Driver Licence Holders

The information was extracted from the Driver Licence Register (DLR) and is current as at 9 July 2026. The data is limited to licence holders with a standard or diplomatic licence type as at 9 July 2026. Updated annually, the data is limited to current licence holders with the following current class(es) held as at 1 July, 2010-2026: Class 1 (Motor Cars and Light Motor Vehicles) licence – learner, restricted and full Class 6 (Motorcycles, Moped or ATV) – learner, restricted and full The data is a distinct count of individuals as at 1 July each year. An individual will be included in more than one count if both Class 1 and Class 6 are held. The age group of a licence holder is calculated as at 1 July each year from the date of birth recorded on DLR as at 14 April 2025. The column “Financial year” is the previous 1 July-30 June period. For example, as at 1 July 2012, “11/12” has been provided as the financial year. Region is determined by the physical town or suburb against the licence holder as at 1 July. It may not reflect the licence holder’s current address. Address fields are free text and may contain errors which leads to the incorrect region being determined. Address fields are updated when we receive notification of a change of address from the licence holder. Notifications for a change of address may come directly from the licence holder (for example, the licence holder calling the contact centre and updating their address), or as an outcome of a transaction against the licence holder on the DLR (including the processing of an application at a driver licensing outlet with an address update). It is important to note: the data does not take into consideration the physical address/location of the licence holder i.e. whether the licence holder was in New Zealand as at 1 July. the data does not provide the number of licence holders in New Zealand. Instead, it is the number of people with a current New Zealand driver licence (including licence holders residing overseas). a licence holder residing overseas may choose to provide a physical address in New Zealand. Where the region has been unable to be determined or identified as an overseas address, the licence holder is grouped with "Misc". To protect the privacy of individuals due to small values, the following regions have been grouped with "Misc": Chatham Islands Gisborne Region Tasman Region West Coast Region Changes to driver licensing fees came into effect on 1 October 2023. The minimum age to obtain a Class 1 learner licence increased from 15 years to 16 years on 1 August 2011. Changes were made to the Class 1 restricted and full licence test on 27 February 2012. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, NZ had a 4-level Alert system in place from 21 March 2020 until this changed to a Traffic Light system from 3 December 2021 to 12 September 2022. Driver licensing and testing facilities closed over alert levels 3 and 4. Data from these periods will not align with previous trends.本数据集信息提取自驾照登记系统（Driver Licence Register, DLR），截至2026年7月9日为最新有效版本。 本数据集仅涵盖截至2026年7月9日持有普通驾照或外交驾照的持证者。 该数据集按年度更新，限定范围为2010年至2026年期间，截至每年7月1日持有以下有效准驾车型的当前持证者：1类（乘用车及轻型机动车）驾照——学习照、限制照及正式照；6类（摩托车、轻便摩托车或全地形车）驾照——学习照、限制照及正式照。 本数据集统计的是截至每年7月1日的个体独立人数。若持证者同时持有1类和6类驾照，则会被计入多次统计。 持证者的年龄分组以每年7月1日为计算基准，依据2025年4月14日时DLR中记录的出生日期计算。 “财政年度”列指代上一年度7月1日至次年6月30日的周期。例如，截至2012年7月1日，财政年度标注为“11/12”。 地区划分依据截至每年7月1日时，持证者驾照登记的实体城镇或郊区，该划分未必反映持证者当前的实际住址。地址字段为自由文本，可能存在录入错误，导致地区划分不准确。 当收到持证者的地址变更通知时，系统会更新地址字段。地址变更通知可直接来自持证者（例如持证者致电联络中心更新地址），或源自DLR中针对持证者的业务办理流程（包括在驾照办理网点提交申请时同步更新地址）。 需特别说明以下要点： 1. 本数据集未考量持证者的实际物理地址或所在地，即未统计截至7月1日时持证者是否身处新西兰； 2. 本数据集未提供新西兰国内持证者的总人数，而是统计持有有效新西兰驾照的人员总数（包括居住在海外的持证者）； 3. 居住在海外的持证者可选择填写新西兰境内的实体地址。 若无法确定地区划分或地址为海外地址，则将该持证者归入“Misc”类别。此外，以下地区因数据量过小需保护个人隐私，已被归入“Misc”类别：查塔姆群岛、吉斯本区、塔斯曼区、西岸大区。 新西兰驾照相关费用调整于2023年10月1日正式生效。2011年8月1日起，获取1类学习驾照的最低年龄从15岁上调至16岁。2012年2月27日，1类限制照及正式照的考试规则作出调整。受新冠疫情影响，新西兰于2020年3月21日起实施四级警报系统，该系统于2021年12月3日变更为交通灯系统，直至2022年9月12日结束。在警报等级3和4期间，驾照办理及考试机构暂停运营，此时间段的数据将与此前的趋势不匹配。