As the agency leading New Zealand’s data, Stats NZ’s quarterly dashboard profiles what we’re doing to support our role as the lead agency for New Zealand’s data.
Stats NZ's dashboard for March 2019 quarter which highlights key deliverables for its data leadership role under the Government Chief Data Steward function.
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The Government Chief Data Steward wants to connect you to the resources and information you need to respond in a prepared and co-ordinated manner alongside your peers in the data system.
The Government Chief Data Steward role supports the use of data as a resource across government to help deliver better services to New Zealanders. It’s held by the Chief Executive of Stats NZ Colin Lynch.
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation is a small team within the function of the Government Chief Data Steward (GCDS).
Principle 1: Have appropriate expertise, skills, and relationships with communities. This principle includes ngā tikanga Pūkenga (skills and expertise) and Whakapapa (genealogy).
Recently, we took some of your feedback and drafted some changes to the structure of our website. Before we confirm these changes, we want to make sure that they help you find the information and guidance you need to support your data practice.
The standards that Stats NZ produces, previously referred to as statistical standards, will now be called data standards. Read more about the difference between data and statistical standards, when the change will be made and what you might notice about the change here.
The process for selecting mandated data standards (previously called Data Content Requirements, or DCRs) has been updated and approved by the Information Group.