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.
The Social Investment Agency and released code for their Social Investment Analytical Layer leading to considerable savings and faster research.
International Open Data Day, Wellington was held in the National Library of New Zealand on Saturday, 4th March.
An app that aims to make workplaces safer by showing nearby dangers, so employees can be prepared and keep themselves safe.
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.
What will things look like when open data is “working”? Entrepreneurs, businesses, researchers, community groups and individuals will be innovating, creating new insights and acting as informed participants in government decisions.
Mandated data standards, their importance, the current mandated standards, the topics proposed for future mandate, the process for selecting topics, and who mandates them.
We’re ramping up for this year’s GovHack event at the moment and excited to be a national sponsor again this year.
Getting started
Don’t repeat yourself
Where and how to publicly release your code?
What to include in your first code release
Working in the open
Safe configuration practices
Release early and often
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There are 15 key things you can do to ensure your data API is user-friendly.