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.
The Data and Statistics Act 2022 is a critical enabler for moving forward; ensuring transparency and trust in the decisions we make on behalf of Aotearoa. Read more about how the new Act will deliver a robust, future-focused data and statistics system.
Standards that will become mandatory for government departments have been selected for Māori business, ethnicity, Māori descent and iwi. Read more about what standards have been selected and next steps here.
We’re excited to announce that the data.govt.nz makeover is very nearly finished – from early 2019, the site will look quite different, and have some more exciting (we think) changes under the hood.
The mandated standard to be used to format date of birth data for sharing purposes.
Data.govt.nz helps people discover, collect, manage, use, share, re-use data. Learn about our history, the technology we use, and the partnership with DIA that makes it all possible.
Data.govt.nz's datasets, organisations and groups can be accessed and queried as JSON date through the metadata API; this page describes how.
The sharing of open data stories raises awareness about open data and encourages new release and use. Recently Stats NZ commissioned engage2 to gather stories from current and potential users of open data.
Principle 1: Have appropriate expertise, skills, and relationships with communities. This principle includes ngā tikanga Pūkenga (skills and expertise) and Whakapapa (genealogy).
Give your feedback on the proposed open government data dashboard for the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan.