Open data is a core component of our world’s increasing digital economy, providing opportunity to generate significant social and economic benefits to our society.
In July 2020, the ‘Algorithm charter for Aotearoa New Zealand’ was released with the intention of increasing public confidence and visibility on the use of algorithms…
This guidance note provides practical advice for agencies when selecting the formats for releasing public information and data for re-use in accordance with the NZ Government Open…
This guide provides expanded information about the Data capability framework, including the levels of capability, descriptions of use, and example use cases.
In November 2021 we wrote about co-developing NZ’s first transport sector open data framework and we're excited to announce that it's now live and ready for…
The capabilities in their 7 possible categories. Each of these categories relates to a stage in the data lifecycle. This view is useful if you want to focus in on a particular category to assess an individual or a team.
Some big changes are underway that will have very positive impacts on open government data in New Zealand.
Guidance and tutorials on using the data.govt.nz catalogue to publish open data listings. This includes a helpful checklist, general user help and specific 'how to' articles for New Zealand government agencies listing open datasets.
Obviously, data.govt.nz often includes numbers, dates, and times. To ensure that these are easy to read and understand, we follow clear rules and guidelines.
NumbersIn general:
we use…
This draft guide explains what data and information management principles are, and outlines the principles used in the New Zealand government context.