Skip to main content

Further to Replies 17371 and 18702 (2026): (a) what was the specific administrative error that resulted in the November 2025 fraudulent overseas licence conversion being processed after the date NZTA had stated the vulnerability was closed; (b) was the Driver Licensing Agent responsible for that error subject to any consequence, sanction, formal feedback, remediation, or contractual review; (c) how many of the 461 fraudulent conversions are attributable, in whole or in part, to administrative errors by NZTA staff or Driver Licensing Agents in following the business rules in the NZTA Agent Portal?

Answered Question 19674 (2026)
Question published
Reply lodged
Bookmark

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Further to Replies 17371 and 18702 (2026): (a) what was the specific administrative error that resulted in the November 2025 fraudulent overseas licence conversion being processed after the date NZTA had stated the vulnerability was closed; (b) was the Driver Licensing Agent responsible for that error subject to any consequence, sanction, formal feedback, remediation, or contractual review; (c) how many of the 461 fraudulent conversions are attributable, in whole or in part, to administrative errors by NZTA staff or Driver Licensing Agents in following the business rules in the NZTA Agent Portal?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my replies to Written Questions 18701 and 18702 (2026). One of the 461 fraudulent conversions was the result of an administration error by a Driver Licensing Agent. This was a single conversion that occurred in November 2025.