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Plasticised paper licence

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Plasticised paper licence

In 1986 plasticised paper licences were issued. These were known as lifetime licences as they expired over 50 years later. They were an inconvenient size and had to be folded to fit inside a wallet.

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Eric Pawson, Cars and the motor industry – Licensing, safety and limits, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/23816/plasticised-paper-licence (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eric Pawson, published 2 March 2010, updated 1 December 2014.