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title: Addressing critical gaps in the government’s open data investments - a Public Good Programme study
description: Big data – the application of large dataset to generate new insights about how to solve complex problems – has the potential to generate transformational ch
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# [Addressing critical gaps in the government’s open data investments - a Public Good Programme study](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/addressing-critical-gaps-in-the-governments-open-data-investments-a-public-good-programme-study)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/admin) | May 27, 2016

Big data – the application of large dataset to generate new insights about how to solve complex problems – has the potential to generate transformational change. New Zealand, like other Governments, has a number of initiatives currently underway to open up New Zealand government-held data.

This paper identifies the crucial gaps that need to be addressed if the potential gains from open data are to be realised.

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