License to Drive

Name: License to Drive
Released: 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

A group of New Zealanders with disability from different walks of life learn to drive. The learner drivers, alongside family members and driving instructors, deal with emotional highs and lows as they learn to drive and gain more independence.

2025 · 22m

Director Candida Beveridge

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

On the Kapiti Coast, Mathias Bridgman learns to drive with his feet; in Kaukapakapa, identical twins Max and James Leon's drive around the farm takes a turn.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Sassy Wellington teen Charlotte Bootsma takes her first lesson with a professional instructor; polio survivor Kashif Amanullah feels determined to keep a promise he made to his kids.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

A group of New Zealanders with disability from different walks of life learn to drive. The learner drivers, alongside family members and driving instructors, deal with emotional highs and lows as they learn to drive and gain more independence.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

In Christchurch, Ava Hurst hopes pioneering new technology will allow her to get behind the wheel; born with Down syndrome, Xervier Doney learns to drive with his dad, Paul.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

After a fall left him a quadriplegic, Sam Fitness re-learns how to drive, this time with voice-activated indicators and hand controls; Ryan Bohea eagerly waits for something important.
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Lucy Croft, who lives with cerebral palsy, hopes to regain her confidence on the road; after losing his arm in a machinery accident, Stormy Phillips desperately wants to get back to work.