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The government has announced its decision to develop and introduce a range of measures to reduce the growing harmful health and environmental impacts of vehicle emissions in New Zealand. These measures will focus on three areas: 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)

Historical material

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

For more information see:

• Climate Change and Energy
  
• Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA)
  
• Ministry for the Environment