{"id":1608,"date":"2014-07-27T23:44:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T02:26:52","slug":"what-vehicles-can-you-drive-on-what-class-of-licence-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-vehicles-can-you-drive-on-what-class-of-licence-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"What vehicles can you drive on what class of licence in New Zealand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Class 1 \u2013 car licence (learner or restricted)<\/h3>\n<p>A holder of a Class 1 learner or restricted licence can drive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Any vehicle with a gross laden weight (GLW) or gross combined weight (GCW) of not more than 4500kg, including tractors and combination vehicles (i.e. a vehicle towing a trailer), but doesn&#8217;t include motorbikes (see class 6, below)<\/li>\n<li>A moped or all-terrain vehicle (ATV). A moped is a motorbike of 50cc and under; an ATV is a 4-wheeled off-road bike often called a quad bike<\/li>\n<li>A campervan, caravanette, motorhome, ute or light van with a GLW of not more than 6000kg and an on-road weight not exceeding 4500kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class 1 &#8211; car licence (restricted)<\/h3>\n<p>A holder of a Class 1 restricted licence can also drive any agricultural trailer with a GLW of no more than 18000kg or a combination vehicle (agricultural tractor and agricultural trailer with a GCW of no more than 25000kg as long as it&#8217;s driven at a speed of less than 40kph.<\/p>\n<h3>Class 1 &#8211; car licence (full)<\/h3>\n<p>With a full licence you can drive all of the aforementioned vehicles plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>any motorhome, caravanette, ute or light van with a GLW of not more than 6000kg<\/li>\n<li>a combination vehicle of not more than 6000kg which is not a tractor\/trailer or agricultural tractor\/agricultural trailer<\/li>\n<li>a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/forklift\/\">forklift<\/a> with a GLW of not more than 18,000kg<\/li>\n<li>a special-type vehicle that runs on rollers or self-laying tracks and has a GLW of not more than 18,000kg<\/li>\n<li>a special-type vehicle that runs on wheels and has a GLW of not more than 6000kg<\/li>\n<li>a special type vehicle that runs on wheels and has a GLW of more than 6000kg but not more than 18,000kg, if driven at a speed not exceeding 40km\/h, in the case of a special-type vehicle that is an agricultural motor vehicle; or 30km\/h, in the case of any other special type vehicle<\/li>\n<li>a tractor with a GLW of more than 6000kg but not more than 18,000kg, if driven at a speed not exceeding 40km\/h, in the case of an agricultural tractor or 30km\/h, in the case of any other tractor<\/li>\n<li>a combination vehicle with a GCW of not more than 25,000kg, if driven at a speed not exceeding 40km\/h, in the case of an agricultural tractor towing an agricultural trailer or 30km\/h, in the case of any other tractor towing a trailer, if it is being used in non-agricultural land management operations<\/li>\n<li>an agricultural tractor with a GLW of more than 6000 kg but not more than 18,000 kg, or a combination vehicle (consisting of an agricultural tractor and agricultural trailer) with a GCW of not more than 25,000 kg, if the driver holds a special-type vehicle endorsement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class 2 &#8211; medium rigid vehicle (learner or restricted)<\/h3>\n<p>On a class 2 learner or full licence you\u00a0can drive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a rigid vehicle with a GLW of more than 6000kg but not\u00a0more than 18,000kg<\/li>\n<li>a combination vehicle (that is not a tractor\/trailer\u00a0combination) with a GCW of 12,000kg or less<\/li>\n<li>a combination vehicle consisting of a rigid vehicle (that is\u00a0not a tractor) with a GLW of not more than 18,000kg\u00a0towing a light trailer<\/li>\n<li>a rigid vehicle with a GLW of more than 18,000kg that\u00a0has no more than two axles<\/li>\n<li>a tractor with a GLW of more than 6000kg but not more than 18,000kg if driven at speed exceeding 30km\/h<\/li>\n<li>any vehicle covered in Class 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class 2 &#8211; medium rigid vehicle (full)<\/h3>\n<p>The holder of a full Class 2 can also drive a special type vehicle that is an agricultural motor vehicle that runs on wheels with a GLW of more than 6000kg but not more than 18,000kg, if driven at a speed not exceeding 40km\/h (with or without a W endorsement).<\/p>\n<h3>Class 3 \u2013 medium combination (learner or full)<\/h3>\n<p>A holder\u00a0of a Class 3 learner or full licence can drive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a combination vehicle with a GCW of more than\u00a012,000kg but not more than 25,000kg<\/li>\n<li>any vehicle covered in classes 1 and 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class 4 \u2013 heavy rigid (learner or full)<\/h3>\n<p>A holder of a\u00a0Class 4 learner or full licence can drive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a rigid vehicle (including any tractor) with a GLW of more\u00a0than 18,000kg<\/li>\n<li>a combination vehicle consisting of a rigid vehicle with a GLW of more than 18,000kg towing a light trailer<\/li>\n<li>vehicles covered in classes 1 and 2, but not Class 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class 5 \u2013 heavy combination (learner or full)<\/h3>\n<p>A holder of\u00a0a Class 5 learner or full licence can drive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a combination vehicle with a GCW of more than\u00a025,000kg<\/li>\n<li>vehicles covered by classes 1, 2, 3 and 4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class 6 \u2013 Motorcycle licence<\/h3>\n<p>You can ride any motorcycle that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-motorbikes-can-you-ride-as-a-learner-rider\/\">LAMS-approved<\/a> (while you are learning), or a motorbike of any size once you have your full licence, plus a\u00a0moped or all-terrain vehicle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class 1 \u2013 car licence (learner or restricted) A holder of a Class 1 learner or restricted licence can drive: Any vehicle with a gross laden weight (GLW) or gross combined weight (GCW) of not more than 4500kg, including tractors<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-vehicles-can-you-drive-on-what-class-of-licence-in-new-zealand\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,356],"tags":[188,181,190,189,11,101,99,100],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-driver-licence","tag-class-1","tag-class-2","tag-class-3-5","tag-class-6","tag-driving-licence","tag-full-licence","tag-learner-licence","tag-restricted-licence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32072,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/32072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}