Thought Leadership

Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) publishes and contributes to papers, research, reports and submissions that help advance an open, interoperable digital identity ecosystem for Aotearoa New Zealand—grounded in strong governance, legal certainty, and public trust.

DINZ sits at the intersection of technology, law, policy, and practice. Our role is not to promote a single solution, platform, or vendor, but to steward the conditions under which a trusted ecosystem can emerge and scale safely. We champion trust by design, not by promise—including privacy-enhancing approaches such as reference architecture, selective disclosure, and verifiable credentials, so people can prove only what is necessary without oversharing personal information.

Stakeholder Engagement

TitleDateDocument
Trust at the point of sale – Retail NZ presentation March 2026Presentation
DINZ Annual Meeting PresentationDecember 2025Presentation
DINZ Strategy Flyer 2025/2026October 2025Flyer
Letter to DIA – Kiwi Faces Project: Supporting the responsible adoption of Biometric Technology in New ZealandAugust 2025Letter
Papers to FintechNZ Innovation Roundtable series Oct 2024 – Feb 2025 by RegTechNZ (review and edit by DINZ).February 2025Papers
Offer of Assistance from Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) to Hon David SeymourSeptember 2024Letter
Briefing to Incoming Minister Hon Melissa LeeNovember 2023Briefing
Briefing to Incoming Minister Hon Judith CollinsNovember 2023Briefing
Briefing to Incoming Minister Hon Brooke van VeldenNovember 2023Briefing
Digital Identity NZ Manifesto 2023September 2023Manifesto
Digital Identity in Aotearoa: Identity and Trust in an Increasingly Digital New ZealandFebruary 2023Report
Inclusive and Ethical Use of Digital Identity (IEUDI)October 2022Paper
Digital Identity NZ Reflections on Select Committee ReportSeptember 2022Report
The Reliance and Reuse of Identity Verification for AML/CFT PurposesOctober 2020Report

Government Submissions

TitleDateSubmission
Identification Standards – Interim ReviewDecember 2025Submission
Digital Identity Services Trust Framework RegulationsTranche Two 2025Submission
Targeted Consultation: DISTF Amendment Rules 2025-1 April 2025Submission
Consultation on payments for the next generationApril 2025Submission
Statutory consultation paper for Biometric Processing Privacy CodeMarch 2025Submission
Customer and Product Data Bill – Open Banking Designation Regulations and StandardsOctober 2024Submission
Customer and Product Data BillSeptember 2024Submission
OPC Biometric Processing Privacy Code: Exposure Draft with accompanying Consultation Paper ( Draft | Consultation)May 2024Submission
Digital Identity Services Trust Framework RulesApril 2024Submission
DIA Targeted Engagement: DISTF Regulations (together with the summarised submissions received)February 2024Submission
Privacy Commission Consultation: A potential biometrics code of practice04 September 2023Submission
Privacy Commission Consultation on Biometrics30 September 2022Submission
Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill16 December 2021Oral Submission
Review of the AML/CFT Act3 December 2021Submission
Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill2 December 2021Submission
Digital Identity NZ Comments on OPC Position on BiometricsSeptember 2021Submission