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Information Team
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
Private Bag 6995
Wellington 6141
New Zealand
Alternatively you can send an email to informationteam@nzta.govt.nz
You may browse and access the vast majority of information contained in this website without providing any personal information.
We have software to track which pages are visited, to help us identify the most popular areas of our website. The information is aggregated and we can't identify individual visitors.
Where you voluntarily provide personal information (for example, through email feedback or by completing a form), we’ll use that information only for the purpose for which it was given.
We use third party providers to store and process some information that we hold. We store some personal information in Microsoft Azure data centres in Australia. We also use Microsoft Office 365 for our email and other office productivity applications. This means that the personal information we hold may be transferred to, or accessed from, countries other than New Zealand.
We take reasonable steps to ensure the personal information that we hold is protected against loss, unauthorised access and disclosure or any other misuse in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020, including information stored or processed by our third-party providers. We have assessed and are satisfied that, for example, Microsoft has adequate security and privacy safeguards in place to protect information it holds on our behalf.
When you subscribe to one of our project update alerts or newsletters, we collect your name and email address. Once subscribed, your details will be added to a mailing list that is used to distribute e-newsletters.
Waka Kotahi sometimes uses Campaign Monitor, a dedicated e-newsletter communication tool to easily manage and distribute project news. Campaign Monitor is based in Australia and may use servers based in the United States of America and Europe, and therefore your information may be disclosed or used in such countries. Campaign Monitor will use your information in accordance with its privacy policy.
Campaign Monitor privacy policy(external link)
Waka Kotahi monitors the effectiveness of these newsletters using analytical tools offered by Campaign Monitor that collect the following information:
There is no ability to collect information beyond this, or to track the recipient outside of a specific e-newsletter. Once the recipient has closed the newsletter, no further information can be collected.
Waka Kotahi holds a variety of information. When dealing with information, Waka Kotahi complies with the relevant information legislation, such as the Official Information Act 1982 and the Privacy Act 2020. Where the information is part of a public register, there are specific laws that require Waka Kotahi to grant access to certain parts of that information.
You have the right to request access to and correction of that information.
Note: change of address information is used to update registers that legislation says must be publicly available. Submissions are publicly available too.
If you have any concerns about personal information that we hold, please write to:
Privacy Officer
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
Private Bag 6995
Wellington 6141
Alternatively you can send an email to privacy@nzta.govt.nz
Waka Kotahi collects New Zealand Business Numbers (NZBNs) for business customers for the Motor Vehicle Register, Road User Charges Register, and Transport Services Licences Register. The NZBN enables Waka Kotahi to verify the customer is in business. Customers can use their NZBN as an identifier to transact with Waka Kotahi and to streamline their accounts across Waka Kotahi and other government services. Updates to Primary Business Data will be incorporated into Waka Kotahi systems. Consent will be obtained for new uses of business customer information enabled by using the NZBN.
Waka Kotahi maintains a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) network across its state highways from which it collects footage. Waka Kotahi uses this footage to manage its operational land transport services, improve its services and/or network (including via the provision of low-resolution real-time footage), and to provide New Zealanders with a safer land transport system.
Waka Kotahi handles this footage in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 and Official Information Act 1982.
Waka Kotahi may share this footage with third parties such as:
If you are recorded by Waka Kotahi cameras, you are entitled to access, and request the correction of, that footage, so long as it relates to you and is readily retrievable.
Waka Kotahi handles thousands of calls every day on a varied range of topics that include driver licensing, road tolling, motor vehicle registration, and the state highway network. Call recording is an important activity that helps us to ensure that our customer service meets your expectations and identify service improvements.
Waka Kotahi is implementing vehicle screening cameras at some Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre (CVSC) locations to assist with the enforcement of weight restrictions for heavy vehicles. If you are in a heavy vehicle and you drive past one of these cameras details of your vehicle will be collected to help determine whether your vehicle meets relevant weight restrictions. You may be required to stop at the CVSC if the initial screening indicates your vehicle may not meet weight restrictions.
Heavy vehicle weight enforcement
If you are not in a heavy vehicle and you drive past one of these cameras, the registration plate number of your vehicle will be captured and retained in secure system logs held by Waka Kotahi for the purposes of system fault analysis. Access to system logs is restricted to a small number of authorised Waka Kotahi personnel only and will only be accessed and used for the purposes of analysing faults occurring in the vehicle screening system. The registration plate number of your vehicle won’t be used to access any personal information held about you by Waka Kotahi. Anonymised information about your vehicle also may be collected and retained for statistical traffic analysis by Waka Kotahi. Your image won’t be captured, you won’t be identified, and no information that can be linked to you will be collected or held.
To assist Waka Kotahi with keeping the national driver licence register up-to-date, the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages may notify us when a driver has passed away.
Cancelling a driver licence and the driver licence register
The photo captured for your driver licence under Part 3 of the Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999 may also be used by the Department of Internal Affairs, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Immigration), New Zealand Customs Service, and the New Zealand Police for the purposes of identity verification and law enforcement under section 200 of the Land Transport Act, or for one of the purposes outlined in Part 7 of the Privacy Act 2020. Your photo may therefore be disclosed to one of these agencies, for one of these purposes.
Waka Kotahi deals with the personal information of a large number of people and engages with a wide range of people and organisations who may handle personal information on its behalf. Managing personal information appropriately is important to us and to the people whose personal information we hold. Organisations who handle personal information on our behalf, are expect to also manage personal information appropriately.
Privacy expectations for suppliers and service providers
Our Transparency Statement summarises how Waka Kotahi complies with the State Services Commission’s Model Standards on Information Gathering and Public Trust. It describes the environment we operate in and how we gather, use and share information.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency takes the security and privacy of our information seriously. If you identify a security issue with our systems, please tell us so that we can get it fixed.
