Some big changes are underway that will have very positive impacts on open government data in New Zealand.
IntroductionThe New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) is government guidance for agencies to follow when releasing copyright works and non-copyright material for re-use…
"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...
The metadata and many datasets on data.govt.nz are available for use via an Application Programming Interface (API). When using our API you need to know what you can and cannot do with the data and where to find technical documentation.
The data confidentiality report which looks at best practice principles and methodology-related content, produced by Stats NZ.
Terms of reference: Data and Digital Standards Community of Practice [PDF 348 KB]
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Purpose of the Terms of Reference
Vision
Purpose
Principles of the Data and Digital Standards Community of…
The State Services Commission and the Department of Internal Affairs led work to develop the New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL), which was…
The process for selecting mandated data standards (previously called Data Content Requirements, or DCRs) has been updated and approved by the Information Group.
An early paper on the data flow model, with a particular emphasis on how it was being implemented at Stats NZ. This paper was written by…
Introduction1 When NZGOAL was first released in August 2010, it supported use of the Creative Commons 3.0 New Zealand licences. At that time, this made obvious…