Shaft Automotive

09/07/2026

✨ We will be closed on Friday 10 July (Matariki) and Monday 13 July for an extended break ✨ Enjoy your long weekend ✨

24/05/2026

👑Long weekend coming - Kings Birthday 👑
We will be having a mini-break and will be closed on Friday 29th May and Monday 1st June. Enjoy the long weekend 😊

11/05/2026

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23/04/2026

Lest we Forget - Saturday 25th is Anzac Day but is observed on Monday 27th April (as a public holiday)

We will be closed Friday 24th and Monday 27th April.

03/02/2026

It’s Waitangi Day on Friday. We will be closed Friday 6th Feb and Monday 9th Feb. Enjoy your long weekend 😎

16/01/2026

We will be closed on Monday for Wellington anniversary day! Enjoy the long weekend 🌞

22/12/2025

We are now closed for our Christmas/New Year break! Thank you to everyone who has supported and recommended our business in 2025. We appreciate the support and look forward to seeing you all again in 2026! Safe travels and Merry Christmas 🎄

We reopen on Monday 12th January 2026. 🌞

29/10/2025

We want your feedback on changes we’re proposing to the current WoF system. Here are the changes:

We’re proposing changing the system so that:

• warrants of fitness will be issued for 4 years for new vehicles
• vehicles between 4–10 years old will need a WoF only every two years (it’s currently yearly)
• vehicles older than 10 years will need a WoF yearly.

These changes would apply to private light vehicles (cars, motorcycles, vans, people-movers, and trailers).

We’re proposing these changes because we check vehicles more often than most countries, but we know more frequent checks don’t necessarily lead to better safety. These changes aim to reduce costs for people using low-risk vehicles while maintaining safety for higher-risk vehicles.

We’re also proposing changes to certificates of fitness for light rental vehicles, checking fault lights of driver assistance systems such as automatic emergency braking and lane keep assist in inspections, and an increase to fines or an introduction of demerit points for offences such as not having a valid WoF or CoF A and having bald or damaged tyres.

Provide your feedback to us using the consultation form on our website: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/considering-changes-to-light-vehicle-inspections

The consultation is open from 29 October 2025 to 17 December 2025. We can’t include comments on this post or messages to us here as submissions – you need to complete the form linked above if you want to officially send your feedback to us.

After we receive your feedback we’ll analyse it and then report on it to the Associate Minister of Transport, who’ll then decide on changing the law.

21/10/2025

⭐️Labour Weekend ⭐️
We will be closed Friday 24th Oct and Monday 27th Oct (Labour Day).

05/09/2025

https://www.change.org/p/stop-developers-ruin-the-character-of-waikanae-beach?recruiter=1250571850&recruited_by_id=4763c9c0-8133-11ec-ad23-27a5cca6c6de&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_promote_or_share&utm_term=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=fht-490614775-en-au%3A0&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMoQbRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHu5PceJzD85WXIMqhe0GTOrk5yANyY98O7DzLdBCkV3OKOweHcNgCMsTyj2H_aem_NpLQujfTsLVlryESpyxB7w

STOP developers RUIN the character of Waikanae Beach!