South Island car dealer sentenced for Clean Car Discount fraud

Wednesday 10 September 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated Wed 10 Sep 2025, 3:18pm

Hamish Gardyne has been sentenced to nine months of home detention for dishonestly claiming Clean Car Discount rebates. Between March and April 2023, the dealer applied for $410,550 in rebates by falsely claiming 119 Nissan Leaf vehicles were demonstration cars.

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1. 1NewsWed 10 Sep 2025, 1:12pm

   South Island car dealer sentenced for defrauding Clean Car Discount (opens in new tab)

2. RNZWed 10 Sep 2025, 2:05pm

   South Island car dealer sentenced for falsely claiming Clean Car rebate on 119 cars (opens in new tab)

3. NZ HeraldWed 10 Sep 2025, 3:18pm

   Dunedin car dealer sentenced for Clean Car Discount fraud totalling $410k (opens in new tab)