What is open government data? - an overview of New Zealand's Open Government Data and Information Programme. For more detail go to: https://www.ict.govt.nz/programmes-and-initiatives/open-and-transparent-government/open-government-information-and-data-work-programm/

1. New Zealand Open Government Information and Data Programme

2. “Open data is data that can be freely used,
reused and redistributed by anyone
- subject only, at most, to the requirement
to attribute and share alike.”
Open Data Handbook
opendatahandbook.org

3. New Zealand Cabinet agreed to the Declaration on
Open and Transparent Government, the NZ Data &
Information Management Principles, and the NZ
Government Open Access & Licensing Framework
(NZGOAL) in 2011*.
Cabinet then directed all public service and non-
public service departments, and encouraged and
invited State Services agencies to commit to
releasing high-value public data for re-use.
*Cab Min (11) 20/12

4. Proactively release all publicly funded, high
value data as open data

5. Open data in New Zealand is:
Non-proprietary (ie. not protected)
Machine-readable
Licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)

6. Election results
Legislation
online
Census data
Crime
statistics
Company and
land registers
Parliament
processes/voting
Local government
processes/voting

7. Government agencies are
directed to list their open data
releases at data.govt.nz

9. Tides data
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/tides-nz/id521561961?mt=8

10. NZ Schools App
http://schoolappsnz.co.nz/

11. Campermate
http://www.campermate.co.nz/

12. NZ Fishing Rules -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.govt.fish&hl=en

13. Pocket Ranger Tongariro
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.nz.co.borndigital.pocketranger&hl=en

14. ThunderMaps
http://learn.thundermaps.com/

15. Open Government Data Programme:
http://www.ict.govt.nz/programmes-and-
initiatives/open-and-transparent-government
Case Studies:
http://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-
resources/case-studies/open-data
Email:
opendata@linz.govt.nz