Information Group: Terms of Reference [PDF 174 KB]
PurposeTo increase the effectiveness of the Public Service by strengthening leadership of the government data system.
Responsibilities The Information Group…
The algorithm charter shows an enduring commitment for government agencies to use algorithms in a fair, ethical and transparent way.
Published on 07 June 2020.
Discussion paper - An international example of data ethics advisory - March 2020 [PDF, 926 KB]
Purpose and scopeThis paper has been prepared…
Data.govt.nz's datasets, organisations and groups can be accessed and queried as JSON date through the metadata API; this page describes how.
Ellen Broad believes that the benefits from open data are potentially organisation changing, because of the culture that open data encourages. Open data will drive government to being more efficient and working collaboratively to solve common problems.
LINZ releases two forms of GNSS data from the PositioNZ network; static data and real-time data. The static data is used by surveyors to determine accurate positions once they have returned from the field, a technique called post-processing.
The following articles are from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's May 2025 newsletter. The newsletter comes out quarterly, full of news, commentary, opinion, and education.
ContentsNZGOAL copyright guide, January 2015 [PDF 248 KB]
Introduction
The nature and exercise of copyright
Copyright exists in qualifying original works
Low threshold for originality
Copyright does not protect mere facts or…
Data driven technology seems to unlock opportunities. Yet it poses new types of risks, from bias and transparency challenges to issues of consent and data sovereignty.
We tested two concepts with a number of our users from the data community to extend the search so it includes results from both datasets and content. Read about our process and provide your feedback.