=50 Victoria Street 
Private Bag 6995 
Wellington 6141 
New Zealand 
 
T 64 4 894 5400 
 
 
F 64 4 894 6100 
 
www.nzta.govt.nz 
 
 
4 March 2020 
 
 
 
Mark Hanna 
[FYI request #12340 email] 
 
REF: OIA-6471 
 
Dear Mark 
 
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982 
 
Thank you for your email of 2 March 2020 requesting the following information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
Please release the following information, broken down per age group as in previous years: 
 
1. The numbers of driver licences with and without “DONOR” printed on them. 
 
Please also explain any relevant caveats that should be kept in mind when analysing this 
information. 
 
Please provide this information in an accessible, searchable format. A spreadsheet format, 
such as CSV or XLSX, is preferable for tabular data. 
 
In accordance with your request, please find the attached spreadsheet with the information requested.  
 
It is important to note the following in relation to the information provided in the spreadsheet: 
 
•  The information was extracted from the Driver Licence Register (DLR) and is current as at 2 
March 2020. 
•  The data is limited to current licence holders with a current class held as at 2 March 2020. 
•  Age is calculated as at 2 March 2020. 
•  Data only includes drivers with a known birth date entered into the DLR. 
 
If you would like to discuss this reply with the NZ Transport Agency, please contact Kerry Greig, 
Manager, Data Services, by email to [email address] or by phone on (04) 894 5251. 
 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
 
 
Galina Mitchelhill 
Senior Manager, Research & Analytics 

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