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Updated safety ratings for used vehicles in New Zealand are now available on Rightcar.govt.nz, with a new crash avoidance features rating included this year to help Kiwis find safer vehicles.
A new edition of Medical aspects of fitness to drive: a guide for health practitioners is now available for health practitioners to use when assessing a patient’s fitness to drive.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) welcomes the recent sentencing of a former vehicle inspector for dishonestly accessing the Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) and issuing fraudulent warrants of fitness (WoFs), noting the sentence should serve as a deterrent to others.
From 19 August to 27 September 2024, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is consulting on the revised 'Medical aspects of fitness to drive: a guide for health practitioners'. The guide assists health practitioners in making decisions about their patients’ fitness to drive.
NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is welcoming the sentencing of Keshwar Prasad in Auckland District Court on Thursday 8 August on three charges of wilfully tampering with vehicle odometers to avoid paying $15,000 of Road User Charges (RUC).
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Board Chair Hon. Simon Bridges and NZTA Chief Executive Nicole Rosie have announced that Ms Rosie will be leaving NZTA at the conclusion of her term in mid-February 2025.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is contacting 583 drivers with dangerous goods licence endorsements who may have attended training courses that were carried out incorrectly.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is contacting 523 drivers with dangerous goods licence endorsements who may have attended training courses that were carried out incorrectly.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is prosecuting KiwiRail in relation to an incident on 17 June 2023 in which the KiwiRail-operated Hamilton to Auckland Te Huia service failed to obey a red signal, risking a collision with another passenger train.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is contacting 1,480 individuals to advise that their personal information held on the Driver Licence Register (DLR) or Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) has been illegally accessed.
With the school holidays winding down and Anzac Day this Thursday (25 April), NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and Police are encouraging people travelling on the roads to build in plenty of time and drive well rested.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is reminding owners of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) that they need to start paying road user charges (RUC) from 1 April.
Following today’s Government announcement confirming that the exemption from road user charges (RUC) for owners of light electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) will end from 1 April, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is providing further details on what the change means for vehicle owners.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is introducing a 10-working days stand down period for learner driver licence tests after a second failed attempt on the same day, in order to manage demand and reduce wait times.