Vehicle insurance in New Zealand

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My youngest son has just phoned from New Zealand to say that he's hired a camper van and that there's no compulsory third party insurance. When I picked myself up from the floor, I remembered something from university days about New Zealand having a no fault state insurance system funded by levies and general taxation.

Does this mean that there's really no need for motor insurance in New Zealand save for vehicle damage?
 

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An old housemate who's parents are now NZ citizens said the same thing. I don't know of the other things he said whether they are true are not but it sounded like they do everything differently, some good, some bad...
 
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