Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label

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“Is there going to be a ban for importing vintage cars into New Zealand re carbon neutral rules?”

Any vehicle that is 40 years or older does not attract a charge.

“I have been looking for the MTA signs but can’t seem to find them. ”

We have had a few calls about this; they can currently be found in the ‘Flags’ section of the Stationery (ECOS) store on our Toolbox website. This is a bit odd, but all will be easier once we get our new MTA website (one to bind Hub and Toolbox together), which we are confident will be happening late March early April.

“I haven’t received the latest issue of Radiator magazine. Is there an online version?”

If anyone isn’t getting a copy of Radiator, it can be viewed online.

Go to MTA Toolbox and you will find the latest issue.

“Why does the ETA for gift cards keep getting bumped back?”

There have been delays caused by supply chain issues and coordinating overseas suppliers and the expected delivery now is the end of March to early April

The Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label (VEEEL) must now be displayed on vehicles offered for sale at car yards.

The VEEEL allows buyers to compare the carbon dioxide emissions and energy economy of one vehicle against another, and indicates whether the vehicle attracts a rebate, fee, or neither, under the Clean Car Discount. It is a legal requirement to display the label on all eligible light vehicles for sale and for online listings if the information is available.

Why do the labels include carbon dioxide emissions?

Transport is responsible for around half of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions, so enabling consumers to make low-emissions choices is a vital part of tackling climate change.

A vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions determine whether it is eligible for a rebate under the Clean Car Discount (green label), or whether it will attract a fee (red label). Cars with blue labels have neither a rebate nor a fee –typically because their emissions are in the neutral zone, the vehicle has been previously registered, it has a safety rating below 3 stars or it retails at $80,000 or more including on-road costs and GST.

Find out more

For more information about your obligations and displaying the label, visit eeca.govt.nz/vehiclelabel a look and thought, we could actually make this work,” Logan says.

That was in July 2022 and “we were shitting ourselves”, Frank says.

“It was almost like buying a house quite of bit of stress.”

The pair dived into it anyway, buying the business off owner Ian Capewell, who took over the business in the 1980s from his father who owned it since 1967.

Ian had been on the tools since he was 14, helping his dad out and at nearly 70 years old he felt it was a good time to step away.

Famous connection

The business has been an MTA member since the start. Back then, the workshop was in Bath Street, Plimmerton, later moving to its current spot near the lights on what was once State Highway 1.