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In praise of open New Zealand

By Julie Starr | Published: July 23, 2009
I’m heartened by some ‘open’ developments in New Zealand. Firstly, kudos to Nat Torkington and Glen Barnes for setting up http://opengovt.org.nz, a website that promises to catalogue any government data that’s publicly available for download and further use. This is cool. It can become a useful port of call for anyone looking for data to [...]
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If newspapers hit the wall, should the Government save them?

By Julie Starr | Published: January 25, 2008
Here's a post from tech blogger Michael Arrington about a question that arose at the Davos jamboree. It was this: When the business model of “real journalism” fails, what should society do in response? When things are considered important, but can’t be supported with a business model, government sometimes steps in. National parks, highways, police and national defense are all examples. Should print journalism be next?
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