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A-Z of content design guidance
Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / A-Z of content design guidance
An alphabetised list of all topics in the content design guidance.
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Tone and voice
Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Writing style / Tone and voice
How to write in an appropriate tone and voice for Government.
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Readability
Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Writing style / Readability
Readability is about how easy it is for someone to understand a piece of text.
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NZGOAL Guidance Note 1: Website copyright statements
Found in Standards & guidance / Governance / Copyright and licensing / NZGOAL Guidance Note 1: Website copyright statements
Version 3 / April 2015
Introduction and context1. The New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL), originally released in August 2010, anticipated that additional guidance notes would be released over time.
New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework
These guidance notes would:
(a) explore, in greater detail, some of the issues addressed or raised in NZGOAL; and
(b) address operational or technical issues which arise in practice, whether on the part o… -
Year in review — Digital.govt.nz in 2023
Found in Blog / Published 15 August 2024 / By Adele Kitto ,
The Digital.govt.nz team did some research to check our understanding of how people used the website in 2023, setting up future studies with these findings.
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Access to Information: Acting as an agent or representative
Found in Standards & guidance / Privacy, security and risk / Privacy / Data Protection and Use Policy (DPUP) / Read the DPUP Guidelines / Access to Information Guideline / Acting as an agent or representative
The Data Protection and Use Policy (DPUP) stresses the importance of enabling people to use their rights. However, sometimes people may wish to ask someone else to act for them.
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Google Analytics for content design
Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Research, plan and maintain your content / Google Analytics for content design
Some features in Google Analytics are useful for making content design decisions. But others should be treated with caution.
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Contact us
Found in About Digital.govt.nz / Contact us
You can contact Digital.govt.nz by email or post, or through the feedback form that’s on most pages. We’ll reply within 5 working days — or sooner if we can.
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Tackling the digital divide during COVID-19
COVID-19 lockdowns revealed the extent and impact of digital exclusion when schools had to pivot to distant learning. The Ministry of Education introduced a range of solutions to bridge the digital gap.
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Lists
Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Findable content — use keywords and structure / Lists
How to make your lists readable and useful.
