Let me tell you about the Statistics Act. It sets out the law for official statistics and it enables Stats New Zealand to provide access to…
On 11 February, 2021, the Data and Digital Standards Community of Practice will hold their first quarterly event of the year.
Obviously, data.govt.nz often includes numbers, dates, and times. To ensure that these are easy to read and understand, we follow clear rules and guidelines.
NumbersIn general:
we use…
This walkthrough will help you correctly set up Creative Commons licences for your data layers in ArcGIS Online open data portal. Setting licences correctly here flows through to data.govt.nz when you make use of automated harvesting.
This year, groups from around the country took part in International Open Data Day, working on everything from writing tutorials and feedback, to building front ends, to sharing knowledge and discussing books.
Examples of how start-ups and small businesses also gain particular advantages from using open data.
This paper explores barriers currently preventing agencies from providing more open data that is comparable and interoperable.
About this guidance
This guidance is intended to be high-level, introducing basic concepts to stimulate further investigation and thinking. There are various pieces of work underway to…
A cross-government review is underway to increase the transparency and accountability of how government uses algorithms – to help improve the lives of New Zealanders.
ContentsIntroduction and context
Copyright, databases and datasets
The law as stated in NZGOAL
Developments since NZGOAL was approved in 2010
Suitability of Creative Commons licences for copyright databases and datasets
Consideration…