You've seen the pronouncements about the volumes of data that power the world around us and that this is increasing exponentially. But where’s all this data coming from?
"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...
This page describes holistic data governance, how it differs from other approaches, why you might consider it, and what it might involve.
There are many terms used on data.govt.nz that could be spelt, capitalised, or swapped with other terms. We use the following list to keep our language…
The Declaration on Open and Transparent Government was approved by Cabinet on 8 August 2011.
Learn how to prepare a machine readable CSV file and publish to the data.govt.nz data catalogue.
An event held on 6 March 2020.
At this gathering to celebrate Open Data Day we were informed, challenged, and inspired by speakers offering different perspectives.
Tackling corruption…
Published on 07 June 2020.
Discussion paper - International data ethics frameworks - March 2020 [PDF, 296KB]
Purpose and scopeThis paper has been prepared on behalf of the…
Learn about the lifecycle of a dataset, and data management plans (DMP), why they are important, and how to write one.
This guidance is a good option for anyone who works directly with service users or communities.