LVT - Light Vehicle Testing

03/02/2026

Waitangi Day is coming up and we’re having a 4-day weekend. We will be closed Friday 6th Feb and Monday 9th Feb. Enjoy your long weekend 😎 We’re back on Tuesday 10th Feb 🚗

17/01/2026

We will be closed on Monday 19th January for Wellington Anniversary Day! Enjoy the long weekend 🌞

Call now to connect with business.

22/12/2025

We are now closed for our Christmas/New Year break! Thank you to everyone who has supported and recommended our business in 2025. We appreciate the support and look forward to seeing you all again in 2026! Safe travels and Merry Christmas 🎄

We reopen on Monday 12th January 2026. 🌞

30/11/2025

December is here and our Christmas closedown is coming fast! Book your WOF today and tick it off your to do list! 📜🎄🚗

29/10/2025

We want your feedback on changes we’re proposing to the current WoF system. Here are the changes:

We’re proposing changing the system so that:

• warrants of fitness will be issued for 4 years for new vehicles
• vehicles between 4–10 years old will need a WoF only every two years (it’s currently yearly)
• vehicles older than 10 years will need a WoF yearly.

These changes would apply to private light vehicles (cars, motorcycles, vans, people-movers, and trailers).

We’re proposing these changes because we check vehicles more often than most countries, but we know more frequent checks don’t necessarily lead to better safety. These changes aim to reduce costs for people using low-risk vehicles while maintaining safety for higher-risk vehicles.

We’re also proposing changes to certificates of fitness for light rental vehicles, checking fault lights of driver assistance systems such as automatic emergency braking and lane keep assist in inspections, and an increase to fines or an introduction of demerit points for offences such as not having a valid WoF or CoF A and having bald or damaged tyres.

Provide your feedback to us using the consultation form on our website: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/considering-changes-to-light-vehicle-inspections

The consultation is open from 29 October 2025 to 17 December 2025. We can’t include comments on this post or messages to us here as submissions – you need to complete the form linked above if you want to officially send your feedback to us.

After we receive your feedback we’ll analyse it and then report on it to the Associate Minister of Transport, who’ll then decide on changing the law.

21/10/2025

🌿 Labour Weekend 🌿
We will be closed on Friday 24th and Monday 27th October (Labour Day).

05/09/2025

https://www.change.org/p/stop-developers-ruin-the-character-of-waikanae-beach?recruiter=1250571850&recruited_by_id=4763c9c0-8133-11ec-ad23-27a5cca6c6de&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_promote_or_share&utm_term=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=fht-490614775-en-au%3A0&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMoQbRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHu5PceJzD85WXIMqhe0GTOrk5yANyY98O7DzLdBCkV3OKOweHcNgCMsTyj2H_aem_NpLQujfTsLVlryESpyxB7w

STOP developers RUIN the character of Waikanae Beach!

01/09/2025

From 1st Sept 2025
light vintage and veteran vehicles over 40 years old move to a 12 month
Warrant of Fitness !
Great news for all the classic car owners out there 😊

06/08/2025

Don't get caught out with an expired Warrant of Fitness on your vehicle. Call the friendly team at LVT and make your WOF appt today 😊

Waikanae’s only independent Vehicle Testing Centre

Warrant of Fitness on all light vehicles:
Cars, motorcycles, trailers, caravans, campervans

06/07/2025

🚘 Does your WOF expire in July? 🚘

📞 Give us a call today to make your booking

17/04/2025

We are taking a mini-break between Easter and Anzac Day. We will be closed from Friday 18th April (Good Friday) until Friday 25th April (Anzac Day). Reopening on Monday 28th April at 8am. ☺️

05/04/2025

Does your WOF expire in April?

Book now before the Easter break!