COVID-19

Using the NZ COVID Tracer app

How to get started with each of NZ COVID Tracer’s main functions.

Last updated: 14 December 2021

The NZ COVID Tracer app lets you keep track of where you’ve been to make it easy for contact tracers to get hold of you if you’re exposed to COVID-19. Learn how to keep a digital diary, use Bluetooth, how alerts work, share your data with contact tracers and register your personal information.

In this section

  • Your digital diary

    Keep track of where you have been to make it easy for contact tracers if you test positive for COVID-19. Find out how to add diary entries, save locations and manage notifications Read more

  • Bluetooth tracing

    Bluetooth tracing allows you to create an anonymous record of the people you’ve been near. It is easy to use – you only need to turn it on once. Read more

  • NZ COVID Tracer alerts

    There are two types of alert that you might get in NZ COVID Tracer if you have been exposed to COVID-19. There are also some notifications that are sent by your operating system that don’t indicate you have been exposed to COVID-19. Read more

  • NZ COVID Tracer app NFC tags

    The Ministry of Health allows the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) tags with the NZ Covid Tracer app to record diary entries instead of scanning QR codes. Read more

  • Help with the NZ COVID Tracer app

    Further information about the NZ COVID Tracer app, including latest version, system requirements, how to update the app, and more. Read more

Page last updated: 14 December 2021

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