COVID-19 Innovative Response Tracker

New Zealand Police undertook a series of efforts to communicate instructions, advice and information with citizens in new, creative, and sometimes humorous ways.

Confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 by date of report, district health board (DHB), age, gender + travel details if applicable. Open data is available on confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases, disaggregated by gender, age intervals, DHS and travel details (if applicable). In addition, open data on Stats NZ (such as population census) have been used to complement research and OGD initiatives. Over time, and as the numbers have increased, disaggregation has widened to include ethnicity and…

Support Services Map: Wellington City Council combining data from the Ministry of Health data, NZ Transport Authority & Stats NZ with their own data being collected and opened specifically for COVID response.

Indie Wellington is an online resource sharing details of cafes, shops, salons and other businesses which sell online or provide gift cards. The idea is for locals to show their support financially by purchasing a gift card from the business, which they can use in future once the crisis settles down. Local, independent businesses in Wellington can be listed on the website for free, and Bolton, the hotel who set up the site, isn't taking any commission from the sales. Some of the shops already…

New Zealand has declared that the Easter Bunny is an essential worker ahead of Easter. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used a daily press conference to assure kids that they would still be getting easter eggs for Easter.