Responses to Parliamentary questions based on data from the Motor Vehicle Register

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Responses to Parliamentary questions based on data from the Motor Vehicle Register

Parliamentary questions, both oral (OPQs) and written (WPQs), are formal questions posed by MPs to Ministers. In response to Parliamentary questions, the Minister and Associate Minister of Transport often draw on data held by the Transport Agency in the MVR.

Below are responses to Parliamentary questions based on data from the MVR.

WPQ 14644 - How many battery electric vehicles were licenced for use on New Zealand roads on 5 May 2016?(external link)

WPQ 14645 - How many plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were licenced for use on New Zealand roads on 5 May 2016? (external link)

WPQ 14646 - How many electric vehicles were licenced for use on New Zealand roads on 5 May 2016?(external link)

WPQ 14944 - How many vehicles that were statutory write-offs in another country have been imported into New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, including country of origin?(external link)

WPQ 14945 - How many vehicles that were statutory write-offs in another country have been registered in New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, including country of origin?(external link)

WPQ 14953 - How many vehicles that were imported into New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, if any, failed to meet the entry certification requirements, when checked in New Zealand, broken down by country of origin of the vehicle?(external link)

WPQ 14954 - How many of the used vehicles that were imported into New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, have been involved in an accident in New Zealand, broken down by the country of origin of the vehicle? (external link)

WPQ 14955 - How many of the used vehicles that were imported into New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, have been involved in an accident in New Zealand involving a fatality, broken down by vehicle country of origin?(external link)

WPQ 14956 - What percentage of the New Zealand vehicle fleet has be involved in an accident in each of the past 5 financial years? (external link)

WPQ 14957 - What percentage of the New Zealand vehicle fleet has be involved in an accident involving a fatality in each of the past 5 financial years? (external link)

WPQ 14958 - How many vehicles that were insurance total loss write-offs, if any, have been imported into New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, with country of origin? (external link)

WPQ 14959 - How many used vehicles, if any, have been classified as 'imported as damaged' when they were imported into New Zealand in each of the past 5 financial years, with country of origin? (external link)