Registrations of new and ex-overseas vehicles in New Zealand

Registration is the process of adding a vehicle to the Motor Vehicle Register: a vehicle, whether new or used, must first be registered before it can be licensed to be used on the road.
Registration has been traditionally confused with licensing: registration is normally carried out only once in the lifetime of a vehicle, whereas licensing is generally renewed every six or twelve months.

New: vehicle has never been used.
Ex-overseas: vehicle has been used before, but not in New Zealand.

Commercial vehicles: A commercial vehicle is a vehicle designed primarily for the carriage of goods or passengers in a commercial capacity. This group is made up of the following types: goods van/truck/utility; bus; motor caravan, and special purpose vehicle.

The headings of the source spreadsheet were edited by Figure.NZ to match the wording as per Additions to the National Vehicle Fleet statistics (http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/new-zealand-motor-vehicle-register-statistics/additions-to-the-national-vehicle-fleet/)

This dataset does not include vehicles that have been re-registered, or those assembled from scratch from unrelated component parts.

At URL provided, select 'Industry sectors > Transport - TPT > New and Ex-Oseas Motor Vehicles Registered by Type (Annual-Dec)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.

Data provided to Statistics NZ by the New Zealand Transport Agency (Motor Vehicle Register).