Open Data

Mapping the openX ecosystem

New Zealand in particular — but I wouldn’t be surprised if internationally…

Thinking in networks

One of the things I most often find myself telling people is that I don’t think in lists. I think in networks.

Towards a more open NZ

I spoke at DrupalSouth 2017. Here are my speech notes, and a link to the video of my talk.)

Voting then and now: 1893 and 2017

By Justine Pepperell (idea and words) and aimee whitcroft (words…

Open data and us

Open data — ie publicly available and accessible data — has as many benefits as there are potential uses and users. More so, in…

International Open Data Day: Wellington

International Open Data Day dawned bright and beautiful this year in Wellington.

Open data and APIs — fuelling innovation

I spoke at the APIDays 2016 conference in Auckland recently. Here’s what I said.

Flaxroots — civic tech in New Zealand

On 24 July 2016, a wonderful group of people gathered together in Wellington to talk about…

How many meetings has your councillor missed?

Your elected members are there to represent your…

Who’s fixing our streets?

We’ve all felt the frustration of seeing things in our spaces which shouldn’t be there. Potholes, fly dumps…