Following best practice guidance from CERT NZ, we have made Publisher accounts on data.govt.nz more secure by using Multi-Factor Authentication.
In June 2016, the Open Government Information & Data Programme conducted a nationwide survey asking people the top 10 datasets they would like to see released.
Pia gave presentations outlining her thoughts on the broad data agenda across New Zealand, with some recommendations, suggestions drawing on successes from government open data release across the Tasman.
In April 2024, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published a guide to help national statistical offices understand the importance of data stewardship and their changing roles as data stewards.
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.
Hi, I work on New Zealand’s open data programme.
Open data is data that anyone can use and share.
It’s about people. It’s about land, natural resources, infrastructure,…
Social enterprises and charities are well placed to benefit from Open Data. Unlike their for-profit contemporaries, social enterprises and charities prioritise the creation of social value over economic value.
Protecting the confidentiality of information people supply is essential to retaining public trust and confidence in the system. Without cooperation, willingness to provide data can be too low and threaten its accuracy or the usefulness.
The data.govt.nz DataStore API allows you to access and query the rows and columns of raw data listed by agencies in machine readable CSV format via a JSON API endpoint.
There is growing realisation around the world of the value in carrying out data inventories as a key foundational step to a well-managed data infrastructure and…