About Us

PassRite is New Zealand’s leading provider of driver training and education. We cover all classes of driver licensing and provide training and assessing for driver licensing endorsements.  

Established on 1 April 1990, under it's present director Fred Bardon. PassRite is one of the most experienced and long standing driving academies in New Zealand. 

We operate nationwide and have offices and affiliates in all major cities in New Zealand.

We are also proudly 100% Kiwi owned and operated.

Why PassRite?

From our administrative staff, car instructors to our commercial instructors, we are passionate about seeing people gain new life skills and start amazing career journeys.

We believe in supporting the aspirations of people who want to be a part of our industry, people who want to learn and we will do what we can to help our students achieve this. 

Our expertise & reputation

PassRite was the first organisation in New Zealand approved to undertake the training and assessment of students for the Driving Instructor "I" Endorsement. We are specialists in driver licensing.

PassRite is known in the industry and by its clients as being a “safe pair of hands”.  We offer quality, consistency and value.  PassRite has over 100 years of combined training experience in the transport industry and many of our trainers have been with PassRite for over 7 years.

What makes us different is that we believe in achieving best practice, not just aiming for the minimum standard. By aiming for a higher level of competency in what we offer, we take pride in knowing we have taken part in raising standards on Kiwi roads and in the transport industry.

Our courses

We offer courses covering 4 key areas:

1.       Driver licensing

2.       Licence endorsements

3.       Industry / specialist training

4.       Customised training

The courses we offer reflect our core capabilities and extensive industry experience.  

Our qualifications

PassRite Driving Academy is a NZQA Private Training Establishment (PTE) and is also a New Zealand Transport Agency approved course provider. All PassRite's instructors are also New Zealand Transport Agency approved.