Stats NZ's quarterly data dashboard profiles key deliverables and how they contribute to the relevant visions of success:
The dashboard also documents the number of data-related engagements within and outside of government for each quarter and captures the number of international connections that have occurred.
Dashboard - June 2019 quarter [PDF 1.34 MB]
Open datasets released on data.govt.nz:
In June 2019 quarter – 658
In June 2018 quarter – 395
Total open datasets as at 30 June 2019: 7,216
Launch of the Waikato Open Data Portal – a collection of the data held by 12 Waikato councils.
Approved/in progress research project applications (opportunities to put New Zealand’s data to good use):
In June 2019 quarter – 25
In June 2018 quarter – 28
Total for 2018/19 year – 110
Number of engagements supporting government and organisations to manage and use data:
In June 2019 quarter: 71 (Government: 51, other organisations: 20)
Includes multiple interactions on different pieces of work.
The Housing Quality Conceptual Framework measuring New Zealand’s housing quality across government agencies was signed off by the Government Chief Data Steward in June 2019.
Developed in partnership with MBIE, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and BRANZ, the framework is an important milestone in delivering the essential information to guide decision-making. It defines housing quality as:
the degree to which housing provides a healthy, safe, secure, sustainable, and resilient environment for individuals, families, and whānau to live in and to participate within their kāinga, natural environment, and communities.
Contributes to: Innovation
A data literacy workshop was trialled in June 2019 to help Stats NZ meet the growing demand for data storytelling.
Free for participants, feedback from the trial will inform the future shape of the workshop to ensure it meets the needs of multiple audiences – including analysts and non-data specialists – who use data for different purposes.
Contributes to: Innovation, Data-driven decisions, Valuable data
We’re accelerating data inventories across government to help agencies understand what data they hold and how to better manage their data as a key asset.
Five agencies have completed data inventories, which are being prepared for publication. Another 11 agencies are either engaged in the process or signing up.
Benefits include increasing the transparency and visibility of what data is held where across government, highlighting duplication, revealing uncertainty over data ownership, and starting conversations on whether data could be made open.
Contributes to: Data-driven decisions, Valuable data
We’re building on our work with the Privacy Commissioner to develop principles to support the safe and effective use of data and analytics. We continue to lead a cross-government programme – with the Government Chief Digital Officer – to increase the transparency and accountability of how government uses algorithms*.
We’re working on a formal Government response to the recommendations made in the Algorithm assessment report (published in October 2018 on data.govt.nz).
* Algorithms are the automated decision-making processes used by computer programs to identify patterns in data.
Principles to support the safe and effective use of data and analytics
Government Chief Digital Officer
Algorithm assessment report
Contributes to: Data-driven decisions, Valuable data
Our partnership with Environment Canterbury (ECan) continues through the delivery of a set of data flow maps, as part of our data consultancy service. We piloted our new operational data governance approach with ECan last year, to help them better realise the value of their data assets.
These maps will enable ECan to document the way data and information moves through their organisation and understand how it reflects and influences their business processes. This knowledge can then inform changes that benefit their organisation.
Stats NZ was represented at the 5th annual OECD Open Data Expert Group meeting in Paris. This group advises and informs the direction of the OECD’s research and supports the development of tools and legal instruments in member governments.
Presenting at the opening session on diversity, we showcased the Māori perspective on data, including the rise of Te Mana Raraunga and their international affiliation with indigenous people around the world.
New Zealand’s story – encapsulating the government’s journey to be better collaborative partners in the future design, management and release of data from and about Māori – was well-received and generated new and challenging perspectives.
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