This year, groups from around the country took part in International Open Data Day, working on everything from writing tutorials and feedback, to building front ends, to sharing knowledge and discussing books.
Last night we held the first open data meetup of the year in Wellington - here's what happened.
The Wellington open data meetup organisers been thinking and hearing lots about what the meetup series could look like / aim to achieve this year.
Here are our thoughts.
For the first time, Stats NZ will host a 2-day summit on informed decision-making through the ethical use of data.
Stats NZ hosted a series of 2-day Data Visualization workshops – in conjunction with the recent Open Data Meetups – in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin.
Open Data Meetups in NZ are for sharing the passion and success around the release of open data with like-minded people.
Stats NZ and members of the open data community celebrated open data day by witnessing the Minister of Statistics and Government Chief Data Steward co-sign New Zealand’s Open Data Charter letter.
Find out the role copyright plays in open data, and where training is available to learn how to apply open licensing in your work.
The data.govt.nz, Open Data Programme and Stats NZ teams got together at the Service Innovation Lab last week to share experiences, compare notes and ideate around models that could serve users better in data discovery and use.
The sharing of open data stories raises awareness about open data and encourages new release and use. Recently Stats NZ commissioned engage2 to gather stories from current and potential users of open data.