How digital identity could free us from big tech dependency

ANALYSIS: Being able to offer a smartphone-based ID to enter your favourite nightclub will soon be a reality, but the use cases for our nascent digital trust framework go much deeper.

WATCH: NBR senior journalist Will Mace speaks with Simon Shepherd.

Will Mace Mon, 01 Sep 2025

At TechWeek in May this year, the Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins promised an “all of government” app would be in the palm of our hands by the end of the year.

In addition to promising to improve the way people interact with the Government, the app will act as a “digital

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