{"id":183567,"date":"2025-12-14T02:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T02:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/183567\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T02:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T02:45:20","slug":"government-unveils-app-but-next-year-it-becomes-new-zealands-digital-id-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/183567\/","title":{"rendered":"Government unveils app, but next year it becomes New Zealand\u2019s digital ID platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Summarised by <a href=\"https:\/\/centrist.nz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Centrist<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The government has launched its new Govt.nz app, marketed as a convenient place to find information, bookmark services, and receive emergency alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">However, the real transformation arrives next year. Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins told RNZ\u2019s Morning Report that digital driver\u2019s licences and other identity credentials will be added once legislation passes early in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The identity functions cannot go live until then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Collins said the app is voluntary, secure, and \u201cthe very first iteration\u201d, with updates scheduled every six to eight weeks. She describes the release as an \u201cimportant milestone\u201d in building a \u201cfuture-ready\u201d public service, and the government\u2019s press statement confirms a planned \u201cdigital wallet\u201d to store licences and qualifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In plain terms, the app is being positioned to become the country\u2019s central digital ID platform, with future phases pairing identity functions with secure messaging and notifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Collins argues this shift enhances privacy through government encryption and stresses the app has no tracking capability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For now, the app is little more than a set of shortcuts. But by late next year, core identity documents are expected to be hosted on Govt.nz, turning a basic app into digital ID infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read more over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beehive.govt.nz\/release\/government-app-launched-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Beehive<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/581506\/government-launches-one-stop-shop-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RNZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/centrist.nz\/sign-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Receive our free newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summarised by Centrist The government has launched its new Govt.nz app, marketed as a convenient place to find&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-183567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}