Police are developing a suite of activities to ensure any emerging technologies, such as Facial Recognition Technology, are well understood, publicly accepted, and if need be, regulated. It is also critical that any impacts of technology are understood from a Te Ao Māori perspective.
Government agencies are undergoing a culture change – they’re moving towards their data being ‘open by design’. At a recent workshop international expert Ellen Broad explained what open data is and outlined some of the considerations for agencies that are opening up their data.
Summaries of meetings of the Data Ethics Advisory Group.
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.
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 following tables show the capabilities in one of the 7 possible categories (i.e., capabilities get repeated across the categories as applicable). This view is useful…
The following tables show the capabilities in one of the 7 possible categories (i.e., capabilities get repeated across the categories as applicable). This view is useful…
GeoNet provide free access to high quality and timely data and information for emergency management, research, industry use and to the public.
This questionnaire complements the guide to ensure the best use of the Data capability framework. Look through the guide first, as it will cover the purpose of the framework and the context for its use.
The following articles are from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's March 2026 newsletter.