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Road code

General road code

A user-friendly guide to New Zealand’s traffic law and safe driving practices for car drivers.

Motorcycle road code

A user-friendly guide to New Zealand’s traffic law and safe driving practices for motorcyclists.

Heavy vehicle road code

A user-friendly guide to New Zealand’s traffic law and safe driving practices for drivers of heavy vehicles.

Cyclists road code

A user-friendly guide to New Zealand’s traffic law and safe driving practices for cyclists.

Changes to the road code

See the updates that have recently been made to the road codes.

Give way rule changes

To make our roads safer, two of the give way rules changed in 2012.
These changes affected all drivers, riders, pedestrians and cyclists.

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