Police are developing a suite of activities to ensure any emerging technologies, such as Facial Recognition Technology, are well understood, publicly accepted, and if need be, regulated. It is also critical that any impacts of technology are understood from a Te Ao Māori perspective.
The New Zealand Open Data Meetups, despite COVID-19 lockdown, were able to safely gather and talk about experiences, data frustrations and ideas to help in these unusual times.
There are many terms used on data.govt.nz that could be spelt, capitalised, or swapped with other terms. We use the following list to keep our language…
This guide provides expanded information about the Data capability framework, including the levels of capability, descriptions of use, and example use cases.
Getting started
Don’t repeat yourself
Where and how to publicly release your code?
What to include in your first code release
Working in the open
Safe configuration practices
Release early and often
Version…
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…
New videos by Stats NZ brings panellists together to examine and debate Māori perspectives about the way we collect, share, and use data.
This report summarises the self assessments of fourteen government agencies and their use of algorithms, focusing on areas that most directly impact decisions related to people.
Algorithm…