[Marie P]

Well I finally plucked up the courage to take my NZ licence .

Got to the local VTNZ station at 10.30 ,Queued for a few minutes,the nice lady said I needed to fill out form and I needed my passport and something with my address on.So drove home ,filled out form got what I needed ,drove back ,queued again .
She took my photo and I did the eye test ,read 3 lines of letters and said which side the light was flashing .$84 please and when would I like to do the theory test [it was now 11.15] ,as soon as possible please ,she said come back at 12.

Came back at 12 the place was jam packed ,I just wanted it over and done with .The lady caught my eye and took me into another office and gave me the scratch card sheets with 35 questions ,I needed to get no more than 3 wrong and I had 30 minutes.

I got the first few correct ,this isn't bad at all I thought then I got one wrong about how fast you can travel with a trailer [like I will ever drive a trailer !!].
So now my hands were shaking ,what if I fail ? what will I do ?
A few deep breaths and I carried on ,got all the rest correct yippppeee :raebanana

Went back to the main office ,still huge queues but who cares I had passed.
So I get a piece of paper ,temporary licence ,my official one should arrive in the next 21 days.

Phew I should sleep tonight as I didn't last night :laugh

[jubjub]

:raebanana have a banana, well done :clap

[Bruckner]

Great news and congratulations! Well done. Not sure how to work those dancing bananas but I pumped my fist into the air on your behalf. Woohoo!

Emily

[MB]

Nice one, Marie! Well done. :raebanana :raebanana

[KerryS]

Congrats - just hope your photo is better than mine. (Why oh why did she not tell me my top was the same colour as their background? I look like a disembodied head!)

[kiwidebs]

Yayyyy for you. Well done :raebanana .


Have a nice (def medicinal) chardonay (or similar) and get some sleep tonight.

Debs

[Moorf]

YAY!!! Well done that girl!! :raebanana

[Diny]

Well done !!!!!

Diny

[Nienke]

Congratulations! :raebanana

[Smiler]

YAY! Well done Marie. :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana



It's the day for test passing. I took my motorcycle one this afternoon and passed too. Woohoo!!

[Babette & Andy]

Good for you Marie!! We all know we need to do it, yet put it off . . . time to make that appointment too I think.

Babette

[StevieD]

Well done Marie - now where was that thread about dangerous driving??? :laugh

Congrats mate, suppose Dave is doing cartwheels is he??

Steve and Jan xx

[Stapleton-Gray]

Well done!! We've got to do ours soon. What is the procedure? Do you have to just do a theory test? Or do you have a proper driving test?
As it seems that noone drives very well over here!! ;-)

[katandbob]

well done Marie! :cheers :cheers

[Marie P]

Hi Stapleton -Gray

Yes to convert your British licence to the NZ one ,its just the theory test [35 scratch card questions] and an eye test .

$84 for the pleasure !

Marie x

[pinkpiggy]

Well done Marie.

:raebanana :raebanana

[Kim39]

Thanks for the reminder Marie, got to sort mine out very soon, but i have to do the truck one, and that includes axle weights and dimensions:no along with all the other easy stuff. Must get stuck into that book. In the meantime well done and have a clap for yourself:clap


Kim

[StevieD]

What's the maximum speed limit for a milk float Kim??? :laugh

[marcia]

Well done Marie :raebanana - I'm dreading having to do mine, can't get my head around the kilometres bit, maybe I'll have to have a chauffeur instead!!! :p

[Kim39]

What's the maximum speed limit for a milk float Kim??? :laugh

Once again Mr D i am in your thoughts i see:laugh

Kim

[Singel]

Congrats, Marie :clap

Well Done :nice1

[Smiler]

Interesting reading here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3813507a11,00.html

[kiwidebs]

Interesting reading here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3813507a11,00.html

:eek: :eek:

[Marie P]

My licence arrived today .....with a godawful photo on it !!!!!

I think I will pay the $55 fine rather than show it to a traffic cop :roll

Marie x

[Smiler]

My licence arrived today .....with a godawful photo on it !!!!!

I think I will pay the $55 fine rather than show it to a traffic cop :roll

Marie x

Mine too. :laugh Although my second license came today with the motorbike addition, why didn't I take a paper bag?

Just out of interest Marie, did you get your address put on yours?

[Marie P]

I thought I had ...but I told the lady I was moving in Dec ,so I guess she didn't put it on my licence .

I must leave it in my car as I dont always take my purse ,it says there is a $55 fine if you can't show it wen asked !

I was really scared when we moved here as I had heard of this and my licence was in a purse ,in a bag ,in a box ......in the container :uhoh

It was the first thing I looked for :exit

Marie x