Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (commonly known as Waka Kotahi, and abbreviated as NZTA)
[ is a New Zealand ]Crown entity
A Crown entity (from the Commonwealth term ''Crown'') is an organisation that forms part of New Zealand's state sector established under the Crown Entities Act 2004, a unique umbrella governance and accountability statute. The Crown Entities Act i ...
tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network. It was created on 1 August 2008 by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008
The New Zealand Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 came into force on 1 August 2008.
One of its outcomes was the merging of Transit New Zealand and Land Transport New Zealand to form the NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transp ...
, merging Transit New Zealand with Land Transport New Zealand. Its legal name, as established by the Act, is New Zealand Transport Agency, but it trades as ''Waka Kotahi'' ''NZ Transport Agency''.[, superseded by ] The Māori part of the name, ''Waka Kotahi'', means "one vessel" and is intended to convey the concept of "travelling together as one".[
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Public data access
The Transport Agency stores registration, licensing and warrant of fitness details for any road-registered vehicle within New Zealand, including cars, motorbikes, trailers, trucks and earthmoving or agricultural machinery. Any member of the public can query the Transport Agency's database by making a request using the licence plate or VIN
Vin or VIN may refer to:
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at an NZ Post outlet, or by using a vehicle checking website.
Road signage