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The minutes for each meeting of the Data Ethics Advisory Group from 2026, grouped by date, are summarised here.
March 2026
Meeting summaries from 2025
Meeting summaries from 2024
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The aim of the Open Data Action Plan is to develop an enabling open data environment and accelerate the release and reuse of open government data so that New Zealand is maximising the value of open government data.
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.
In July 2020, the ‘Algorithm charter for Aotearoa New Zealand’ was released with the intention of increasing public confidence and visibility on the use of algorithms…
Data.govt.nz's data APIs are made openly available for users and it's worth taking a moment to find out what you can and cannot do when using our APIs in your own applications.
Turning data into visual narratives to share and help people understand complex information.
At the first community of practice hui, interested agencies faced the task of figuring out what good transparency could, and should, look like.
The open government information and data programme has concluded. But the lessons from the programme will inform our ongoing commitment and work toward open government data, which endures under the Chief Government Data Steward.
On 22 April 2021, Stats NZ released an updated Statistical Standard for Gender, Sex and Variations of Sex Characteristics.