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New Zealand to trial Bluetooth-enabled CovidCard in community

6 August 2020
By Kate McDonald

New Zealand will go ahead with a community-wide trial of the Bluetooth-enabled CovidCard technology in Rotorua as an adjunct to its NZ COVID Tracer app.

The NZ government funded a trial of CovidCard run by the University of Otago in conjunction with the Nelson Marlborough DHB during the lockdown period and found it had benefits, Digital Services Minister Kris Faafoi said.

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