Country pack
New Zealand PII detection: IRD number
Short answer
Maskflare's New Zealand pack has 6 detectors. 2 validate a check digit or letter, 1 tests layout or an embedded date, 3 match on pattern alone.
What the New Zealand pack covers
The New Zealand pack holds 6 detectors: Bank account number, IRD number, IRD number, unformatted, Passport number, Phone number and Postal code. 2 of them recompute a check digit or letter, 1 tests layout or an embedded date only, 3 are pattern-only, and 3 wait for a keyword before they match.
| Detector | Category | Validation | Valid example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank account number | bank account number (IBAN) | Pattern only | 12-3140-0123456-00 |
| IRD number | tax ID | Checksum | 49-091-850 |
| IRD number, unformatted | tax ID | Checksum | 49091850 |
| Passport number | ID document number | Pattern only | LA123456 |
| Phone number | phone number | Layout rules | +64 9 123 4567 |
| Postal code | postal code | Pattern only | 6011 |
Every New Zealand detector in detail
Bank account number
A bank account identifier. Validation: the pattern only, with no checksum or structural validator. Valid example: 12-3140-0123456-00.
IRD number
A tax identifier. Validation: a modulus 11 check digit with a second set of weights, and a numeric range of 10,000,000 to 150,000,000. Valid example: 49-091-850; the same shape that fails is 49-091-851.
IRD number, unformatted
A tax identifier. Validation: a modulus 11 check digit with a second set of weights, and a numeric range of 10,000,000 to 150,000,000. It needs one of 5 keywords within 48 characters before the value, such as inland revenue, ird, ird no, ird number. Valid example: 49091850; the same shape that fails is 49091851.
Passport number
An identity document number. Validation: the pattern only, with no checksum or structural validator. It needs one of 7 keywords within 48 characters before the value, such as document number, id card, id no, id number. Valid example: LA123456.
Phone number
A telephone number in the national format. Validation: between 7 and 15 digits, the range an international number can have. Valid example: +64 9 123 4567.
Postal code
A postal code, which identifies a place rather than a person on its own. Validation: the pattern only, with no checksum or structural validator. It needs one of 6 keywords within 48 characters before the value, such as post code, postal code, postcode, zip. Valid example: 6011.
Local-language context words for New Zealand
These are the words in the catalogue that confirm a value as belonging to this country's detector. Shared English words such as ID number or tax id are left out here because many packs use them; a word below points at this pack even when other packs are on.
- IRD number, unformatted:
inland revenue,ird,ird no,ird number,tax number - Passport number:
document number,id card,id no,id number,identity card,identity number,passport - Postal code:
post code,postal code,postcode,zip,zip code,zipcode
How Maskflare masks New Zealand identifiers
Detections are replaced with a token such as mf_mask_d7e0 before the request goes to the AI provider, and with response restoration turned on the real value is put back in the answer. The other actions are redact, partial, hash, format-preserving encryption, generalize, alert and block.
- Protect now, Finance - Protect now, Healthcare and Developer: mask (a reversible token) when New Zealand is a primary country.
- Monitor first: alert (counted, forwarded unchanged) when New Zealand is a primary country.
None of the compliance profiles (HIPAA Safe Harbor, GDPR (EU/EEA), UK GDPR, PCI DSS v4.0, US PII (CCPA/CPRA) and Swiss nDSG health data) includes the New Zealand pack. Its detectors run when New Zealand is chosen as a primary country or the pack is enabled directly.
Limits worth knowing
- A passing checksum shows that a value is well formed, not that it was issued to a real person. The examples on this page pass for that reason and are not real.
- 3 of the 6 detectors here match on pattern alone (Bank account number, Passport number and Postal code), so they can match text that merely has the same shape.
- Detectors read the text of the request. A value inside an image is found only after OCR, and a value split across lines is not one match.
- Names, addresses and free-text details are handled by other packs. This page is limited to the New Zealand identifiers.
Frequently asked questions
What does Maskflare detect for New Zealand?
6 detectors: Bank account number, IRD number, IRD number, unformatted, Passport number, Phone number and Postal code.
Are New Zealand identifiers masked by default?
They are masked when New Zealand is chosen as a primary country (the default Protect now template uses the action mask), or when the pack is turned on directly. A country pack is not on for organisations that did not choose the country.
Which New Zealand identifiers have a checksum?
IRD number and IRD number, unformatted.
Do the New Zealand detectors need keywords?
3 of them do: IRD number, unformatted, Passport number and Postal code.
Rules on this page describe what Maskflare's detectors and validators check. They are read from the detection catalogue and are not the specification of the body that issues the identifier. Examples are synthetic.