Data.govt.nz adopted an international data harvesting open standard (data.json) to automate agency dataset updates and additions. There are tools available to help generate the correct format and the open standard data schema is detailed with examples.
The Salvation Army has published its independent monitoring report, ‘State of the Nation’, for the past eight years. This aims to encourage public debate around New Zealand’s social progress.
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.
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The data confidentiality report which looks at best practice principles and methodology-related content, produced by Stats NZ.
The toolkit provides access to guidance, resources, and tools to help people and organisations to steward data effectively.
The rules and guidelines for punctuation and grammar on data.govt.nz - these aim to increase the accessibility, readability, and usability of information.
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Stats NZ hosted it’s final Raraunga Ara Rau session for 2023. You can read about the event here.
New Zealand has several pieces of policy that have been endorsed by the Cabinet to support open government and the release of open data. These policies and principles are helpful to understand to support agency discussions relating to opening up data and improving transparency.
Guidance provided by the Data Ethics Advisory Group.
Learn about the lifecycle of a dataset, and data management plans (DMP), why they are important, and how to write one.