The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 	

Year	Registrations
1951	24779
1952	27469
1953	27634
1954	28627
1955	27031
1956	28588
1957	30145
1958	33531
1959	34093
1960	36377
1961	41689
1962	43084
1963	44159
1964	46743
1965	46362
1966	46201
1967	44989
1968	44480
1969	44364
1970	47144
1971	56441
1972	64706
1973	76674
1974	86779
1975	95730
1976	99412
1977	97956
1978	96781
1979	111798
1980	125701
1981	132730
1982	132963
1983	130407
1984	126357
1985	122756
1986	116892
1987	111985
1988	103648
1989	92945
1990	82437
1991	72676
1992	62748
1993	57493
1994	54799
1995	48917
1996	46000
1997	50040
1998	60458
1999	59390
2000	58566
2001	57836
2002	57454
2003	56047

Source: www.transport.govt.nz	

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