SO, WHAT DO I NEED TO LEARN?
Lets check off the important stuff
1. PROOF OF IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
If you don’t have a current driver’s license or a New Zealand passport you will need documents from both the primary and the supporting category. One of these should have photo ID on it or you’ll need an identity referee to support your identity. The identity referee will need to sign an identity declaration. To check the requirements of identity referees click here.
Primary Identity Documents –
Carrying a unique identification number (If it’s not after 1998 then it might not be accepted by the agency as a valid form of ID and you’ll have to get a newer birth certificate, but you can always try to use it to see if they accept it), New Zealand passport, New Zealand firearms license, Overseas passport (this may include a New Zealand visa/permit), New Zealand citizenship certificate, New Zealand emergency travel document, New Zealand refugee travel document, New Zealand certificate of identity (issued under the Passports Act 1992), New Zealand certificate of identity (issued under the Immigration Act 2009).
Passports and firearms licenses can be current or expired for up to two years, all other documents in this category must be current and unexpiredI
Supporting Identity Documents –
Kiwi Access card/18+ card, community services card, SuperGold card, Veteran SuperGold card, New Zealand student photo ID card, New Zealand employee photo ID card, NZ electoral roll record, IRD number, New Zealand-issued phonebill, power bill or bank statement, overseas driver’s license, steps to freedom form.
Aside from the phone bill, power bill or bank statement, all forms of this identification must be current (meaning they haven’t expired). You must also show supporting paperwork if you have had a name change – for example, through way of marriage, adoption or deed poll.
2. KNOW THE ROADCODE
Remember to memorise as much as you can of the road code. Have you done practice tests and questions? You need to feel confident in learning the road code rules before you sit the test. Practice tests and questions can help ease anxiety as they are close to how the real test will be.
