The New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA or AA) is an incorporated society (non-profit organization) that offers various services to its members.

[2] In May 1903, Dr George Thomas Humphrey de Clive-Lowe invited about 20 new motoring enthusiasts to consider his idea to start an automobile club.

First in Auckland, followed by Canterbury a few months later, motoring clubs began to dot the country with at least 15 different automobile associations registered by 1930.

[4] The final merger was achieved in 1991 under the leadership of the former chief executive, Brian Gibbons.

Products and services diversified through new joint venture companies, franchise operations and business partnerships during the 1990s.