The Action Plan took effect on 1 July 2017, following public consultation, and sets out goals and initiatives to 30 June 2020. It has been updated to include initiatives for implementing the principles of the international Open Data Charter.
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This briefing outlined options for a government response to the recommendations from the Algorithm assessment report. Officials reviewed a discussion document about the report and consulted…
We tested two concepts with a number of our users from the data community to extend the search so it includes results from both datasets and content. Read about our process and provide your feedback.
This implementation plan covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 31 December to 2021. The focus for this plan was on Principle 4: comparable and…
The following articles are from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation's February 2025 newsletter. The newsletter comes out quarterly, full of news, commentary, opinion, and education.…
As such we are considering implementing a basic technical quality framework on data.govt.nz and would like your feedback on whether this approach would be useful, whether you are a data...
Have you ever wondered what NZGOAL is and how it applies to you or how it can benefit you?
Do you work for a government agency and…
Background
Ministerial press release: Guidelines unlock govt software for innovation
Loomio discussion: NZGOAL Software Extension
Case study: NZGOAL Software Extension consultation process
Consultation archive and analytics report | data pack
NZGOAL software extension…
Data.govt.nz adopted an international data harvesting open standard (data.json) to automate agency dataset updates and additions. There are tools available to help generate the correct format and the open standard data schema is detailed with examples.