New Parking Meters

Pay by Plate 
Remember your vehicle’s number plate.

We are excited to bring the latest parking technology, ‘Pay by Plate’ meters, to Napier.

The Pay by Plate meters will allow us to deliver a better service to parking users. They are user-friendly, using your vehicle's number plate to record parking time and payment.

Work to remove the old machines and install the new meters, will take place in May and June, with the Napier CBD first, followed by Taradale. We expect the timings for Taradale to be in June.

We have worked with the supplier to plan a decommissioning and installation schedule that reduces disruption to our public and businesses as much as possible.

Napier City Council Staff will be out and about around the time of install in Napier and Taradale and are happy to help people use the meters for the first time.

The Pay by Plate meters are available to see and try out in our Customer Services Centre in Dunvegan House, 215 Hastings Street, Napier as well as both the Napier and Taradale libraries during normal open hours.

Why is Napier getting new parking meters?

Our existing parking meters are at end-of-life and require a city-wide upgrade.

NCC will be installing Pay by Plate meters across all locations where there are current parking meters. These new meters require users to key-in their vehicle’s number plate.

Key features of new parking meters:

• A range of payment options including coins, ParkMate, PayWave (credit and debit cards) and ParkEasy (users scan a QR code).
• Ticketless - users don’t need to return to their vehicle to display a ticket.
• Easy to use touchscreens. Please refer to User Guide to familiarise yourself with how the machines work.
• E-Receipts can be downloaded or be automatically emailed.
• Users can go to any machine in the same zone/time restriction and key in their plate number to find how much time is left and top up if required.
• Once paid, vehicles can move to another area - the credit will still apply if it is within the same zone/time restriction.
• Ease of use with one machine type across all paid parking areas (on-street parking as well as carparks).
• Common solution with Hastings providing greater consistency for the region as well as many other cities and towns across NZ.
• Reduction in on-street meters reducing footpath clutter by approximately 70%.
• The machines are solar powered.

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