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  • CWP update: developments through the co-funded pool

    Found in Blog / Published 18 September 2014 / By Bene Anderson

    In this post I'll talk about a range of features and improvements that have recently been delivered through the co-funded development pool. I'll also talk about automation, which is one of the main themes in the technical evolution of the Common Web Platform (CWP).

    Before I get started, I want to explain what the co-funded pool is. Included in the monthly fees for using CWP, is a contribution of hours into the pool. Agencies raise ideas to improve CWP. These might be new features, imp…

  • Report: Digital inclusion user insights — Pacific peoples

    Found in Digital government / Programmes and projects / Digital inclusion / Digital inclusion research / Report: Digital inclusion user insights — Pacific peoples

    Read the report into the digital user experience of Pacific peoples in 2020.

  • Designing content before designing the website

    Found in Blog / Published 21 October 2013 / By Alison Jack

    On the Govt.nz project, we designed the content before we designed the website. This happened in part because we had a delay in getting development resources on board when we started work on the beta website. This delay proved to be a blessing in disguise because it helped us design a better site.

    Design usually comes firstWhen I’ve worked on websites in the past, the designers and developers have toiled away and presented me a lovely designed site with templates and a framework for my content.…

  • Title attribute, if video published in an < iframe >

    Found in Standards & guidance / Design and UX / Accessibility / Videos / What makes a video accessible? / Title attribute, if video published in an < iframe >

    The HTML title attribute lets people using a screen reader know that a video is present and what it’s about, so that they can play it or skip past it if they want to.

  • What is Generative AI?

    Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Artificial intelligence (AI) / Interim Generative AI guidance for the public service / What is Generative AI?

    Read about GenAI and its related fields, discover case studies and further reading to help improve services provided to New Zealanders.

  • Transparency and Choice: Make sure there is a safe and responsive environment

    Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Data Protection and Use Policy (DPUP) / Read the DPUP Guidelines / Transparency and Choice Guideline / Make sure there is a safe and responsive environment

    It’s important people can get a good understanding of what agencies are doing with their personal information in a safe and responsive environment.

  • Audio description

    Found in Standards & guidance / Design and UX / Accessibility / Videos / What makes a video accessible? / Audio description

    An audio description is an additional audio track that’s added to the video to describe and give context for essential information that’s only presented visually on the screen.

  • Accessibility statement

    Found in About Digital.govt.nz / Accessibility statement

    The current state of accessibility on Digital.govt.nz and how improvements are being made.

  • Service Innovation Lab’s tikanga Māori welcomes prove ka pai!

    Found in Blog / Published 19 September 2019 / By Marita Vandenberg

    The Service Innovation team welcomes visitors to its lab in accordance with tikanga Māori – and it's proving a big hit.

  • GEA-NZ dimension: Infrastructure

    Found in Standards & guidance / Technology and architecture / Enterprise architecture / GEA-NZ  framework / Dimensions of the GEA-NZ framework / GEA-NZ dimension: Infrastructure

    The infrastructure dimension is one of the 4 core dimensions that represent the operational aspects of your enterprise architecture.

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