In its first day, over 1,100 signatures! Thanks everyone and keep spreading the word by email, in your forums and groups.

This petition is about the 1 / 99% rule. Something bad happens. It hits the media,  with someone screaming the government must act. It's like turning on a spotlight. In fact, it's usually less than 1%, but the spotlight makes it look like a crisis. The government reacts by passing laws and regulations that impact the 99% who did nothing wrong -  government spending someone else's money, consuming other people's time, and imposing on the 99% to pay for the sins of the 1%. And, because it was a reactive regulation, there is always collateral damage. Thankfully, the new Minister of Regulation will be taking a look at these 1 to 99% rules, and we hope replace them with sensible rules where needed, and eliminating regulation where it is not needed.

In this petition, pay attention to the words "historic value". The petition is not proposing every car that reaches its 30th or 40th birthday gets a free pass. While the UK has a blanket rule on all cars over 40, if Kiwis think that is too liberal, a recognised body like the NZ Federation of Motoring Clubs (I've not contacted them) can be asked to prepare a list of recognised collectible motor vehicles, have a procedure to add year/make/models not on the list, and even evaluate cars that would normally not be on the list (think many Japanese econoboxes) which, as time passes become rare because so many were crushed at end-of-life. In these cases, because the NZTA already ties WOF to Rego, the few survivors in outstanding condition that may qualify for historic value are easily coded as 5-year WOF or WOF exempt.

But all that comes later. First we need to have as many collectors as possible sign the petition that will be presented to the Minister. We need to call his attention to the regulations that were not written for our hobby, but to control the 1% bad apples who brought in flood-damaged cars and sold them as daily drivers.

Reading this report https://fomc.nz/wp-content/uploads/NZHCVS-Executive-Summary-Sept-2023.pdf there are 200,000 Kiwis who own 280,000 collectible motor vehicles where the total value to the NZ economy is $11.6 billion. If the Minister of Regulation excludes collectible motor vehicles from rules written for late-model JDM imports, the collectible value to the economy will grow.

Collector motor vehicles are not the problem, but they pay the price.

So pass the word. Contact everyone you know who enjoys collectible motor vehicles and ask them to sign the petition.