The refreshed Data Strategy and Roadmap for Aotearoa NZ, commissioned by the Government Chief Data Steward and published by Stats NZ in September 2021.
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.
The Data Strategy and Roadmap provides a shared direction and plan for New Zealand’s data by enabling organisations to work together to align their data initiatives.
New Zealand has several pieces of policy that have been endorsed by the Cabinet to support open government and the release of open data. These policies and principles are helpful to understand to support agency discussions relating to opening up data and improving transparency.
This page lays out the reasons behind the refreshed Government Sytem Strategy and Roadmap for Aotearoa NZ. It provides background context for the development of the refreshed strategy and roadmap and previous versions of the Government Data Strategy and Roadmap.
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A cross-government working party developed the plan, using a prioritisation framework. The development was overseen by the Information Group.
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