When tourists are travelling around New Zealand, there is a vast amount of information they need to access including where to stay and what to see. This is where the handy Nest Finder app comes in.
LINZ Data Service (LDS) holds more than 40 groupings of data on New Zealand’s land and sea.
CamperMate is a smart phone application created by a company called Mogeo, and is available at www.campermate.co.nz providing information about local facilities to campers/travellers throughout New Zealand.
Historic geological maps, fossils, volcanos, geomagnetism and Pokemon Go... Learn about the treasure trove of data that GNS Science care for and have made discoverable for you.
GeoNet provide free access to high quality and timely data and information for emergency management, research, industry use and to the public.
Mogeo, an app development company based in Christchurch, creates mobile application solutions to business delivery problems clients have identified.
LINZ releases two forms of GNSS data from the PositioNZ network; static data and real-time data. The static data is used by surveyors to determine accurate positions once they have returned from the field, a technique called post-processing.
The app contains: Tide timetables using the Nautical Almanac from Land Information NZ, Boat ramps, 5 knot zones, mooring zones, etc from each council Notices to Mariners from each council and from Land Information NZ, Bylaws from each council.
The following articles are from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's March 2026 newsletter.
Background
Ministerial press release: Guidelines unlock govt software for innovation
Loomio discussion: NZGOAL Software Extension
Case study: NZGOAL Software Extension consultation process
Consultation archive and analytics report | data pack
NZGOAL software extension…