DOCUMENTATION AND VEHICLE STANDARDS

Before a vehicle (car, van, camper, or motorcycle) can be driven on New Zealand roads, there are a number of requirements to be met - summed up into four steps.

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1. Identify requirements for importing your vehicle
2. Prove whether your vehicle standards meet the import criteria for New Zealand
3. Prepare your vehicle for import (cleaning & license cancellation)
4. Shipping, Customs, and Border clearances

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If it’s advice you want and direction on the next steps, we can take the hassle out of the shipping, Customs, and the on-road process by organizing it for you.

EXEMPTIONS AND PERMITS

You may be able to import and register such a vehicle without needing an exemption, but to do so you will need to meet a number of specific conditions and apply for a special interest vehicle permit.

The requirements mean motoring enthusiasts are able to bring in non-compliant vehicles that are designated as special interest vehicles, provided that all the specified requirements are met.

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Contact us if you believe your car may need vehicle exemptions and or permits.

COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION

If you have just imported a vehicle from another country into New Zealand.

The car will need a compliance inspection, this is also known as entry-level certification.

Once the car has passed this inspection the car will receive a Warrant of fitness, you will also be given a document called an MR2a this is the NZTA document that allows the owner to register the car for the first time in New Zealand.

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Get in touch if you need a compliance inspection. We have the contacts and know how to get it done.