Browse data nzta_driver_licences

Driver Licence Holders

Count of NZ driver licence holders by region, licence class, licence stage (learner/restricted/full), age group, and financial year. From Waka Kotahi.

Licence: CC-BY 4.0 Source: Waka Kotahi (opendata-nzta.opendata.arcgis.com), CC-BY 4.0.

Data as of 2026-06-13  · monthly  · 9,828 rows

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Dataset ID
nzta_driver_licences
Data source
Waka Kotahi
Last refreshed
2026-06-13
Refresh cadence
monthly
API endpoint
https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/nzta_driver_licences/data

Columns (8)

schema glossary · auto-generated
Column Type Description
object_id long Internal feature ID (ArcGIS OBJECTID)
region string Region
licence_class string Licence class
licence_stage string Licence stage
age_group string Age group
licence_count double Licence count
financial_year string Financial year
geometry_wkt string Geometry as WKT (WGS84) — MULTIPOLYGON/POINT/LINESTRING

How to query this dataset

Fetch all data (JSON)
curl https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/nzta_driver_licences/data \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_key_here"
Filter by date range
curl "https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/nzta_driver_licences/data?start=2020-01-01&end=2024-12-31" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_key_here"
Download as CSV
curl "https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/nzta_driver_licences/data?format=csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_key_here" -o nzta_driver_licences.csv

Data preview

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Object IdRegionLicence ClassLicence StageAge GroupLicence CountFinancial Year
1Manawatu-Whanganui RegionMotorcycles, Moped Or AtvFull25-29259.022/23
2Manawatu-Whanganui RegionMotorcycles, Moped Or AtvFull30-34497.022/23
3Manawatu-Whanganui RegionMotorcycles, Moped Or AtvFull35-39513.022/23
4Manawatu-Whanganui RegionMotorcycles, Moped Or AtvFull40-44611.022/23
5Manawatu-Whanganui RegionMotorcycles, Moped Or AtvFull45-49957.022/23

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