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Both new truck and trailer registrations as reported by NZ Transport Agency data for October show a marginal increase month on month, and potentially an early sign of recovery for the market.

There were 350 registrations of new trucks with a GVM above 4.5 tonnes (compared to 341 for the previous month). It’s still a long way behind last October’s 525 registrations and the year-to-date (YTD) total has now reached 3,174 units in the first ten months of 2025 (down from 4,719 units registered in the same period last year).

The trailer market YTD total stands at 794 – again a long way behind last year’s October YTD of 1,232…and still a long way behind 2018’s all-time best 1458.

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The New Zealand new truck market continues to deliver a similar pattern of lower monthly registration figures, and the year-to-date (YTD) numbers are now tracking a long way down from where they have been in recent years.

August saw 356 trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes or more) registered, lifting the January-August YTD total to 2482 registrations, according to official NZ Transport Agency data.

It’s a decrease from 487 units recorded in August 2024 while the YTD registration total is a 34.14% decrease on the total of 3769 units registered in the same period last year.

With 71 new registrations in August the trailer market YTD number now stands at 621 units, down from 1040 ... ... 

New truck and trailer registrations for June confirms the slow progress of the New Zealand market through the first half of 2025.

The June 2025 monthly registration total for new trucks (4.5 tonnes GVM and above) of 293 units is 14 ahead of the May total. But it’s down from 437 registrations in June 2024 and the year to date (YTD) total is now 1759 units, compared to 2083 units at the same time last year, representing a 15.6% drop year-on-year.

The trailer market, with 76 June registrations, is also down on the same month last year of 116, and is now 29.2% behind 2018’s all-time best June figure of 164. Trailer registrations in the first half of this year a... ... 

The New Zealand new truck market continues to show signs of slowing, with April registrations well behind 2024 levels.

NZ Transport Agency data shows 270 new trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes or more) were registered for the month, taking the total sales for the first four months of the year to 1187 units. The total for the January-April period last year was 1940 registrations.

It’s a similar story in the trailer market with 65 registrations in April – the lowest monthly total since 2020’s Covid lows. The YTD total at the end of April stands at 321, again a similar number to the 2020 YTD total of 318 and well behind the 541 registrations during the first fou... ...