Make It Digital

Voting-banner
 
4 Votes

Designscape magazine

Two hundred and sixty-one issues of Designscape magazine were published — eleven per year from February 1969 til...
By Michael Smythe, 1 comments, Last comment 05 December 11, 10:18pm By design historian
9 Votes

Mt Ida Chronicle 1869-1926

This local newspaper covered the early Otago goldfields and the transition of the Maniototo from a goldmining to...
By Patrick, 1 comments, Last comment 21 October 11, 04:26pm By HelenD
2 Votes

Location of election night polling stations

I would like to be able to download the location of polling stations on election night.
By chris, 0 comments
4 Votes

The April Report

The April Report is a five volume A-J (H.2) additionally titled: Report of the Royal Commission on Social Policy...
By marnet, 0 comments
17 Votes

Auckland Weekly News

I want to vote for the Weekly News - up to the date of its demise, if permissible - being digitised. I too am su...
By jben005, 4 comments, Last comment 25 December 11, 08:27am By paddyb
8 Votes

Location of roading entities

IN built up areas : Bus Lanes, Metered Parking, Intersections ( give way stop, lights, round-a -bout) with c...
By abbdef, 1 comments, Last comment 01 November 10, 12:10pm By abbdef
8 Votes

Government financials

Lack of detailed tax/revenue/economic data and models hinders NZ economy. Build business intelligence tools to h...
By nzdata, 1 comments, Last comment 28 November 10, 07:36pm By gabrielsalas
5 Votes

Safety Ratings for Restaurant and Eateries

People (incl tourists) get food poisoning and/or are disappointed by the quality of an establishment. Enable ent...
By nzdata, 0 comments
3 Votes

Local Government data on Finances, Rates, Land, Consents, permitted activities, land quality, cultural and heritage data, biodiversity, biosecurity, water quality, pollution

Local government processes can be time consuming and difficult for citizens to engage with, and local government...
By nzdata, 0 comments
13 Votes

DOC Track data

Data has inaccuracies. Enhancements could be crowsourced, entrepreneurs could create eco-tourism focused applica...
By nzdata, 2 comments, Last comment 20 October 10, 10:01am By brewstmerr
3 Votes

Pest distribution and control data

Invasive pests cost NZ $719m a year, and cause primary sector output loses of $1.15 billion (est) however public...
By nzdata, 0 comments
8 Votes

Water usage data

Water is becoming a finite resource, and there is lack of understanding about equity of consumption. Build visua...
By nzdata, 1 comments, Last comment 27 October 10, 05:44pm By enzedted
7 Votes

River flow data

Kayakers and rafters are disappointed (and/or expend money and carbon emissions unnecessarily) because they get ...
By nzdata, 0 comments
8 Votes

Satellite imagery

Available topographical map data is not accurate enough to enable conservation groups to adequately plan initiat...
By nzdata, 0 comments
3 Votes

Government employer data

Choosing the wrong job and workplace can damage individuals careers and the productivity of the public service. ...
By nzdata, 0 comments
6 Votes

Data on public events

It is hard for the public to find out about all the events that are happening in their area, so their enjoyment ...
By nzdata, 1 comments, Last comment 18 October 10, 03:49pm By Anonymous
12 Votes

Real time transport data

Lack of awareness of delayed services causes frustration and economic loss. Create real time tools to show actua...
By nzdata, 1 comments, Last comment 13 November 10, 03:55pm By gabrielsalas
3 Votes

Vehicle Crash and WoF inspection data (in aggregate, and for individual cars)

Lack of awareness about danger spots and times. Build geospatial visualisation of crash data over time to raise ...
By nzdata, 0 comments
13 Votes

Crime data (geo-tagged)

Crime impacts on economic and social good. Geospatial visualisations/mashups of crime data with economic and soc...
By nzdata, 1 comments, Last comment 29 September 11, 12:47pm By Chris McDowall
5 Votes

State Housing data (What is occupied/available and where?)

NGOs try to get homeless people into housing, but it’s hard to know when new properties become available. Build ...
By nzdata, 0 comments
3 Votes

Real time information on availability of Social Services and Programmes

NGOs try to get people into services, but its’ very time consuming to find out if places are available. Aggregat...
By nzdata, 0 comments
3 Votes

Authors' notes

There are people writing good, solid factual books, including histories, but many run up against the size constr...
By Kent, 1 comments, Last comment 18 October 10, 03:53pm By Anonymous
4 Votes

DOC and Walking Access Commission data

DOC and Walking Access Commission data combined and released so it can be used offline in handheld GPS units
By nzdata, 1 comments, Last comment 29 September 10, 04:16pm By nzdata
7 Votes

ngati kauwhata

By Don, 0 comments
12 Votes

Digital NZ resources deposited into Freebase

Freebase (http://freebase.com) is a global, freely accessible database full of linked data on basically every to...
By timClicks, 3 comments, Last comment 18 February 11, 06:49pm By AirlanP
10 Votes

Shared Services Technology Platform

This would be a large undertaking, beyond the resources of Digital NZ alone, but I think it's important. New ...
By James Smithies, 2 comments, Last comment 23 August 10, 06:35pm By timClicks
10 Votes

Charitable Aid entries in registers at National Archives

The poor of the country don't get a lot of exposure, people would rather remember their well-to-do relatives, bu...
By cerjoy, 0 comments
14 Votes

