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Months-long waits for driver tests are an intolerable hold-up, according to South Wairarapa s Mayor, who is demanding a quicker turnaround for learner drivers as the number waiting across the country sits at about 40,000. Mākoura College students watch a safety demonstration during a RYDA [Road Safety Education] workshop at Solway Showgrounds, Masterton. Students at the school, and other Wairarapa leaner drivers, are waiting up to three months to get a restricted licence test. Photo: WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE / MARCUS ANSELM Alex Beijen joined Sandra Goudie, his counterpart in Thames-Coromandel, in demanding a quicker turnaround for learner drivers. The queue to take a test rose to 42,000 across New Zealand, with wait times of more than 100 days at Masterton s Vehicle Testing New Zealand [VTNZ] centre, the closest testing centre for Masterton and Carterton districts and most of South Wairarapa district.

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