One Register to Rule them All: what Stats NZ is planning behind closed doors

One Register to Rule them All: what Stats NZ is planning behind closed doors

Part one of a four part investigation by Bonnie Flaws. Read parts two, three and four. StatsNZ is creating a Persistent Unique IdentIfier (PUI) for each citizen to track them over time in an Integrated Statistical Data System – or ‘Statistical Register’. The new system will link business, location and population registers giving a nearly …