1975. The Corolla ruled, mix tapes were a ‘thing’ and the Stats Act became law. How things change! Actually… the legislation hardly has. It doesn’t even feature the word ‘data’. Far-out!
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.
The minutes for each meeting of the Data Ethics Advisory Group, grouped by date, are summarised here.
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Stats NZ has produced a series of short videos to help de-mystify their role of stewarding data and raise awareness of how they're supporting agencies to use data more effectively.
The following articles are from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's March 2026 newsletter.
Data dictionaries are useful information to include alongside your datasets. They help describe the elements and values contained within your data to help users reuse it. A simple data dictionary can be created quickly and should include a few key piece of information.
A new mandated data standard for gender and sex was recently approved for use across the Public Service.
When: Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
We drafted and tested possible changes to the way this website organises information. Based on that testing, we will make improvements to the website over the next few months. This blog is a heads up, so that you are best prepared for these planned changes. Also, we continue to welcome any feedback about the changes.
The Data Ethics Advisory Group comprises 7 members, including the Chair.