{"id":448958,"date":"2026-05-28T05:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448958\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:41:09","slug":"budget-2026-supergold-card-to-become-legal-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448958\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2026: SuperGold Card to become legal ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">Older New Zealanders will soon be able to use their SuperGold Card as a legal form of identification under changes announced at today&#8217;s Budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cBudget 2026 is funding the modernisation of the SuperGold Card to give users the free option to upgrade to a version that they can use as an accepted form of primary identification,\u201d Seniors Minister Casey Costello said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/player\/newsclip\/budget-2026-key-announcements-winners-and-trade-offs-explained\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Budget 2026: Key announcements, winners and trade-offs explained &#8211; see more on TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The upgraded card will feature a photo and increased security features, and will be at a standard required by banks and other service providers. It will be available as both a physical card and digital version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">It will be free to anyone over 65 \u2013 with the inclusion of a photograph remaining optional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/05\/28\/budget-2026-new-tax-changes-as-nz-to-return-to-surplus-sooner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Budget 2026: New tax changes as NZ to return to surplus sooner<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cMore than 900,000 New Zealanders are aged 65 and over and many do not have legal ID such as a driver licence or passport, which can limit their ability to access things like banking and legal services,&#8221; Costello said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The scheme will cost $36.4 million in operating funding and $6.5 million in capital funding over four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Rollout is expected from October 2028. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">In the meantime, photos could still be added by those who wanted them at the AA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Older New Zealanders will soon be able to use their SuperGold Card as a legal form of identification&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44640,2917,42,137,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-448958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-budget-2026","tag-cost-of-living","tag-headlines","tag-new-zealand-first","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}