National Film Archive

Last year we were able to use this with great affect for our Treaty of Waitangi unit but due to loss of sponsers...
By hamiltonj, 1 comments, Last comment 08 July 10, 11:07am By stuartyeates
12 Votes

New Zealand Home and Building 1937-1998

The proposal is to digitise New Zealand Home and Building, a title published from 1937-1998. Home and Building ...
By Elizabeth Russell, 0 comments
8 Votes

Soil & Health Association magazine - published in New Zealand since 1942

The Soil & Health Association of New Zealand is a registered charity and was formed in 1941. The Association ha...
By OrganicNZ, 1 comments, Last comment 19 May 10, 03:39pm By ecowitch
48 Votes

School Registeries from 17/1800s onwards

I hope these have not been destroyed because school registers of children would probably have their parents/care...
By charliegyrl, 3 comments, Last comment 17 January 11, 02:35pm By Anna Blackman
21 Votes

Stones Directories

Published from Dunedin I think; similar to Wises NZPO Directories, though annual volumes by province or region n...
By hugo, 1 comments, Last comment 16 March 10, 08:02am By Fiona
15 Votes

Vashti's Voice, Women's Voice and Vashti's Voices

An Aotearoa New Zealand Journal exploring theologies for a just future Ecumenical Feminist theological journal p...
By cgibb, 1 comments, Last comment 12 March 10, 12:31pm By cgibb
59 Votes

Buller Historical and Genealogical Data

In conjunction with the Buller District Library, the Westport Genealogy and History Group would like to digitise...
By Westport Genealogy, 4 comments, Last comment 15 March 10, 11:52am By hugo
22 Votes

5x5 – Five Writers x Five Minutes

The NZ Book Council presents, 5x5 – Five Writers x Five Minutes: five top New Zealand writers talk for five minu...
By NZ Book Council, 0 comments
31 Votes

Digitising West Coast Stories

The project is a partnership between Shantytown, the Department of Conservation and the West Coast ICT Uptake pr...
By JBK, 1 comments, Last comment 13 March 10, 05:00pm By Betsy
188 Votes

Adding pictures and text about historic places to the Register Online

Our Images & Citations Project will enhance the Register Online by adding text and pictures to the information a...
By NZ Historic Places Trust, 2 comments, Last comment 17 September 10, 12:12pm By tabitha
87 Votes

Despatches from Down Under :The papers of the New Zealand colony- From and to the British Colonial Office.

The British Parliamentary Papers (BPP) represent an important source of largely untapped information about New Z...
By Kathryn Parsons, 6 comments, Last comment 05 March 10, 02:41pm By Penny Griffith
71 Votes

Digitisation of Oral History Collection

Hamilton City Libraries has an oral history collection of over 700 tapes. Some of the oral histories form parts ...
By MarkC, 4 comments, Last comment 04 October 10, 08:46am By Fiona
3 Votes

I Don't Get This..

I think these are all really good, logical ideas. For example, my family arrived in the Charlotte Jane in 1850 (...
By johnhb, 1 comments, Last comment 14 February 10, 02:39pm By Fiona
50 Votes

Social History Photographs from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70

The North Otago Museum has a huge collection of historic photographs that have been scanned and are used by many...
By North Otago Museum, 1 comments, Last comment 11 February 10, 09:26pm By North Otago Museum
56 Votes

Maori Land Court Minutes

Put Maori Land Court minutes on line, they are probably NZs finest record of oral history. There is some angst r...
By Tamai, 2 comments, Last comment 08 July 10, 11:08am By stuartyeates
17 Votes

Environment Court Proceedings

The information presented at Environment Court Hearings is a valuable resource in itself. Providing ease of acce...
By mozasaur, 2 comments, Last comment 24 August 10, 09:08am By Fiona
11 Votes

Resource Management Hearing proceedings

The information presented at Resource Management Hearings is a valuable resource in itself. Providing ease of ac...
By mozasaur, 0 comments
122 Votes

Southern Stars Royal Astronomical Society of NZ Journal

Southern Stars is the Royal Astronomical Society of NZ's Quarterly Journal which has been published continuously...
By Marilyn, 12 comments, Last comment 28 February 10, 04:41pm By Anonymous
234 Votes

AUCKLAND MARITIME AND SOCIAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographic images offer a direct testimony and understanding of the lives of European settlers in Auckland Pro...
By Marleene Boyd, 7 comments, Last comment 04 July 10, 07:27pm By trudie
23 Votes

Digital Maori Directory

To create a comprehensive online directory (i.e. mini WebPages) which promotes Maori businesses and organisation...
By potaua, 0 comments
124 Votes

Criminal Mug Shots, 1886-1908

Wondering if any of your great-great-great-grandparents were criminals? The New Zealand Police Museum has a la...
By NZPoliceMuseum, 3 comments, Last comment 12 December 10, 10:40am By Cathyt
9 Votes

Omeka plugin using using DigitalNZ api library

http://omeka.org/ is a great open source CMS for online exhibits that is used quite a bit in the US university s...
By James Smithies, 1 comments, Last comment 20 October 10, 10:04am By brewstmerr
15 Votes

Children's Media - Creative Technology and the World We Live In

Every year at Capital E children aged from 7 years up make media works in our live television broadcast studio a...
By Capital E, 0 comments
 

About the voting tool

The voting tool is a way for people to communicate their need for NZ digital content. There are a couple of things we are hoping to achieve... find out more.
 
Are you from an organisation planning digitisation work? Find out how to use the voting tool to get feedback on your digitisation ideas.