- Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce

- Paul Stone

- Open Government Information and Data Programme

What is open data and information?◦ Brief description of open government data policies

and the programme

Some innovative re-uses of data

Other ways open data can help

Your questions

“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

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Data.govt.nz

Open Government

Guidance to government agencies on how to apply Creative Commons licences to data and information

Copyright = ownership

Licence = permissions to re-use

Examples of re-use – Tides data…

Property…

Property…

NZ Schools App

ATM Finder

Mogeo - Campermate

Mogeo – NZ Fishing Rules

Mogeo – MarineMate

Mogeo – Product Recalls

Mogeo – Agricultural Chemical & Vet Medicine

Mogeo – Pest Identification

Pocket Ranger

ThunderMaps

ANZ – Truckometer

The Forward Works Viewer

Advocacy

NZ Herald

Maori.geek.nz

@polemic

@fogonwater

• To feed decision-making tools

• Determine an appropriate level of investment

• Location of operations

• Consumer trends

• Employment trends and capability

• Market dynamics

• Price/ROI trends

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Photo: NicMaps and story: Melissa Clark-Reynolds

Contact

Email:pstone@linz.govt.nzopendata@linz.govt.nz

Twitter: #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

Questions?