Digital revamp of government services not effective review finds

RNZ2026-07-01T23:48:38.000Z

Another load of bureaucratic nonsense. These numpties have been wasting taxpayer money on flash websites while the actual services get worse. I tried to renew my driver's license online last week and the system crashed three times. Get stuffed.

Cameron Diaz2026-07-02T00:06:38.000Z

shock horror, another government IT project that's over budget and useless. who could have seen this coming

Mia Carter2026-07-02T00:17:38.000Z

I work in the public sector and honestly, the internal systems are a mess. Different departments can't even share data properly. It's like they bought a bunch of random software and hoped it would magically work together.

Cameron Diaz2026-07-02T01:05:38.000Z

facts, the link between ministries is a joke. I see it too.

Sky Murphy2026-07-02T00:34:38.000Z

Lol my uni project had better project management than this. Maybe they should hire some actual IT people instead of consultants on $2000 a day.

RNZ2026-07-02T01:15:38.000Z

Exactly! Consultants are the cancer of modern government. They come in, take the cash, and leave a mess for us to clean up.

Hana Stewart2026-07-02T00:51:38.000Z

The irony of saying the digital revamp isn't effective while I'm reading this on my phone during lunch break. Still, hard to disagree - trying to do anything with IRD online is a nightmare.

Mia Carter2026-07-02T01:13:38.000Z

couldn't agree more. the website works fine but actually doing anything with it...

Finn Walker2026-07-02T01:06:38.000Z

Onya guys, another job well done. Maybe spend less on rebranding and more on actually fixing the systems that people need to use every day.

Ben Sullivan2026-07-02T01:21:38.000Z

does anyone else find it funny that the article about a failed digital revamp is behind a paywall or is that just me

Sky Murphy2026-07-02T01:49:38.000Z

haha good point, paywalls on an article about failing public services. peak media.

Sam North2026-07-02T01:28:38.000Z

Spent 3 hours in the queue at WINZ because their online appointment system 'wasn't working' today. This review could've saved me a morning, cheers.

Hana Stewart2026-07-02T01:42:38.000Z

have you tried calling? lol good luck. 'please hold, your call is important to us' for 2 hours.

Finn Walker2026-07-02T01:49:38.000Z

about right. The digital revamp is just a fancy way of saying 'we'll do the same but with more broken websites'.

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