The document outlines the New Zealand Open Government Data Programme, detailing what open data is and its licensing for legal reuse. It emphasizes the importance of proactively releasing publicly funded, non-personal data to promote innovation, transparency, and community engagement. The aim is to embed open data into government processes and encourage its use for economic and social benefits.

1. Environment Southland Data Management Conference
19 October 2015
- Paul Stone
- New Zealand Open Government Data Programme

2.  What is open data and information?
◦ Brief description of open government data policies
and the programme
 Why: some innovative re-use of open
government data – to get you thinking…
 Your questions

3. “Open data is data that anyone can access, use
and share.”
(Open Data Institute https://theodi.org/guides/what-open-data)
For NZ Government…
 licensed for legal re-use (NZGOAL)
 Non-proprietary and machine-readable
format

4. TheDeclaration
Data.govt.nz
Open Government

5. Guidance to publicly funded agencies on how
to apply Creative Commons licences to
information data and content, published
digitally or in hardcopy.
Copyright = ownership
Licence = permissions to re-use (assigned by
the copyright owner)
Training videos at https://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-
resources/open-government/new-zealand-government-open-access-and-
licensing-nzgoal-framework/nzgoal-online-training-videos/

6. • Open
• Protected
• Readily available
• Trusted and authoritative
• Well managed
• Reasonably priced (“…expected to be free”)
• Reusable

7. • Reusable
o at source, with the highest possible level of
granularity
o in re-usable, machine-readable format
o with appropriate metadata; and
o in aggregate or modified forms if they cannot
be released in their original state.

9. Government direction to government agencies
to proactively release all:
• publicly funded data
• non-personal and unclassified
• high potential value for re-use
• managed according to the Principles
• licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)
• published on Data.govt.nz

10. Our job to encourage all that to happen!
 To encourage and support the release of data
and information
 To understand the user communities (and
raise awareness)
 To assess the impact of re-use

11. Publishing processes
Open by design = closed by design
(2 sides of the same coin)

12. It is expected that open data will lead to:
 Increased social and economic benefits
(through new products and services)
 Increased efficiencies
 Increased transparency and democracy

13. Mogeo - Campermate

14. Mogeo - MarineMate

15. Mogeo – Pest Identification

16. Mogeo – NZ Fishing Rules

17. ThunderMaps

18. Are there any location based events to notify
the public about?
The delivery mechanism already exists,
all that is needed is the open data…

19.  Embed open data output as a requirement
of all new systems
 Incorporate open data into
processes/publishing
 Require quality data as part of any new
contracts for services – that can be released
as open data

23. Contact
Programme:
opendata@linz.govt.nz
http://www.ict.govt.nz/programmes-and-
initiatives/open-and-transparent-government
Short Case Studies:
http://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-
resources/case-studies/open-data
Me:
pstone@linz.govt.nz
@enotsluap