Turning Point for Trust: New Zealand’s Opportunity in the Age of AI
What if New Zealand could lead the world in digital trust—on our terms? In a powerful international keynote at the 2025 Digital Trust Hui Taumata, James Monaghan offered a compelling vision for Aotearoa: becoming the world’s first truly decentralised credential ecosystem.
Identity as Dignity: Putting People at the Centre of Digital Trust
What if identity systems weren’t just about access—but about dignity and belonging? That was the powerful message from Christopher Goh’s keynote at the 2025 Digital Trust Hui Taumata.
Seamless Hospitality: How Digital Identity Can Transform Everyday Transactions
At the Digital Trust Hui Taumata in Wellington, the conversation turned to hospitality—where the stakes are high, the margins are tight, and the customer experience matters more than ever.
Building Trust in the Age of AI Agents and Machine Identity
At the Digital Trust Hui Taumata 2025 in Wellington, a panel of futurists, technologists, and educators tackled one of the most urgent challenges in tech today: how to build trust in automated systems.
Digital Signatures: Unlocking Productivity Across Aotearoa’s Key Sectors
At the Digital Trust Hui Taumata in Wellington, a high-energy panel explored how digital signatures are transforming major sectors—from agriculture to healthcare, education to finance.
Leave your wallet at home this summer? It’s totally doable.
At the launch event for Techweek 2025, Hon Judith Collins KC, Minister for Digitising Government, announced plans for an ‘all-of-government’ app – or, as it was described, “a secure digital space where New Zealanders could receive notifications, store digital credentials and access services.”
My Digital Utopia
For most of us it’s hard to imagine a life without digital – without a smart phone, a laptop, or endless access to online services. We get a bit grumpy when something can’t be done online (and this coming from a person who goes bush for days without any mobile reception!)
5 Signs It’s Time to Modernise Your Workforce IAM Solution
In today’s dynamic and increasingly digital work environment, your identity and access management (IAM) solution must be more than just reliable—it must be secure, scalable, and forward-thinking. As cyber threats escalate and organisations embrace hybrid and remote work models, outdated IAM systems can introduce unnecessary risk, inefficiencies, and compliance issues.
Verified Credentials and the Future of Digital Signing
We’re living through a perfect storm of digital deception, with AI-generated fraud, synthetic identities, and deepfake attacks creating unprecedented business risks.
Meanwhile, traditional identity verification methods often burden users with time-consuming processes and impose significant operational costs on businesses.
Unlocking the Future of Banking: The Power of Digital Identity and Verified Credentials in Aotearoa
In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, the way New Zealanders interact with their banks is undergoing a profound transformation. At the heart of this change lies a powerful enabler: the integration of digital identity and verified credentials into end-to-end banking experience. This shift is not just about convenience, it’s about building a safer, smarter, and more inclusive financial ecosystem for all.