43060 (2025). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister for Digitising Government

Written Question
Published date: 11 Sep 2025
43060 (2025). Chlöe Swarbrick to the Minister for Digitising Government: Is the Government planning to, or has the Government, procured AI services from Google?
Hon Judith Collins: I do not have visibility of all procurement of Google AI services by individual government agencies. Five use cases, with Google as a partner or supplier, were reported by four government agencies through the 2025 AI Survey: • Department of Internal Affairs • Kāinga Ora Homes & Communities • Ministry of Ethnic Communities • Stats NZ Of the five use cases identified: • two at plan and design stage, • one at build and use model stage, and • two at operate and continue to monitor stage.