Government Tech Projects in Crisis | Auckland News

Government tech projects are crumbling under pressure — court audio-visual upgrades stalled, birth/death records system years behind, and a failed biometric project cost over $30 million. Top digital officials demand tighter control, calling current agency efforts fragmented, overlapping, and too big to succeed. A scrapped Civil Registration system lost $213 million, and the new version still hasn’t been approved — not even for Cabinet until next year. Meanwhile, the old, clunky system remains online, barely functional but legally compliant. Without consistent standards and funding, New Zealand’s digital infrastructure risks mounting technical debt and ballooning costs. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/69670baf53e75aa5