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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 7/3/2025 (lemmy.nz)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I completely agree that the RUC and possibly even the Rego system is antiquated. Why do we still need little pieces of paper on our windscreen?

But I'm a little confused by what you mean? The RUC label has the ending KM's on it. You just buy more before or when you hit that amount of mileage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh shit does it? I'm dumb haha! The car is out at the moment but I will check when it gets home. Thanks for the tip!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Haha glad I could help 😆

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/road-user-charges/ruc-licences/

If you scroll down to the example label, it's the "max dist recorder"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well now I don't feel so dumb because that's not at all obvious. I feel like this should have been part of the messaging when RUC came in for EVs!

Maybe it was and I wasn't paying attention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I actually don't remember what was in the messaging either. It just made sense to me because the numbers lined up with what was shown when I bought it online.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't even check. Just paid for some KMs, stuck the thing on the car, and promptly forgot about it until recently.