In an email received from NZTA is this content:
“Good afternoon,
In September we invited you to comment on a proposed change to the process for imported modified vehicles, which would allow these vehicles to be excluded from LVV certification in New Zealand if they’ve already met appropriate overseas standards.
Please find attached a document which provides a summary of the key feedback received and our response to that feedback, and an update on what’s happening next.
We also invited comment on a second proposal that would provide an alternative way for approved commercial modifiers to achieve LVV certification for series production-based vehicle modifications. We’re in the process of collating and responding to the feedback we received on that topic, in parallel with running a pilot of the proposed process, and will provide an update on that activity within the next few weeks.
You’ve received this email because you previously indicated that you wanted to be kept informed of progress on the LVV Review, and/or because you made a submission on a discussion document relating to the processes mentioned above. Please let us know by return email if you’d like to be removed from this mailing list: lvreview@nzta.govt.nz
NZ Transport Agency
National Office / Victoria Arcade, 50 Victoria Street,
Private Bag 6995, Wellington 6141, New Zealand
Here is a link to the PDF containing the full details
imported_modified_vehicles_-_update_to_submitters
Here’s one of the first examples of imported modified vehicles (built in France, Certified to E standards) which should be arriving in NZ very soon.

French Built U-Drive Skoda Yeti mobility vehicle, Certified to E
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