88 Recognition of overseas driver licence or permit
(1) A person, on arrival in New Zealand, is deemed to hold a New Zealand driver licence of a class that entitles the person to drive the motor
vehicles that the person is entitled to drive under—
(a) A valid [and current] driver licence or permit issued [overseas] to the person, after the person has produced proof of the person's
driving competence, by an overseas authority, or an agent of that authority, authorised to issue a driver licence or permit; or
(b) A valid [and current] international driving permit as specified in Annex 10 to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic
signed at Geneva on 19 September 1949 or Annex 7 to the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic signed at Vienna on 8
November 1968 and issued [overseas] in accordance with the provisions of the appropriate convention.
[(1A) [[Subclause (1)(a)]] does not apply unless—
(a) the overseas driver licence or permit is written in English; or
(b) the person who holds the overseas driver licence or permit also carries an accurate English translation of the licence or permit.]
(2) A person who is deemed by subclause (1) to hold a New Zealand driver licence may continue to drive under that driver licence until the
first of the following situations occurs:
[(a) the person has remained in New Zealand for a continuous period of 12 months; or]
(b) The document that enabled that person to be deemed to hold a New Zealand driver licence under subclause (1) expires, is
suspended, or is revoked; or
(c) An order is made disqualifying the person from holding or obtaining a driver licence, either in New Zealand or in the jurisdiction
that granted the [overseas driver] licence or permit[; or]
[(d) the person obtains a New Zealand driver licence.]