It's the part of having a car that you probably think of least, but forgetting your registration carries a hefty price - a $200 fine if it's not up to date.
That's about twice the cost of a registration, give or take.
The means of reminding you to update your rego is a letter, but the Automobile Association says that system is out of date.
The AA's Mark Stockdale says this antiquated postal reminder may explain why 235,000 tickets are written every year for non-current or non-displayed regos.
"We shouldn't be relying on snail mail to people to remind them to renew their vehicle licence," he says.
"Why aren't motorists getting reminders via their emails or a text on their cell phone? Stop the rego fine rort."
But when you register your car online, and the New Zealand Transport Agency doesn't even take your email.
"At the end it says your email address will not be recorded. Well why not?" Mr Stockdale asks.
In response the NZTA says updating to an email system is something they are working towards: "The Transport Agency is keen to utilise emails and texts as part of our reminder system in the future. This requires some work but is something we are working towards."
Yet how long this will take, is unclear.
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