Use NZ COVID Tracer to keep a digital diary of the places you’ve been so contact tracing will go faster if it’s needed.

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Information links:

• Sign in
• Register your details
• Create your digital diary
• Sign up for contact alerts
• Share your digital diary with contact tracers
• New features coming soon

See also: NZ COVID Tracer walkthrough videos.

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Sign in

The first time you open NZ COVID Tracer, you’ll be asked to enter your email address and create a password. You’ll then receive an email with a 6-digit code that will allow you to complete the sign in process.

NZ COVID Tracer works with your phone’s password manager, which means you can choose to save the password securely on your phone so you don’t have to remember it every time you log in.

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Register your details

After signing in you can go to the Dashboard to:

• register your details
• let us know where you’re staying
• invite friends and whānau to download the app
• register your interest in features that will be added to the app in future updates.

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Create your digital diary

Once you’ve signed in you can start using NZ COVID Tracer to create a digital diary of the locations you visit.

Select the ‘Record a visit’ option. You can then either scan any Ministry of Health COVID-19 QR code poster or add a manual entry to your digital diary:

• To scan a QR code, simply point your camera at the code so it fits within the target area on the display of your phone.
• To add a manual entry, tap the ‘add manual entry’ option and fill in the form on the next page. You can enter the place or activity, the arrival date and time, and any further important details such as who you were with or what you were doing.

Your phone will vibrate and a green tick will appear to show that you have successfully added an entry to your digital diary.

You can view your digital diary at any time by tapping the icon on the top-left of the ‘Record a visit’ screen or by selecting ‘View my diary’ on the ‘My profile’ screen.

Read more about NZ COVID Tracer QR codes.

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Sign up for contact alerts

You can make sure you’re signed up for contact alerts by visiting the NZ COVID Tracer dashboard and checking the ‘Receive contact alerts’ tile.

• If you are an Android user, contact alerts will be enabled by default.
• iPhone users may have to enable contact alerts.

Once you are signed up for contact alerts, NZ COVID Tracer will let you know if you have checked into a location at the same time as a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19, so you can be on the watch for any symptoms and take appropriate steps to protect your friends and whānau.

Contact alerts work through ‘push notifications’ to your phone. Notifications will include information about the locations and timeframes where people may have been exposed to COVID-19. If there is a match with the information stored in your digital diary, you’ll receive a contact alert. This does not involve transmitting any location information from your phone to the Ministry of Health.