Open Data and Innovation in my community (NZ)- Centre for Public Impact

- Paul Stone- New Zealand Open Government Information and Data Programme

Examples of re-use – Tides data…

Property…

Property…

Over 20,000 licensed users

NZ Schools App

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

Public debate and new insightshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/secondary-education/news/article.cfm?c_id=315&objectid=11207352

http://maori.geek.nz/post/the_difference_between_rich_and_poor_schools_in_new_zealand

Advocacy

DigitalNZ and Te PapaMillions of digital content items searchable and retrievable New Zealand’s cultural, education, and government sectors

Photos: Mark Tantrum Photography

Over 3000 people across Australia and NZ Great sense of community People learned new skills People made new connections Government people got involved at all

levels as well

Over 100 different datasets used Some used up to 18 different data sets Real life pain-points addressed by projects

Why was it a success in NZ?

reducing waiting times at emergency departments;

helping immigrants decide where to start their new life in New

Zealand;

finding a community that matches you;

helping tourists avoid high crime areas;

finding flatmates that match you;

bringing emergency information together during a disaster;

discovering relationships between political donations and

appointments of honours

a full list of projects can be found at 

https://hackerspace.govhack.org/projects

Why was it a success in NZ?

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?