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New Zealand
New Zealand has no national ID card; RealMe is the government's voluntary verified-identity service under a new Trust Framework law, with first providers accredited in January 2026. In March 2026 it formally rejected the 2024 IHR amendments. In October 2026 the Reserve Bank paused its digital cash proposal.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in New Zealand
- Program
- RealMe; Digital Identity Services Trust Framework
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- No national ID card
- Biometrics
- No
- Law
- Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Act 2023; Regulations 2024
There is no national ID card. The Department of Internal Affairs runs RealMe and the Trust Framework Authority, which accredits digital identity providers. Search reporting says the first accreditations were granted in January 2026 and that DIA is seeking accreditation for its own services; I could not open the DIA pages to confirm.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
The Reserve Bank paused development of its digital cash proposal, reported 13 October 2026, to focus on payments modernisation. It had aimed for digital cash by 2030. A 2024 consultation drew over 18,000 responses, and the tracker says more than 90 percent voiced concern about government control.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-10-13Pushback
The Reserve Bank paused its digital cash work. Otago Daily Times ↗
- 2026-03-17Pushback
Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced New Zealand rejected the 2024 IHR amendments, citing sovereignty. Chris Lynch Media — Government rejects WHO pandemic rule changes ↗
- 2026-01Rolling it out
The Trust Framework Authority was reported to have accredited its first digital identity providers. Digital Identity NZ — Trust framework ↗
- 2024-12Pushback
The Reserve Bank released consultation results on digital cash showing over 18,000 responses. Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker — New Zealand ↗
- 2023Pushback
Cabinet rejected the 2022 IHR Article 59 amendments to allow a national interest test, per the Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health — Amending the IHR ↗
UN and WHO
How New Zealand has voted
- WHO
- Rejected the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 79.5 · rank 27 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 1
Rejected 2024 IHR amendments in March 2026.
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- +1Rejected the WHO's 2024 health-rule changes source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.