When you pay your registration fee to get your vehicle on the road for the first time, you also need to pay six or 12 months of licensing fees at the same time.
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The following table contains the most common vehicle registration fees.
Motor vehicle registration fees include:
Paying ACC levies if you own or drive a vehicle(external link)
|
Registration of motor vehicle (issued with standard plates) |
6 months |
12 months |
|
|
Private passenger - petrol driven |
0 - 1300 |
$156.50 |
$205.79 |
|
1301–2600cc |
$200.20 |
$249.49 |
|
|
2601–4000cc |
$231.25 |
$280.54 |
|
|
4001 - over |
$338.20 |
$387.49 |
|
| Private passenger - diesel driven |
0 - 1300 |
$191.32 |
$275.44 |
|
1301–2600cc |
$235.02 |
$319.14 |
|
|
2601–4000cc |
$266.07 |
$350.19 |
|
|
4001 - over |
$373.02 |
$457.14 |
|
| Private passenger - electric driven |
$177.20 |
$226.49 |
|
The fees in this table will change slightly from 1 July 2023 due to ACC levy changes.
Changes to ACC levy(external link)
If you are registering your vehicle for the first time in New Zealand, depending on the CO2 emission of the vehicle, you may have to pay a Clean Car fee.
Clean Car fees must be paid as part of the registration process. If your invoice is less than $1000 you’ll receive the invoice label at the counter. If your invoice is over $1000, you’ll receive it via email or post (depending on existing preferences).
More information about the Clean Car Discount
More information about registering your vehicle
If your vehicle is not included in this table, contact us for more information.
Owners of passenger vehicles and goods vehicles that contain the synthetic greenhouse gas (SGG) HFC-134a (R134a) in the air conditioning unit are required to pay a synthetic greenhouse gas levy when their vehicle is registered.
The SGG levies include GST and may be subject to rounding.
| Passenger car/van | Levy from 1 January 2023 |
| Small passenger vehicle (cars and vans with no more than nine seating positions including the driver) |
$52.75 |
| Medium bus (passenger vehicle with more than nine seating positions including the driver with a gross vehicle mass five tonne or less) |
$70.34 |
| Large bus (passenger vehicle with more than nine seating positions including the driver with a gross vehicle mass over five tonne) |
$351.68 |
| Goods vehicles | Levy from 1 January 2023 |
| Small goods vehicles (vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of goods with a gross vehicle mass 3500kg or less) |
$52.75 |
| Large goods vehicles (vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of goods with a gross vehicle mass over 3500kg) |
$70.34 |
New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS)(external link)
