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New Zealand motor vehicle register statistics

| Category: Nationwide statistics , Statistics & surveys | Audience: General

As part of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s commitment to open data we provide a range of vehicle fleet and registration statistics. These are updated regularly.

Motor Vehicle Register

The Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) records information about vehicles used on New Zealand roads and the persons responsible for their use. 

The Motor Vehicle Register

Motor vehicle registrations – dashboard and open data

The motor vehicle registrations dashboard shows all vehicles registered in New Zealand for the first time, during the most recent calendar month.

Motor vehicle registrations – dashboard and open data(external link)

Companies and individuals with authorised access to the register

Companies and individuals who have been granted authorised access to the MVR. Updated regularly.

Authorised access to the register

New Zealand vehicle fleet open data sets

The New Zealand vehicle fleet open data provides a point-in-time ‘snapshot’ of all vehicles currently registered in New Zealand. The data relates to currently registered vehicles as recorded on the MVR and is updated monthly, so data is accurate as at the end of the month previous to when it’s accessed. 

New Zealand vehicle fleet open data sets(external link)

New Zealand vehicle fleet raw data sets for specialist use

For specialists or industry groups who prefer raw data ie not algorithmically cleaned.

New Zealand vehicle fleet – raw open data for specialist use

National vehicle fleet status

Monthly snapshots of the vehicles currently registered in New Zealand. Information is provided by vehicle type, licence status, fuel type and vehicle year.

National vehicle fleet status

Additions to the national vehicle fleet

Information on first-time registrations each month, including by vehicle type, import status, fuel type, cc rating and vehicle year.

Additions to the national vehicle fleet

Existing fleet

Information on the number of vehicles that have had a change of registered person each month, including by vehicle type and sales type.

Existing fleet

National vehicle fleet inspections

Monthly warrant of fitness (WoF) and certificate of fitness (CoF) inspection volumes by region.

National vehicle fleet inspections

Archived publications of annual registration statistics (20052013)

Annual registration statistics up to 2013.

Archived publications of annual registration statistics (2005-2013)

Responses to Parliamentary questions based on data from the Motor Vehicle Register

Parliamentary questions, both oral (OPQs) and written (WPQs), are formal questions posed by MPs to Ministers. In response to Parliamentary questions, the Minister and Associate Minister of Transport often draw on data held by Waka Kotahi in the MVR.

Responses to Parliamentary questions

We want to hear from you! This brief survey will help us build an ongoing picture of who is (or isn’t) using our open data, for what and how we can improve it. You can also contact us directly at opendata@nzta.govt.nz

Take the Waka Kotahi open data survey(external link)