We describe the process for mandating data standards, including the groups involved in mandating standards, the proposed topics and candidates, how you can engage with the process, why it was changed, and compliance with the previous standards.
Stats NZ has produced a series of short videos to help de-mystify their role of stewarding data and raise awareness of how they're supporting agencies to use data more effectively.
This paper explores barriers currently preventing agencies from providing more open data that is comparable and interoperable.
The 'COVID-19 data and information activity catalogue' describes data and information work currently underway across the system. The catalogue is managed by the Stats NZ COVID-19 data collaboration team.
Organisations have different requirements for protecting data confidentiality, privacy, and security. A newly-released report documents best practice principles for technical experts and managers who supply and use data in New Zealand.
What do you think data.govt.nz should provide, now and in the future? Tell us what you think, and what you want, by completing our short survey – it will only take 3-5 minutes.
Symbols, currency, and abbreviations help us communicate faster with those who know, but they also increase the risk of confusing people who aren't familiar. The following…
The Open Data NZ team is releasing two updates: one looking back over the last six months, and one looking at the next six.
An early paper on the data flow model, with a particular emphasis on how it was being implemented at Stats NZ. This paper was written by…
New Zealand signed up to the Open Data Charter in 2017. This page provides an overview of our approach to implementing the Charter.