01 April 2025
Specialists from different fields in the digital identity ecosystem have shed light on what it takes to be accredited for New Zealand’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework (DISTF). They shared … Continue reading "Transparency and trust present biggest impacts to digital identity in 2020"
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27 February 2025
2025 is well underway with a healthy mix of activity, excitement and opportunity, Digital Trust included.
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02 December 2024
Source: Biometric Update Website Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) hosted a discussion led by NEC New Zealand on “Facial Recognition and CCTV Integration in Retail Security” this week, with a panel including … Continue reading "Transparency and trust present biggest impacts to digital identity in 2020"
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21 November 2024
A warm welcome to our newest members: api connects, Deloitte, and SushLabs.
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08 November 2024
Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) is pleased to see the Government’s latest steps toward establishing safe and secure digital identity services, with the official publication of the Digital Identity Services … Continue reading "Transparency and trust present biggest impacts to digital identity in 2020"
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The importance of transparency and trust will present the biggest changes and impacts relating to digital identity for New Zealanders in 2020, Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) says. Andrew Weaver, the executive director of DINZ, says a major trend this year will be the continuing emergence of
January 28, 2020
‘Trust, but verify’ was a favourite saying of Ronald Reagan, and interestingly (given his era) was adapted from a Russian proverb. Trust is one of the key issues facing digital identity as we move into the 2020s. We are currently operating in an environment of low trust, if not mistrust
January 22, 2020
Aotearoa New Zealand has a golden opportunity now at the start of a new decade to demonstrate a truly inclusive digital identity environment, Digital Identity New Zealand executive director Andrew Weaver says. Such is New Zealand’s progress, he says he is already seeing interest in what is bei
January 6, 2020
Meri Kirihimete and season’s greetings to you all. We’re rapidly approaching the end of the year, and indeed the end of the decade! Last week we had the opportunity to reflect on the first year of Digital Identity NZ at our Annual Meeting. As with most new ventures, we’ve had our
December 18, 2019
We were delighted to be part of the recent Air New Zealand ‘OnPoint’ event, exploring the concept of The Digital New Zealander. You can see Digital Identity NZ's Executive Director Andrew Weaver’s presentation here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwa1XtoRVjs
December 17, 2019
Digital Identity New Zealand held its launch event in Auckland a year ago this month. Much has happened in the past 12 months: We’re delighted with what we have been able to achieve, yet we are very much aware that we are still in the foundational stages of working together on a fully fun
November 20, 2019
It has been one year since Digital Identity New Zealand launched in November 2018. We are thrilled with what Digital Identity NZ has achieved in our first year: Our progress would not be possible without the commitment and involvement from our members, so thank you to everyone for being
November 18, 2019
Kia ora Readers, We are looking forward to hosting David Birch back in New Zealand for the Digital Identity Summit in Wellington today. David’s commentary on digital identity is always insightful and unrepentantly challenging. Timing couldn’t be better from a&
October 16, 2019
Kia ora Readers, August saw Digital Identity NZ co-host our first conference, Identity as Taonga, alongside Victoria University, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). The conference attracted over 200 delegates and a divers
September 18, 2019
The Identity as Taonga Conference was hosted at Victoria University in Wellington in August. The two-day event attracted over 200 delegates and a diverse range of local and international speakers and panel topics. Here are a selection of the presentations from the conference. https://www.yo
September 16, 2019
Nearly 80 percent of New Zealanders are worried about how their identity is managed online, Digital Identity NZ executive director Andrew Weaver will tell the inaugural New Zealand digital identity conference in Wellington next month. A total of 85 percent of people simply do not know what organ
September 16, 2019
Kia ora Readers Collaborative working groups are the engine rooms of the Digital Identity NZ community. We can thank the Drive group for producing our benchmark research, the Design group for facilitating our June workshop and for starting to roll out our firs
August 21, 2019