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.