This register is the definitive list of approved mandated data standards. Prior to 2021, mandated standards were called data content requirements or DCRs – you might still see this wording for the 3 standards that were mandated before 2021.
Date of birth
Person name
Street address
Gender and sex
The current topics identified by the data system leaders in the Information Group to be mandated standards are:
If you would like to suggest topics to be considered in the mandating process, contact MandatedStandards@stats.govt.nz.
The date of birth is the year, month, and day a natural person was born. This should be used to format date of birth data for sharing purposes.
ISO 8601 - 1:2019 Date and time — representations for information interchange — part 1: basic rules
12 December 2019
2 April 2020
Undetermined
Date of birth mandated standard [HTML]
Date of birth mandated standard [PDF 286 KB]
Person name is the name of a natural person. This should be used to format person name for sharing purposes.
NZ Government OASIS CIQ Name Profile
12 December 2019
2 April 2020
Undetermined
Person name mandated standard [HTML]
Person name mandated standard [PDF 338 KB]
An address is structured information that allows the unambiguous determination of an object (that may be assigned an address) for the purposes of identification and location. This should be used to format street address for sharing purposes.
ISO 19160-1:2015 Addressing Part 1: Conceptual Model
12 December 2019
2 April 2020
Undetermined
Street address mandated standard [HTML]
Street address mandated standard [PDF 473 KB]
Gender and sex is the gender and sex of a natural person. This should be used when collecting, publishing, or sharing data on gender and sex.
Stats NZ data standard for gender, sex, and variations of sex characteristics.
20 December 2021
14 February 2022
Undetermined
Data standard for gender, sex, and variations of sex characteristics
Data standard for gender, sex, and variations of sex characteristics [PDF 1.1MB]
Guide to collecting gender, sex, and variations of sex characteristics data [PDF 2.2MB]
Collect means to take any step to seek or obtain administrative and survey data from a range of institutions and people.
Data should be interpreted in its widest sense, that is, including information and free text responses.
Publish means to make data available to people outside your agency or organisation.
Share means to provide data to another agency, organisation, group, or individual.
If you’d like more information, have a question, or want to provide feedback on this page, email MandatedStandards@stats.govt.nz.
Content last reviewed 26 October 2022.