"Open by default" is a term bandied around when talking about open data policy. I find the phrase often helps lift the barriers rather than bring them down but if...
A community of practice for government people to learn, share ideas and advice, collaborate, and align good algorithm use practice across government.
A Data Ethics Advisory Group has been convened to provide advice on data use to the Government Chief Data Steward and government agencies.
At the recent International Open Data Conference in Madrid, more than 1,500 people arrived from the far corners of the earth to share knowledge, spark ideas, and set forth new...
We’re ramping up for this year’s GovHack event at the moment and excited to be a national sponsor again this year.
Data.govt.nz are proud to be a part of this years Open Data Day hosted at the National Library of New Zealand's Net.work space on Saturday, 4th March 2017 (mark it...
Kia ora koutou, I’m Liz MacPherson, Government Statistician and Chief Executive of Stats New Zealand, New Zealand’s official data and statistics agency.
My role as Government Statistician…
Last night we held the first open data meetup of the year in Wellington - here's what happened.
At the third community of practice we focussed on what brings Community members to the hui, what challenges we are facing and how we could collaborate more. We also heard from the interim Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation on their mahi and intended direction.
Turning data into visual narratives to share and help people understand complex information.