Open Data policy and reuse cases in NZ, for Open Data and DataOps joint meetup in Auckland

1. Open data
Paul Stone, NZ Open Government Data Programme,
Data Leadership and Capability, Stats NZ

3. NZ Declaration on Open and Transparent
Government (2011)
Government agencies to proactively release all publicly funded data
that is:
• non-personal and unclassified
• high potential value for re-use
• managed according to the NZ Data & Information Principles
• licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)
• listed on Data.govt.nz

5. Every time data is reused, more
value is realised
Shared Data
(limited potential reuse
between limited parties)
Closed Data
(limited potential
reuse within
organisation)
Open Data
(unlimited potential
reuse)
Government agencies are
custodians of a public data
asset, and therefore have a
responsibility to maximise the
value generated from it.

6. Every time data is reused, more value is
realised
Value can be realised in different forms:
• Economic value
• new products and services
• better business decisions
• new jobs
• Social value
• better social services
• evidence to support advocacy
• Democratic value
• trust through transparency and accountability
• more informed participation in debate and policy development

8. ``
The Charter Principles:
1.Open by Default
2.Timely and Comprehensive
3.Accessible and Usable
4.Comparable and interoperable
5.For Improved Governance and Citizen Engagement
6.For Inclusive Development and Innovation

9. So how is open data being
used?…

10. New products and
services

11. Visualisation and public debate in the media on education
policy
NZ Herald
Maori.geek.nz
@polemic
@fogonwater

12. Health & Safety (SaferMe)

13. Supporting communities (CCS Disability)

14. Pixar: The Good Dinosaur
Open data from the US
Geological Survey
(topographical and
landcover data) used to
more efficiently render
large landscapes
https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-pixar-changed-all-the-rules-to-make-the-good-dinosa-1735364564?IR=T

15. Using AI on open data to generate more
data
https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-pixar-changed-all-the-rules-to-make-the-good-dinosa-1735364564?IR=T
From aerial photography
data to lean building and
road outline data

16. 3D Virtual reality data (Wellington City
Council)
Wellington's District Plan controls for the central area seen
from the top of the Kelburn Cable Car

17. 3D Virtual reality data (Wellington City
Council)
Visualise the impact of sea level rise (using the land elevation)

18. Tsunami simulator – Te Papa
Data from GNS and WCC

19. Navigate Your Way – reuse of Family Services
Directory

20. Efficient reuse of data across government
Rental prices are measured directly from administration
data instead of surveys.
Open tenancy bond data from the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment used to generate property
rental price index by Stats NZ.

21. Open Parliament
GovHack 2017: Open Voices
project
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=fPEB
ukQnzDw

22. Data considerations
Provenance
and
context
Indigenous
Data
Sovereignty
Data EthicsData Bias
Licensing
attribution
Don’t spray and walk away…

23. Licensing and attribution:
When algorithms are using data to make important decisions about
us, we have a right to know what data it is basing that decision on,
and to have the opportunity to determine whether that data is fit for
purpose.
Transparency over data used will lead to more trust in the outcome
by those affected.

24. Provenance and context
Part of determining if data is fit for purpose is having clear
provenance and contextual information about the data.
Data publishers have a responsibility to provide this at source
through metadata, data dictionaries and helpful documentation for
data users.
Don’t spray and walk away!...

25. Indigenous Data
Sovereignty
Data
release
& use
Te Ao Maori perspective
Collection
design

26. Twitter: @opendatanz
opendata@stats.govt.nz
Paul.stone@stats.govt.nz
Data.govt.nz
Contact