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Waka Kotahi factsheets provide information on transport safety, standards and processes.

All of our factsheets are available on this website, and you can print them directly from the site.

Many of our factsheets are also available from our agents and regional offices in a printed format. (These are indicated with an asterisk* in the list below.)

Read a list of factsheets sorted by factsheet number.

Driver licensing

No.	Title	Date
45	Learning to drive: getting your car licence	Oct 2023	*
20	Identification for driver licensing	Feb 2024	*
66	Driver licensing courses for driver licences and endorsements	Oct 2017	*
54	Upgrading driver licences from paper to photo
28	Learning to ride: getting your motorcycle licence	Oct 2023	*
70	Heavy vehicle driver licences	Oct 2023	*
56	New residents and visitors: driving in New Zealand	Apr 2022	*
65	Overseas travel by New Zealand driver licence holders	Oct 2023	*
72	Overseas driver licences: converting to a New Zealand licence	Oct 2023	*
57	Older drivers: licence renewal	Oct 2023	*
11	Driver licence classes	Mar 2015	*
Also see our occupational driving factsheets, which cover driver licence endorsements.

Vehicle registration | licensing

No.	Title	Date
49	Vehicle licensing	Dec 2021	*
9	Vehicle registration	Jun 2018	*
27	Vehicles exempt from registration and licensing	Mar 2018	*
19	All-terrain vehicles: registration, licensing and safety	Sept 2013	*
6	VINs: vehicle identification numbers
74	Vehicle registration cancellation

Charges and duties

No.	Title	Date
38	Road user charges: light vehicles	Apr 2024	*
14	Excise duty: who can get refunds, and how	May 2022	*

Occupational driving

No.	Title	Date
2	Work time and logbooks	Oct 2017	*
15	Passenger service vehicles	Oct 2017	*
21	Small passenger services: Rights and responsibilities	Oct 2017	*
47	Transport service licences	Oct 2023	*
18	Volunteer drivers and exempt passenger services	Oct 2017	*
42	P endorsements for carrying passengers	Oct 2023	*
46	V endorsements for vehicle recovery services	Oct 2023	*
37	D endorsements for carrying dangerous goods	Oct 2023	*
10	F endorsements for driving forklifts	Oct 2023	*
40	R, T and W endorsements for special-type vehicles	Oct 2023	*
5	I endorsements: how to become a driving instructor	Oct 2023
48	O endorsements: how to become a testing officer	Oct 2023
61	Renewing driver licence endorsements	Oct 2023	*
66	Driver licensing courses for licence classes and endorsements	Oct 2023	*
78	Passenger services: Licences and requirements	Oct 2017
79	SPS amendments: What are the changes to small passenger services?	Oct 2017

Buying or selling

No.	Title	Date
41	Buying or selling a vehicle	Oct 2023	*

Road user safety

No.	Title	Date
7	Child restraints	May 2021	*
30	Safety belts and airbags	Nov 2013	*
26	Kea crossings: School crossing points

Driver safety

No.	Title	Date
24	Fatigue: Staying alert while you're driving	Jun 2005	*
34	Sharing the road with trucks and oversize vehicles
33	Speed: how to use speed limits safely
52	Flush medians

Medical

No.	Title	Date
31	Disabilities, injuries and driving	Dec 2022	*
16	Diabetes and driving	Nov 2018	*
25	Vision and driving	Nov 2018	*
23	Dementia and driving	Nov 2018	*
17	Epilepsy/seizures and driving	Nov 2018	*
36	Head injuries and driving	Nov 2018	*
51	OT assessments: occupational therapists and driver licensing	Jun 2023	*

Vehicle safety

No.	Title	Date
75	A-frame towing	Nov 2013
43	Mopeds: road rules and equipment	Dec 2017	*
73	Vehicle lighting: how to install and use lights safely
39	Vehicle windows, wipers and mirrors
22	Bullbars

Cycles

No.	Title	Date
1	Cycles: road rules and equipment	Dec 2016	*

Enforcement

No.	Title	Date
58	Alcohol interlocks	Apr 2024	*
55	Driving offences and penalties: disqualifications and suspensions	Oct 2023	*
50	Limited licences(external link)	Oct 2023	*

Importing vehicles

No.	Title	Date
44	Importing a motor vehicle
44a	Immigrants' vehicles
44b	Special interest vehicles
44c	Special interest motorcycles
12	Importing a left-hand-drive vehicle
12a	Category A special interest left-hand drive light vehicles
35	Importing a vehicle temporarily
For detailed information on the requirements for importing different types of vehicle from different countries, see I mporting a vehicle.

Vehicle dimensions and mass

No.	Title	Date
13	Vehicle dimensions and mass - guide to factsheet 13 series
13a	Heavy rigid vehicles
13b	Light rigid vehicles(external link)
13c	Heavy trailers and combination vehicles: full, semi, simple, pole, A- and B-train
13d	Trailers: light simple trailers
13e	Static roll thresholds
13f	Heavy buses
13g	High productivity motor vehicles
13h	Specialist vehicles
53a	Overdimension vehicles and loads	Feb 2017	*
53b	Roles, responsibilities and permit requirements for overdimension loads	Feb 2017	*

Transporting dangerous goods

No.	Title	Date
64	Transporting dangerous goods	May 2017	*
69	Dangerous goods transported for domestic or recreational use	Jun 2015	*
67	Dangerous goods carried by transport service operators or for direct reward	May 2017	*
68	Dangerous goods transported as tools-of-trade	Jun 2015	*
See also Factsheet 37 D endorsement for carrying dangerous goods.

* Available in a printed format at your nearest Waka Kotahi agent

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