Open Government, New Zealand

About Open Government, New Zealand

data.govt.nz is New Zealand's open data portal, providing a catalogue for discovering and accessing government datasets. It hosts datasets from national and local government organizations, organized into groups covering areas such as land, environment and conservation, health, transport, education, population and society, and local and regional government.

The site is maintained under the Government Data Strategy, published by the Government Chief Data Steward, which sets shared direction for the government data system of Aotearoa New Zealand. It includes a catalogue guide and data toolkit for users working with the datasets, and allows visitors to request datasets that are not already available. Content on the site is licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons 4.0 International Licence, with Crown copyright applying.

The portal is intended for anyone seeking access to New Zealand government data, including researchers, developers, and members of the public, and lists a large number of datasets contributed by numerous government organisations.

Key features

• Search and browse 31.8k government datasets across 193 organisations
• Datasets organized into 40 topic groups (e.g. land, health, transport, education)
• Request a dataset that isn't already published
• Government Data Strategy providing shared direction for the government data system
• Datasets licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons 4.0 International Licence

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