What will things look like when open data is “working”? Entrepreneurs, businesses, researchers, community groups and individuals will be innovating, creating new insights and acting as informed participants in government decisions.
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.
New Zealand signed up to the Open Data Charter in 2017. This page provides an overview of our approach to implementing the Charter.
Hi, I work on New Zealand’s open data programme.
Open data is data that anyone can use and share.
It’s about people. It’s about land, natural resources, infrastructure,…
Contact details must be easy to read and use, this includes phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, and street addresses.
Phone and fax numbersWe:
use freephone (rather than…
CamperMate is a smart phone application created by a company called Mogeo, and is available at www.campermate.co.nz providing information about local facilities to campers/travellers throughout New Zealand.
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…
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.
Government agencies are undergoing a culture change – they’re moving towards their data being ‘open by design’. At a recent workshop international expert Ellen Broad explained what open data is and outlined some of the considerations for agencies that are opening up their data.
Learn the basics about data dictionaries. What are they, what do they look like, and what could they include?
Having a conversationA data dictionary is a conversation…