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As for yourself, you can use your German license instead of an International one, if the relevant information about what classes of license you hold are in English on your license. You can use that license for up to one year, then to convert to an NZ one. You will have to sit the exam based on the New Zealand Road Code but no driving skills test.
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Thanks! I already figured that one out - but there is a bit of conflicting information on weather or not I need to sit the exam. Some people reported they only paid 45 $ and got their license converted. May it be as it is, after three german exams (Moped, motorcycle, car) I don't think that this will pose a real challenge
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Yep, can confirm that, although it was ten years ago. They didn't accept the international driving permit though and I had to get an official translation from a company of their choice ($25). That was at the AA in Christchurch. They often come up with strange interpretations of the rules I have found out over the years and now avoid them :-) If you have the new EU license I think you should be good to go, because it has an English translation on it.
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Well, got my international driver's license by now. I get why they wouldn't accept it - there is practically nothing on it. But the "should" - it says so on the homepage of the NZ transport agency. We'll see.
And no - the EU driving licence is not enough. It is neither in English nor in German. There are only 3 words on it - "Führerschein - Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (driver's license - federal republic of Germany). The rest is numbers and pictograms. It is assumed that every policemen in the EU knows how to read them. That means you can't even translate them, because there is nothing to translate. I was thinking about bringing the English version of the explanatory EU document, just in case.
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What part on NZ are you coming to?
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Wellington - Nina is researching and maybe even "co-"write her PHD at Victoria University. But there will definitely be some time to travel and explore the country. I'll make it so
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