In the ever-evolving landscape of transportation services, Waka Kotahi NZTA is making waves once again by introducing a series of price changes in October 2023 to help subside the $100 million shortfall that was discovered during a recent performance review. The extensive review of their current fees and charges revealed that the transport regulator was both underfunded and under-resourced, resulting in the shortcoming.

How Will This Affect Your Fleet?

Your fleet operations and maintenance may be directly impacted due to the increase in Road User Charges (RUCs) and Vehicle Registration prices. If you have a tight budget, it’s important to take this time before these changes take effect to plan ahead, ensuring that your fleet remains cost-effective and sustainable in light of these price changes.

Download the full list of Waka Kotahi NZTA price changes.

What You Need to Know

The new price changes are aimed at addressing the $100 million shortfall that was discovered - $66 million to be contributed by NZ road users.
From October 2023, prices will be increased for services such as renewing Vehicle Registrations and RUC transactions (admin fees).
The admin charge for renewing car regos online is set to rise from $4.10 to $8.66.

These changes will be implemented in October 2023.

The Argus Tracking x Fleetwise Solution

Save admin time and money by utilising our Argus Tracking x Fleetwise integration.

Smart Renew is a feature that can reduce your admin’s manual compliance processes by automatically purchasing RUCs and Regos. It’s as easy as setting the feature up in your Argus Dashboard and forgetting about it until they arrive in the post. For more information about how this feature works, read our Smart Renew article.

Included on all OMNI plans and as an add-on to MIDI plans (extra fees and charges apply). If you’d like to activate this feature, contact your Argus Account Manager.

Information sourced by 1 News, read their full article for further information.