16-04-2020, 01:19 AM
Ian Williams beat me to it with the VIN decode!
To elaborate on my past ownership inquiry with NZTA for a vehicle of similar age to yours OP, in 2016 all I got back for my money was a list of owners after the vehicle was re-registered in the Motor Vehicle Records [in my case this was 1994] with all identifying details literally 'X', other than dates and the town/city they lived in. Totally useless. Some time ago it was possible in NZ to search for previous owners by licence plate but due to historic misuse and potential privacy concerns NZTA tightened security on that database beyond all expectations... Once upon a time there was a combined hard copy registration certificate and record of ownership which went with the vehicle but unfortunately these documents are usually long gone, unless you are exceptionally lucky and successive owners have passed it on.
To elaborate on my past ownership inquiry with NZTA for a vehicle of similar age to yours OP, in 2016 all I got back for my money was a list of owners after the vehicle was re-registered in the Motor Vehicle Records [in my case this was 1994] with all identifying details literally 'X', other than dates and the town/city they lived in. Totally useless. Some time ago it was possible in NZ to search for previous owners by licence plate but due to historic misuse and potential privacy concerns NZTA tightened security on that database beyond all expectations... Once upon a time there was a combined hard copy registration certificate and record of ownership which went with the vehicle but unfortunately these documents are usually long gone, unless you are exceptionally lucky and successive owners have passed it on.