This page explains the information printed on a photo driver licence card, and the different types of driver licence that are available. Sometimes you may need to provide confirmation of your licence details or driving history for example when hiring a motor vehicle or converting to an overseas licence. This page gives you important information you need to know before making that decision. Read our frequently asked questions about driver licensing, converting your overseas driver licence, changing the address for your driver licence and more.
Menu Menu. Home Driver licences Getting a licence. Licences by vehicle type This section sets out the steps involved in getting your driver licence and endorsements, and explains the conditions that may apply.
Identification What you can use as evidence of identity to get or renew a driver licence. Getting a taxi licence If you want to drive taxis, you'll need to get a passenger endorsement on your driver licence first. All drivers must know the road rules, what the road signs mean and how to drive safely. You can find out more in The official New Zealand road code. To prove that you are familiar with our road rules and can drive safely, some people will need to sit theory tests and practical driving tests.
The tests you need to sit depend on the country your licence is from. These countries are considered exempt countries:. If your licence is not from one of the countries above, then your licence is from a non-exempt country. If your licence is from a non-exempt country, you must pass a theory test and a practical driving test. Find out all about the driver licence theory tests Find out all about the driver licence practical tests.
You need to make your application at a specialist overseas conversion site first, and sit your theory test. Your application will then be sent to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency for your overseas driver licence to be assessed. It's easy to book the practical test online. Book a practical driver licence test. If you still need to pass a practical test to complete your overseas conversion, your New Zealand driver licence will have a supervisor condition on it.
You can only drive in New Zealand for 12 or 24 months, depending on when you last entered New Zealand. You must have a supervisor with you at all times while driving. You must only ride a LAMS-approved motorcycle. Full licence with an approved course certificate or approved CBTA course certificate. This means that if you're under 18 years of age, you can only convert your overseas licence to the equivalent age-related New Zealand licence class.
This page explains the information printed on a photo driver licence card, and the different types of driver licence that are available. Your New Zealand photo driver licence card verifies who you are, the vehicles you're qualified to drive and any conditions you're required to meet when driving.
Your photo driver licence is your official legal permission to drive on New Zealand roads. You must drive within all the conditions listed on your licence. Your driver licence is a wallet-sized card with your photo, along with details about you, what you can drive and the conditions you must follow when you drive.
Organ donation: what you need to know. Any special condition may apply to all or only some of the classes and endorsements you hold. If no specific classes or endorsements are listed with the condition, the condition applies to everything.
See the conditions that apply to a restricted car licence See the conditions that apply to a restricted motorcycle licence. See the conditions that apply to a learner car licence See the conditions that apply to a learner motorcycle licence.
A pink licence means the driver is currently subject to special conditions as the result of a suspension or disqualification. There are three different pink licences.
They are:. This driver is currently suspended or disqualified, and driving under the conditions of a court order.
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