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Read inspiring New Zealand stories about innovative projects that use open data. You can also hear about the challenges, successes and benefits of initiatives to publish open data.

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Dumpark - Making data and information accessible

Turning data into visual narratives to share and help people understand complex information.
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Open source licence guidance for the New Zealand Government through public participation

Valuable guidance on the licensing and release of publicly funded software as open source (publicly accessible and legally re-usable).The policy is an extension to the popular NZGOAL framework for licensing in government.
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