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Importation of 20 year old vehicle.

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99% certain it’s from when first registered.

 

I vaguely remember looking at something that was over 20 years old from Japan, but it had only been registered in Japan when it was about 4 years old (presumably imported from somewhere else), so it couldn’t come in.

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Pretty sure it’s from first registration.

Go to www.nzta.govt.nz and search on there, that will tell you.

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From Japan it is the ‘model year’ which is literally the month and year manufactured. They can’t control when a car is registered so for safety reasons that’s the date used.

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This customs document clearly states its 20 years from first registration overseas. But, does also state its got to be 20 years before entry to nz, so seems like you're screwed If you bring the car in before it's hit 20 years, even if you wait until that 20 years is up it wouldn't be allowed. 

https://www.customs.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-29-advice-on-private-motor-vehicle-imports.pdf

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