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With 273 registrations in July, the New Zealand new truck market remains in low gear.

The monthly registrations for new trucks (above 4.5t GVM) is well down on the total of 367 achieved in July 2025.

And with 2035 registrations year-to-date (YTD), the 2026 market is now 4.4% behind the 2,126 sales in the same period last year – a reflection of challenging conditions in the New Zealand economy.

But there is a positive trend in the trailer market with 91 registrations in July, up from 82 in July 2025. The YTD tally of 569 trailer registrations is now 3.4% ahead of last year – but still 44.05% down on 2018 year-to-date record total of 1017 trailers.

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The New Zealand new truck market continues to show signs of steadying, with April registrations very close to last year’s 2025 levels.

NZ Transport Agency data shows 252 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 1157 units. The total for the January-April period last year was 1187 registrations.

It’s a similar story in the trailer market with 76 new registrations in April. The YTD total at the end of April stands at 304, only slightly behind 2025 YTD total registrations of 321 during the first four months of 2025.

In the overall 4.5t to maximum GVM new truck market, Isuzu is t... ... 

The first release of new truck and trailer registration monthly data for 2026 confirms a slow start across the New Zealand market.

Both new truck and new trailer registration totals for January 2026 are well below the same month last year.

According to New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) provisional data there were 283 trucks (with a GVM of 4.5 tonnes-plus) registered in the first month of the new year – a decrease of 16.51% on last year’s 339 registrations and a hefty 38.74% fall from the record of 462 set in January 2024.

The registration data shows that trailer registrations are also well down year-on-year for the start of 2026. The January total of 67 registrations is a... ... 

There were 341 registrations of new trucks with a GVM above 4.5 tonnes during September and the year-to-date (YTD) total has reached 2824 registrations for the first nine months of 2025.

The September total is well down from last year’s 425 registrations and slightly down on the August 2025 total of 356 registrations. The YTD total represents a 32.6% decrease on the same period last year (4194 registrations) as the new truck market continues to reflect general trends in the New Zealand economy.

The trailer market in September achieved 86 registrations, slightly ahead of the 83 recorded in the same month last year. However, the YTD total of 696 registrations is 38% behind the 1123... ...