Almost 4000 NZ drivers aged over 90

Nearly 4000 of the 3.2 million licensed drivers on New Zealand's roads are 90 or over - beginning life around the same time as Henry Ford's Model T entered production.

Of those, seven drivers were over 100 with the oldest being 104-year-old Ellen Noy, from Kaiapoi, figures released to the Otago Daily Times by the New Zealand Land Transport Agency show.

The numbers of license-holders dramatically increase as the drivers get younger, with those aged 40 to 44 making up the largest group, at 335,161 - suggesting an ever-increasing number of older drivers on the roads is just around the corner.

- NZPA