Drink driving

An alcohol interlock sentence means no Limited Licence. Here is how the interlock licence works, from disqualification to a zero alcohol licence.

The documents you need for a Limited Licence after a drink driving disqualification in NZ, the 28-day stand-down, and the situations that rule you out.

Most people disqualified for drink driving can apply for a Limited Licence after 28 days. Here is who can't, in plain English.

NZ drink driving limits, what happens at a Police checkpoint, fines versus court, disqualification periods and when an alcohol interlock applies.

NZTA data released under the OIA shows interlock sentences rose from 145 in 2013 to 3,585 in 2024. Here is who gets one and how long it lasts.

NZTA data shows 3,852 of 20,063 alcohol interlock sentences were followed by another alcohol or licence offence. What the numbers do and do not say.