<s>
The	O
NZ	B-Application
Pass	I-Application
Verifier	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
New	O
Zealand	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
for	O
businesses	O
and	O
organisations	O
to	O
scan	O
and	O
verify	O
their	O
customers	O
 '	O
My	O
Vaccine	O
Pass	O
certificates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
23	O
November	O
2021	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NZ	B-Application
Pass	I-Application
Verifier	I-Application
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
on	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
including	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
works	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
with	O
an	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
system	O
or	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pass	O
Verifier	O
also	O
operates	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
with	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
6.0	I-Application
system	O
or	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NZ	B-Application
Pass	I-Application
Verifier	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
tech	O
company	O
MATTR	O
under	O
a	O
Health	O
Ministry	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
address	O
this	O
shortcoming	O
,	O
computer	O
systems	O
engineer	O
and	O
University	O
of	O
Auckland	O
research	O
fellow	O
Dr	O
Andrew	O
Chen	O
has	O
recommended	O
using	O
photo	O
identification	O
and	O
the	O
NZ	B-Application
COVID	I-Application
Tracer	I-Application
app	O
to	O
supplement	O
these	O
two	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NZ	B-Application
Pass	I-Application
Verifier	I-Application
was	O
first	O
launched	O
on	O
23	O
November	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
November	O
,	O
Director-General	O
of	O
Health	O
Ashley	O
Bloomfield	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
NZ	B-Application
Pass	I-Application
Verifier	I-Application
would	O
not	O
be	O
compulsory	O
for	O
all	O
businesses	O
to	O
use	O
;	O
superseding	O
an	O
earlier	O
Government	O
announcement	O
that	O
all	O
businesses	O
had	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Business	O
Wairarapa	O
general	O
manager	O
Nicola	O
Belsham	O
helped	O
promote	O
awareness	O
of	O
the	O
NZ	B-Application
Pass	I-Application
Verifier	I-Application
app	O
among	O
local	O
businesses	O
in	O
the	O
Wairarapa	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
