Originally Posted by
KerryS
If you incurred demerit points on your UK licence they won't be applied onto your NZ licence.
We both got caught speeding during the first year in NZ and presented our UK licenses (which was what we were driving on).
Now converted to NZ licenses and the demerit points we got in the first 12 months have magically appeared on our kiwi license (you can phone them and check) - their computers are too smart
Both been driving 20+ years in the UK with no fines or police hassles. 12 months here and we've both been done twice. ChCh police are pretty hot!!