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 Report on Trial Vehicle Scrappage scheme held 14 May - 30th June 2007

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The Government has announced its decision to develop and introduce measures to reduce the growing environmental and harmful health impacts of vehicle emissions in New Zealand.

Vehicles emit harmful emissions in the form of particulates, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, ozone and benzene, and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide which contribute to climate change.

Here you will find measures which focus on three areas of harmful vehicle emissions: new entrants to the vehicle fleet, the in-service vehicle fleet, and the end-of-life vehicle fleet, and will come into force progressively.

Media releases:

• Hon Judith Tizard: Used car dealers urged to focus on health of New Zealanders (20 November 2007).
  
• Hon Judith Tizard: New smoke test will help reduce vehicle emissions (29 August 2006).
  
• Hon Judith Tizard: Measures introduced to reduce vehicle emissions (30 June 2005).
  
• Hon Judith Tizard: Dealing with the harmful effects of vehicle emissions (27 April 2005).

Tip sheets

• Tips to reduce your vehicle's emissions (PDF 15 KB)
  
• Tips for running your diesel; (PDF 15KB)
  
• Tips for better fuel economy.(PDF 16 KB)

Emissions Rule 2007

• Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Rule 2007
  

Policy Documents

• November 2006 Cabinet Paper: Reducing Harmful Emissions From Vehicles Entering The New Zealand Fleet (November 2006)
• Results of testing emissions of Japanese used vehicles
  

• New Zealand Vehicle Emissions Screening Programme Discussion Document (November 2004). (PDF 164KB)
  

• Summary of Submissions on the New Zealand Vehicle Emissions Screening Programme Discussion Document (April 2005) (PDF 88KB)
  
• New Zealand Vehicle Emissions Screening Programme Resource Document (November 2004) (PDF 98KB)
  
• Vehicle Emissions Pilot Project (2006): Reports on in-service emission testing of petrol and diesel vehicles
  
• 2005 Vehicle Emissions Cabinet Paper (PDF 98Kb). In December 2005 Cabinet agreed to a series of actions that the Ministry is to investigate, to reduce emissions from vehicles. This is the paper setting out those actions.
  
• 2006 Vehicle Emissions Cabinet Paper (PDF, 85kb)
  
• Vehicle Emissions Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) and Business Compliance Cost Statement (BCCS)

Emissions workshops

The Ministry of Transport holds Vehicle Emission Workshops with stakeholder groups in Wellington on a regular basis. Copies of the presentations made at previous workshops are available by clicking here.

Health and Social Impacts 

• Update and Extension of Vehicle Emissions Modelling (PDF, 406kb)
• Socio-Economic Impacts of Emissions Standards on Used Imported Vehicles Final Report November 2006 (PDF, 618kb)
  
• The Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand: Christchurch Pilot study (September 2005)
  
• Health Effects of Motor Vehicle Emissions (January 2002)
  
• Social and Economic Impact Assessment Phase One Report February 2005 (PDF 888KB)
  
• Social and Economic Impact Assessment Focus Groups Report March 2005 (PDF 201KB)

Vehicle scrappage trial

Report on Trial Vehicle Scrappage scheme held 14 May - 30th June 2007

Historical material

• Smoky Vehicles (2001 On road "10 second smoky vehicle rule")
  
• Archive
• Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Rule 2006

For more information go to:

• Climate Change and Energy - greenhouse gas emissions
  
• Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA)
  
• Ministry for the Environment