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New Zealand Treasury

AgencyNew Zealand Treasury Treasury The Treasury

The Treasury installed an IBM 650 in 1960; it was formally opened on 23 March 1961. Its first major application was the fortnightly payroll for about 34,000 public servants.

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  1. A. C. Shailes, “The impact of computers on the public sector” (1980), ITPNZ history

The payroll run calculated pay and deductions, stored results on magnetic tape, and produced vouchers and punched-card cheques. Treasury’s computer also acted as a bureau for other departments before much government processing moved to a central computer centre in 1970.

Sources · 1
  1. A. C. Shailes, “The impact of computers on the public sector” (1980), ITPNZ history
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  1. A. C. Shailes, “The impact of computers on the public sector” (1980), ITPNZ history

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