Presentation to the Affiliated Industries Group on Open Government Data - the government's policies and programme - and stories of innovative re-use of government data.

1. - Affiliated Industries Group, 26 February 2015
- Paul Stone
- New Zealand Open Government Data Programme

2.  What is open data?
 Brief description of open government data
policies and the programme
 Some innovative re-use of open government
data
 Your questions

3. ”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 – Open Knowledge Foundation)
For NZ Government…
 Non-proprietary and machine-readable
format
 licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)

4.  NZ Government Open
Access & Licensing
Framework (NZGOAL)
 NZ Data & Information
Management Principles
 Declaration on Open
and Transparent
Government
 Data.govt.nz
Clear Cabinet decisions and intent Foundations built

5. Government direction to
government agencies to
proactively release all non-
personal and unclassified data
with high potential value for re-
use

7. Charities Register
https://www.charities.govt.nz/charities-in-new-zealand/the-charities-
register/advanced-search/
Ministry of Health Statistics
http://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics
MSD Contracts
http://map.contractmapping.govt.nz/
Statistics NZ
http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx
Land Information NZ Data Service
https://data.linz.govt.nz/
IRD Tax Statistics
http://www.ird.govt.nz/aboutir/external-stats/tax-statistics-sitemap.html
Land Resource Information System (Landcare Research)
https://lris.scinfo.org.nz/
Ministry of Transport Statistics
http://www.transport.govt.nz/research/
Public Health Surveillance (Environmental Science and Research, ESR)
https://surv.esr.cri.nz/surveillance/annual_surveillance.php
Victims of Crime Statistics
http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/new-recorded-crime-
victimisation-statistics-rcvs

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

9. Examples of re-use – Tides data…

11. Property…

12. Property…

14. NZ Schools App

15. Mogeo - Campermate

16. Mogeo – NZ Fishing Rules

17. Mogeo – MarineMate

18. Mogeo – Product Recalls

19. Mogeo – Prototypes

20. Mogeo – Prototypes

21. Pocket Ranger

22. ThunderMaps

23. ANZ – Truckometer

24. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/secondary-
education/news/article.cfm?c_id=315&objectid=11207352
http://maori.geek.nz/post/the_differen
ce_between_rich_and_poor_schools_in_
new_zealand

25. Advocacy

26. Contact
Email:
pstone@linz.govt.nz
opendata@linz.govt.nz
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
Questions?