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.

Cars: Passenger cars and vans.
Motorcycles: Motorcycles and mopeds over 60 cc.
Power cycles: Motorcycles and mopeds under 61 cc.
Commercial vehicles: Vehicles 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.

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.
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/).

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