Hi, I’m helping to deliver data content standards that will help ensure government agencies describe and record New Zealand’s information in a way that’s consistent.
To ensure…
A cross-government review, undertaken in 2018, of how government uses algorithms to improve the lives of New Zealanders.
We follow rules and guidelines when using bulleted and numbered lists on data.govt.nz to make sure that you can easily understand both their purpose and meaning.
Purpose…
Localcouncils.govt.nz presents data from New Zealand’s 78 local authorities, in a consistent format that enables it to be compared and analysed.
This guidance is a good option if privacy is the number one priority for your product, service, system or process.
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.
Changes to data, statistics and information can happen over time, and can include changes to the structure of the information to improve accuracy, relevance or efficiency or to adhere to international best practice. They may be forced due to changes in the source data for other reasons. All such changes need to be managed to ensure information is comparable over time.
To make sure data and information is maintained, there will often be a data custodian responsible for updating and preserving the data. Under the New Zealand Data and Information Management Principles, agency data custodians should implement recommended practices to support well managed data.
Metadata describes your dataset to others in a standardised way. Having good quality metadata helps people discover and use your dataset. This guidance provides a description and examples of good practice metadata when releasing on data.govt.nz.
Have you ever wondered what NZGOAL is and how it applies to you or how it can benefit you?
Do you work for a government agency and…