Revealed: the Spark subsidiary building NZ’s vaccine certificates

Revealed: the Spark subsidiary building NZ’s vaccine certificates
Vaccine certificates are the key to NZ's lockdowns ending. (Image: Deposit Photos)
Henry Burrell
The secret of who is building the vital vaccine certificate system that will allow vaccinated New Zealanders to travel, attend concerts and enter shops, pubs and restaurants has finally been unveiled.The Ministry of Health disclosed late this afternoon that Auckland tech company Mattr, a subsidiary of telco Spark, is in charge of the build.Domestic and international covid-19 vaccine certificates are essential to the government’s plan to relax lockdown restrictions in NZ, open the Auckland border, and allow the country to return to a sembl...

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