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Address Finder and duplicate detection

Two optional admissions tools: verified addresses on forms, and merging learners who were entered twice.

Staff portalWho: Admissions staff and administratorsLast updated 3 September 2026

Duplicate Detection scans learner records for likely duplicates — matching on email, phone, last name plus date of birth, or NSN. You choose the record to keep; the duplicate's enrolments, invoices, attendance and other records are re-pointed onto it, missing details are backfilled, and the duplicate is retired. Re-scan runs it again; No duplicates found is the healthy state.

Duplicate Detection after a scan.
FIG. 1Duplicate Detection after a scan.

Address Finder tests the New Zealand address autocomplete that powers the address widget in public forms, so applicants enter accurate, validated addresses. Both are modules enabled under Administration → Modules.

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