This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Update to earlier requested on number of electric mopeds and electric bikes registered'.


   
50 Victoria Street 
Private Bag 6995 
 
Wellington 6141 
 
New Zealand 
T
 
 64 4 894 5400 
F 64 4 894 6100 
 
www.nzta.govt.nz 
 
 
12 July 2021 
 
 
Oliver Bruce 
[FYI request #15782 email]  
REF: OIA-8291 
 
Dear Oliver 
 
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982 
 
Thank you for your email to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) dated 14 June 2021 
requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
“Please provide an update for the year ending 2020 for this request about the number of 
registered electric motorbikes and emopeds.” 
 
In accordance with the Act, I am refusing your request under section 18(d) of the Act because the 
information requested is or will soon be publicly available.  
 
Information relating to the number of registered vehicles is available to be downloaded and 
interrogated through the Open Data Portal on the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency website at: 
https://nzta.govt.nz/resources/new-zealand-motor-vehicle-register-statistics/new-zealand-vehicle-fleet-
open-data-sets/.  
 
Guides on how to use the open data portal can be found at: 
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/Vehicles/docs/motor-vehicle-registrations-dashboard-user-guide-
v2.pdf.  
 
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse 
this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.  
 
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, please contact Mel 
Smalley, Manager Data Services, by email to [email address].  
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Galina Mitchelhill 
Senior Manager, Research and Analytics