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Hi there,
As Aucklanders cross fingers, touch wood and pray to the heavens for news of a move down to Level 3 next week (or else), they, along with the rest of the country, are pondering what a vaccinated future looks like.
With international travel, door entry for large public events and even some jobs all likely to require proof of vaccination, questions are swirling on whether those annoyingly-larger-than-credit-card-sized, 'not-official-government-document' purple vaccination certificates will cut it.
We've done a bit of digging and can reveal that, despite indications to the contrary, this government is thinking beyond eliminating Delta. While across the ditch digital certificates are being issued now, our electronic vaccination certificates won’t be here until ‘around December’. And plans are apparently 'on track' – despite the current outbreak – for New Zealand to begin a staged opening up of the border next year.
In the meantime, vaccination passports are sure to raise plenty of debate with concerns over privacy, equity, ethics and the potential for creep already being hotly debated elsewhere.
But if you want to just get on and embrace the benefits of technology, you might do well to make certain you provide your vaccinator with that magic little code called your NHI. It may just be the key that unlocks your future.
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz
In this issue
> Vaccine passports: The good, the bad and the ugly
> Transformation, one broken process at a time
> A/NZ ICT spend stable, returning to growth
> The cost of legacy tech for mid-market business
> Making computer coding as easy as natural language
> AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Vaccine passports: The good, the bad and the ugly
E-vaxpassports on their way…
The certificates will be recognised ‘by as many countries as possible’.
Transformation, one broken process at a time
Take one big broken process and fix it…
“Do that one thing.”
A/NZ ICT spend stable, returning to growth
But big business is accelerating spend…
"Emerging technologies are now firmly on the government’s radar.”
The cost of legacy tech for mid-market business
A/NZ businesses losing $2m+/year in lost productivity…
“It is critical to adapt and invest in technologies to future-proof not only productivity, but also profitability.”
Making computer coding as easy as natural language
OpenAI’s tool to multiply programmers…
“You can issue commands in English to any piece of software with an API.”
AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
A number of online services, including banks and NZ Post have been hit by outages which took their systems offline early this week.
New Zealand’s digital competitiveness has slumped 70 points in the European Centre for Digital Competitiveness analysis.
NZ suffered a major internet outage as a Vocus customer was hit by DDoS attack.
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