iBelieve Driving School

08/06/2026

Take extra care always fellow motorists!

04/06/2026

Important Notice! Vehicles parked in mobility parking bays without a valid permit will be strictly penalised. In New Zealand, an infringement fee of $750 applies for this violation. A Mobility Parking Permit issued by CCS Disability Action must be visibly displayed to use these parking spaces.

15/05/2026

Very good reminder! 👍

It's the law: You can't use full beam headlights when you're around other people. Your headlights must be dipped.

That means you should only have your headlights on full beam when you're not around other people and driving on an unlit or poorly-lit road.

To state the obvious, full beam headlights make it hard for other people to see.

Full beam can blind a person driving towards you. When you're following another person, they can be blinded by full beam headlights in their rear-view mirror. That's why you need to have headlights dipped around people.

By contrast, dipped headlights are perfect for virtually all conditions – and with winter around the corner, daylight hours decreasing, and wet weather on its way, you should be using your dipped headlights more proactively.

Conditions can change quickly. Turn your headlights on dipped if it's raining, icy, snowing, or foggy. Many of us have silver, grey, or white vehicles which easily blend into the road, grey sky, and snow. Having your headlights on dipped activates your rear position lights. Together your lights make you much more visible to people behind you and people coming towards you.

When the weather is bad, always check our pages to see if state highways are affected before you travel. Follow us if you aren’t already. You can find more information in this post: https://www.facebook.com/nztransportagency/posts/pfbid0214iPSqhZ5STpDvY1vrDadCwHXhKVSWpRZWBAxcGALDCbQFFDi7gRAqurn3u54Doul

21/04/2026

Another competent driver. Congratulations Daniel on passing your restricted licence test. Enjoy and take extra care always!👏👏

17/04/2026

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We’re making changes to the warrant of fitness system. On 1 November 2026, these things will change:

• people who buy a new car will need to get their next WoF when the car is 4 years old (it’s currently when the car is 3 years old)
• people with cars between 4–14 years old* will need a WoF every 2 years (it’s currently yearly)
• people with motorcycles registered before 1 January 2000 will need a WoF every year (it’s currently every 6 months).

For a long time we’ve had very frequent vehicle inspections compared to countries overseas. Modern vehicles are significantly safer and more reliable. It’s safer to have less frequent inspections, and this’ll save you time and money.

Cars over 14 years old, and motorcycles registered before 1 January 2000, will move to an annual WoF (up from every 6 months for some vehicles).

If your car has Automatic Emergency Braking or Lane Keep Assist, WoF inspections will now check for warning lights (or malfunction indicators) for these systems.

It’s still your responsibility to maintain your vehicle to the WoF standard between inspections. To reinforce this we’re increasing fines if your vehicle isn’t compliant. From 1 November:

• If you’re driving a vehicle with a WoF that’s expired by more than 2 months, you may be fined $350 (up from $200).
• If you’re driving a vehicle with a wheel or tyre that wouldn’t pass an inspection, you may be fined $350 (up from $150) and up to $1000 (the maximum court-ordered fine).

We’ve made these change following us consulting you for feedback about this towards the end of 2025. Thanks to everyone who shared their feedback with us – we received over 5000 formal submissions, and overall people supported these changes.

Our website has more information about the changes, including a summary and analysis of your feedback to us about these changes: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/changes-to-light-vehicle-inspections

* We’ll be introducing the change for cars between 4–14 years old in phases. From 1 November 2026, cars first registered on or after 1 November 2019 become eligible for WoFs every 2 years. From 1 November 2027, cars first registered from 1 November 2013 to 31 October 2019 become eligible.

25/02/2026

Good reminder!

13/02/2026

Before or on the day of your practical driving test:

o You must ensure your vehicle is road worthy. Please note that you provide your own vehicle for the practical driving test.
o Arrive at VTNZ testing station, at least 30 minutes prior to your practical driving test time.
o Bring your Driver Licence with you, and follow all conditions required like a L plate for a learner licence, a supervisor for both learner and a conversion, a correct lenses if necessary.
o Ensure you got enough fuel for the practical driving test to avoid unnecessary issues.
o Ensure your vehicle is tidy and clean especially the front passenger seat reserved for testing officer.

07/02/2026

A huge congrats to you fellow drivers for passing your practical driving test! 👏👏👏

05/01/2026

Please be aware friends! Someone is impersonating our iBelieve Driving School Page. They copied our public photos and comments from our page, including past messages from our past student drivers. If it happens that they contact you please don’t pay them.

Please note also that iBelieve Driving School does not offer a Defensive Driving Course yet. If someone is asking you to pay for this course please don't. Direct official contact 0212328676 only. Thank you!

Here are some of their fake website screen shot:

05/01/2026

It's your responsibility: You must be far enough behind the person in front of you that you can stop safely if they suddenly stop.

It's the law. You must keep a safe following distance behind the person in front of you.

Practically, that means in good conditions you should keep a two-second following distance between you and someone in front of you, no matter what speed you’re travelling at.

In bad weather you need to increase your following distance, because visibility is worse and it takes longer to stop on slippery roads. You should increase your following distance to four seconds.

There’s never an acceptable reason to tailgate, regardless of what people in front of you are doing. Tailgating is illegal.

Separately, people travelling slowly must keep left and must pull over to let people pass. That said, and as we said above, it's not acceptable to follow too closely behind someone travelling slowly. The law is clear on this.

The best way to measure your following distance is to watch the person in front of you as they pass a landmark such as a sign or tree, and count “one-thousand-and-one, one-thousand-and-two” (and on to -four in bad weather). If you pass the landmark before you finish counting, you’re following too closely.