In 2004, the company rebranded itself as VTNZ and purchased its principal competitor On Road New Zealand.
Some stations also act as government agents in processing driver licence and vehicle registration applications.
[4] In 2013, MTA announced that German based company DEKRA would purchase 60 percent of VTNZ for NZ$36 million.
[1] VTNZ has been a three time winner of the IBM Kenexa Best Workplaces Award for Enterprise category (2014-2016).
The most recent case was of a Mazda worth NZ$15,000 which was stolen while the inspector returned to the office to write the WOF sticker while leaving the keys in the car.