Early in April (prior to our launch of data.govt.nz), I met with Stu Smith and Helen Donaldson from the Auckland Council open data Community of Practice to demo and discuss...
To make sure data and information is maintained, there will often be a data custodian responsible for updating and preserving the data. Under the New Zealand Data and Information Management Principles, agency data custodians should implement recommended practices to support well managed data.
Find out the role copyright plays in open data, and where training is available to learn how to apply open licensing in your work.
Information Group: Terms of Reference [PDF 174 KB]
PurposeTo increase the effectiveness of the Public Service by strengthening leadership of the government data system.
Responsibilities The Information Group…
A Data Ethics Advisory Group has been convened by the Government Chief Data Steward and Chief Executive of Stats NZ.
ContentsIntroduction and context
Copyright, databases and datasets
The law as stated in NZGOAL
Developments since NZGOAL was approved in 2010
Suitability of Creative Commons licences for copyright databases and datasets
Consideration…
The data.govt.nz, Open Data Programme and Stats NZ teams got together at the Service Innovation Lab last week to share experiences, compare notes and ideate around models that could serve users better in data discovery and use.
If data maturity assessments are to be of value as a business tool, they must express their results with clarity, meaning, and relevance to the executive leadership responsible for investment decisions. With this in mind, we propose a high-level and qualitative model.
The minutes for each meeting of the Data Ethics Advisory Group from 2025, grouped by date, are summarised here.
December 2025
November 2025
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July 2025
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Data driven technology seems to unlock opportunities. Yet it poses new types of risks, from bias and transparency challenges to issues of consent and data sovereignty.