re-registering a vehicle

[anglia4]

Great intel thanks guys, I'm in largely the same situation with my Austin 7.

[Crispy]

10 hours ago, anglia4 said:

Great intel thanks guys, I'm in largely the same situation with my Austin 7.

If you get stuck, give me a message. 
While I haven’t been through the whole process (rust repairs seem to be taking forever and we are planning some stonking running gear. So that’s taking more time and $$$).

I’m happy to share what I’ve learnt 

[Shakotom]

Thanks for the advice @Crispy,

I will mash car back to original next year and then start the process - it least it sounds promising, for now it can sit in the corner of the shed and I can imagine

[dmulally]

Getting the run around on this one annoyingly. 

I have a Diamond T truck. Bought from a deceased estate. Doesn't run. 

Has a number plate on the rear but looking that up brings up a home built trailer with dead reg. 

It's a medium duty truck with duallies. But has a gvm on the ID tag as 7500lbs which equates to 3401kgs. 

I rang VTNZ to ask about getting a vin. The girl there either had no clue or was deliberately obtuse so told me to email head office. 

So I emailed head office and they told me that I should go in person to the VTNZ or Vinz and plead my case. I have a wof at VTNZ this Sat so wanted to double check what Im asking for before I go in and get blank stares. 

Does the truck just need to be on a trailer? Does it need to be in wof condition? Do I need to stop buying shitty projects?

[cletus]

You will need a testing station that does entry compliance/re registrations

They can fit a vin tag without doing the full inspection so you can get repair cert or lvv cert under way if required 

 

 

a regular testing station will likely just give you confused looks 

[Goat]

@dmulally To register, You will need proof of ownership (this can just be a stat dec signed by JP) and proof of previous registration.
The latter can be the hard part if it was de-reg before digitization of records in the 90s.

If you have old ownership papers or something, that should be enough. If not, you'll need to plead your case and apply for "Alternative documents form" (CA03), Basically you send all the info you have to NZTA and they kinda give you the yay or neigh as to if it can be registered.
If they say yes, then you just go into a compliance center and quote the number you get from NZTA and its all hunkey dory. (They basically give permission for the entry cert inspector to enter the vehicle details in landata database)>

From then on its and expensive wof check. Need to complete brake declaration too (basically saying the brakes are mint, inspec, and safe) And pay for plates.
But yeah, proving previous NZ registration can be a pain. Might be even more involved for heavy vehicles.

All details here outlying what will pass for proof of ownership (entitlement to register), and proof of NZ registration:
https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/entry-certification/i-and-c/required-documentation-and-registration/re-registering-a-vehicle#tab2

Unfortunately this can only be done at a compliance center. I don't think Masterton does compliance anymore? Porirua VTNZ still does.
But yeah, can be hard, as even the compliance people often don't know the rules and its hard (impossible) to get a list of what they actually need to see out of them!!

[dmulally]

10 minutes ago, Goat said:

@dmulally To register, You will need proof of ownership (this can just be a stat dec signed by JP) and proof of previous registration.
The latter can be the hard part if it was de-reg before digitization of records in the 90s.

If you have old ownership papers or something, that should be enough. If not, you'll need to plead your case and apply for "Alternative documents form" (CA03), Basically you send all the info you have to NZTA and they kinda give you the yay or neigh as to if it can be registered.
If they say yes, then you just go into a compliance center and quote the number you get from NZTA and its all hunkey dory. (They basically give permission for the entry cert inspector to enter the vehicle details in landata database)>

From then on its and expensive wof check. Need to complete brake declaration too (basically saying the brakes are mint, inspec, and safe) And pay for plates.
But yeah, proving previous NZ registration can be a pain. Might be even more involved for heavy vehicles.

All details here outlying what will pass for proof of ownership (entitlement to register), and proof of NZ registration:
https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/entry-certification/i-and-c/required-documentation-and-registration/re-registering-a-vehicle#tab2

Unfortunately this can only be done at a compliance center. I don't think Masterton does compliance anymore? Porirua VTNZ still does.
But yeah, can be hard, as even the compliance people often don't know the rules and its hard (impossible) to get a list of what they actually need to see out of them!!

Cheers this is helpful thanks. 

I'm really just trying to get this thing registered for insurance and possible resale in a million years. It was a gift. 

It came from a museum auction and whilst I have the receipt from them, it came with no other paperwork. 

If I cant get it through it will just be a farm truck and it is what it is. 

[cubastreet]

On 23/06/2026 at 12:37, dmulally said:

Do I need to stop buying shitty projects?

please don't.

[zach_munce]

My mate has a mazda speed 3 thats de registered but pretty built and he wants to get it certed and re registered. Whats the process and cost?

[rusty360]

On 24/06/2026 at 18:49, dmulally said:

Cheers this is helpful thanks. 

I'm really just trying to get this thing registered for insurance and possible resale in a million years. It was a gift. 

It came from a museum auction and whilst I have the receipt from them, it came with no other paperwork. 

If I cant get it through it will just be a farm truck and it is what it is. 

We also brought a truck from here for work as they had one way back when. If you need any info from the old owners yell out as Neil's son inlaw works with us.

[dmulally]

31 minutes ago, rusty360 said:

We also brought a truck from here for work as they had one way back when. If you need any info from the old owners yell out as Neil's son inlaw works with us.

Thanks mate. Ill send you a flirty pm. 

[Bearded Baldy]

Holy heck i just went through that auction. Some amazing prices on some really cool shiz!

[xsspeed]

ol Alistair Beer, he's got some good old boy yarns

[dmulally]

So whilst waiting for a wof fail on the daily I chatted up the shiela at the front desk who confirmed Porirua, Lower slHutt or Parmy are where I need to stink up. 

As an aside, they dont make dash gauges like they used to on the Diamond T.