21/07/2026
We’d like your feedback on digital driver licences and electronic alternatives to labels for things such as regos.
Our proposed changes would give you the option of a digital driver licence you can have on your phone instead of carrying a physical card around. Similarly, an electronic alternative to a rego label would make renewing your vehicle licence more convenient and would reduce paperwork and the wait for it to arrive in the mail.
We’ve now drafted the rules around how digital licences and electronic labels would be used. On our website we have a document that explains what we’re proposing. Read the document and share your feedback with us: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/proposed-changes-to-modernise-nzta-services
Here are the highlights of what we’re suggesting:
You'd have a digital driver licence securely stored in a digital wallet on your phone (such as an Apple Wallet or Google Wallet) and you could present it when needed – for example to Police or when buying something that requires ID.
You wouldn’t need to carry a physical driver licence but you could continue using a physical driver licence if you wanted to. The digital version is an alternative. Physical licences aren’t going away.
To protect your privacy, there’d be strict limits on how information is shared when you use a digital licence to verify your age or identity.
Similarly with labels on vehicles, you wouldn’t need a physical rego label or a warrant of fitness label – among other types of labels (you can find the full list on our website). Like with driver licences, the digital labels are an alternative. You can stick to physical labels if you prefer.
On our website the discussion document explains how these new things would work in practice. Share your views with us using the feedback form. We’ll consider all the feedback we receive.
The last day you can share your feedback with us 12 August 2026. We can’t include comments on this post as an official submission – you can still comment below, but if you want your feedback to count officially you need to share it with us using the link above.
