The document outlines the New Zealand government's open data initiative, emphasizing the importance of making publicly funded data accessible, shareable, and licensed for reuse. It discusses the principles and guidelines that govern open data, including transparency, accountability, and the incorporation of open data practices into government processes. Additionally, it identifies specific types of data that citizens want access to, such as property information, transport schedules, and environmental data.

1. Government policy and intent – open data
and information
Open Government Information and Data
Programme
(ALGIM 12 April 2016)

2. Government policy and
intentions…

3. What is “open data”?
“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. Foundations for Open Government
Data and Information
Data.govt.nz

5. NZ Government Open Access and
Licensing (NZGOAL) Framework
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)

6. NZ Data and Information
Management Principles, 2011

7. International Open Data Charter

8. Data.govt.nz

9. NZ Declaration on Open and
Transparent Government, 2011
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. Resources
Toolkit for Local Government
https://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-resources/open-
government/toolkit-for-local-government/
OpenDataNZ Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS9RfGWGxb-
g7FGW5EK6Tkg
What else???

11. Open by design, open by
default…

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

13. Open by Design
Open by design = closed by design
(Different mind sets,
but really just 2 sides
of the same coin)

14. For social and economic benefit
For transparency and
accountability
Blah, blah, blah… but what does
that really mean?
Why??...

15. Examples of re-use – Tides data…

17. Property…

21. NZ Schools App

22. Mogeo - Campermate

23. Mogeo – MarineMate

24. ThunderMaps

25. ANZ – Truckometer
(Don’t second-guess what the
data can be used for…)

26. The Forward Works Viewer

27. Advocacy

28. NZ Herald
Maori.geek.nz
@polemic
@fogonwater

29. Using open data to inform
Manuka Tutu

30. What data do customers want
from local government?...

31. Data wanted
• Consent applications
• property valuations
• River flows (stage height and cumecs), at
granular intervals (e.g. 15 mins, not 12
hrs)
• Water quality of rivers, lakes, estuaries,
beaches
• Rubbish collection schedules etc.

32. Data wanted
• Civic facilities - location & opening times
– e.g. toilets, libraries, service centres, swimming pools,
dog parks, etc.
• What's on, esp. in iCal or schema.org
formats
• transport timetables, infrastructure
location, real-time status, occupancy for
bus, train and ferries;

33. Data wanted
• Council contracting data such as roadwork
locations, refuse collection schedules,
traffic light status;
• road marking and signage locations;
• Council car parking sign and sensor data;
• status and location of mobile libraries
• Earthquake prone buildings

34. Complementary data from the
private sector
• utility company infrastructure (location of
lines, pipes, meters etc.)
• status and location of mobile resources
such as couriers, taxis, Mr Whippy vans
etc.
• airline flight times and status
• movie theatre occupancy
• Port activity

36. Contact
Email:
opendata@linz.govt.nz
Twitter: @opendatanz #opendatanz
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