reference: VCUEF 02 Version: 2.5
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This form is to be used when the original Japanese deregistration/export certificate has been lost.

This form can now be found on the NZ Transport Agency's vehicle inspection portal.

• Reference: VCUEF 03 Version: 1.5
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This form is to be used when the ownership trail is incomplete for vehicles undergoing used entry certification.

This form can now be found on the NZ Transport Agency's vehicle inspection portal.

• Reference: VCUEF 04 Version: 2.5
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

This form is to be used if requesting an exemption to remove trim on an imported used vehicle.

This form can now be found on the NZ Transport Agency's vehicle inspection portal.

• Also known as: Frontal impact compliance lists
• Author: NZ Transport Agency

These lists show the Class MA vehicles (passenger cars) by make and model that manufacturers have advised as meeting (or not meeting) New Zealand's frontal impact requirements. For completeness we have included some lists that were produced at the time frontal-impact legislation was being implemented in various countries, and some of these lists have not been updated since then.