Stuff, 27 May 2006
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3681192a6160,00.html
"New Zealand's pioneering use of facial recognition technology in assessing passport applications is being heralded as a huge success. Since April 2005, the New Zealand Passport Office has been using CryptoMetrics facial recognition technology to assess new passport applications.
The manager of the New Zealand Passport Office, David Philp, said New Zealand was thought to be the first passport issuing authority in the world to use the United States-made technology in this capacity. "It's a first-line of defence to stop people committing fraud and assuming false identities to get a passport," he said. False passports are invaluable to those who are involved in international crime and possibly terrorist activity."
