Kia ora, A Farewell Message This is the final DINZ newsletter under my watch, but if the writing style seems familiar in April’s newsletter you’ll know that AI has been deployed or my successor hasn’t been fully onboarded 🙂. It’s been a blast, it really has! I’m satisfied with DINZ’s development under my tenure. No regrets. …
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2025 is well underway with a healthy mix of activity, excitement and opportunity, Digital Trust included.
27 February 2025
Ngā mihi nui kia koutou katoa, warm greetings to you. I do hope you’ve had some R&R over the holiday break. However long it was, it’s never long enough! DINZ has powered into the New Year early with its traditional Summer Series, which started last week to take advantage of global standards expert and my …
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A warm welcome to our newest members: api connects, Deloitte, and SushLabs.
21 November 2024
Kia ora, October may bring Halloween, but I’m calling it “Crazy-month” with the whirlwind of activity – whether it’s the lead-up to Christmas or gearing up for the second half of the financial year ending in March. At Digital Identity NZ (DINZ), we’re delivering on the present while planning ahead for an even bigger and …
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Kia ora, Recent weather extremes in Aotearoa reminds us of life’s delicate balance. As I gaze at our last daffodils and watch the remaining lamb playing in the paddock – having sadly lost two to the cold earlier in the month – I’m reminded of the circle of life. This theme resonates with the recent …
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If Tina had been in the Oceania Room at Te Papa Tongarewa last Tuesday, and for the two Digital Trust Hui Taumata that preceded it, like some of you were, I think this would have been her observation.
21 August 2024
The Digital Identity Services Trust Framework (DISTF) Act took effect on the first day of the month, and included the establishment and implementation of the Regulator, the Trust Framework Authority. The launch was rather low-key, with the only discernible signal from the Department of Internal Affairs being updates to their digital government web pages to reflect this milestone.
24 July 2024
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to be personally invited by Joerg Resch to attend Europe’s flagship digital ID conference in Berlin, EIC 2024.
26 June 2024
Digital ID has been increasingly in the news lately, as Australia begins to ramp up its systems pilots development following the passing of legislation. In Aotearoa there’s been a lot happening too as Minister Collins opened this year’s Summit where DINZ was on stage later.
23 May 2024
April brings change in many forms - not just shorter days and falling leaves from our deciduous trees.
24 April 2024
If the first two months of 2024 for Digital Identity NZ are anything to go by, this year is certainly turning out to be every bit as busy as 2023.
20 March 2024
