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  • A/B/C/D/Evolving the Govt.nz homepage design

    Found in Blog / Published 05 December 2014 / By Nathan Wall ,

    When Govt.nz launched in July this year we’d already completed several rounds of user research. The design of the site and the layout of the homepage had changed a lot since we launched the first beta version the previous year.

    How users are getting to our homepageAfter several months, we started to see some interesting patterns in our website analytics. A lot of people were searching Google using terms like:

    “new zealand government” (and various alternative versions)
    “nz government website”
    “…

  • 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.

  • Google Analytics for content design

    Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Google Analytics for content design

    Some features in Google Analytics are useful for making content design decisions. But others should be treated with caution.

  • Emerging Tech: Virtual and Augmented Reality

    Found in Blog / Published 16 February 2018 / By Nadia Webster ,

    TL;DRAs part of a regular Emerging Technology series the Service Integration team at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) brought together presenters from inside and outside of government to share how they were using Virtual and Augmented Reality to engage or train people, or perform tasks.

    The technology behind Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) has advanced significantly. It now provides opportunities to deliver empathetic and insightful experiences that help people get close…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • When you assume...

    Found in Blog / Published 18 November 2013 / By Katie Johnston ,

    We recently completed our first round of user testing since publishing beta.govt.nz.

    We learned a lot. Seeing actual users use your site is always enlightening…and occasionally frustrating. The urge to shake them and yell “it’s right there!” can be strong. Things that seemed so obvious when you did them turn out not to be obvious at all.

    Overall, the testing showed we’re on the right track. There’s still a few things we need to think about, but people were very positive. Task completion went u…

  • Augmenting our story

    Found in Showcase

    In March last year, Te Puni Kōkiri developed the #FFSVote (For Future’s Sake Vote) social media and community engagement campaign designed to encourage Māori youth (rangatahi) aged 18–29 years to enrol and vote at the 2017 General Election.

  • Report: Digital inclusion user insights — Disabled people

    Found in Digital government / Programmes and projects / Finished programmes and projects / Digital inclusion / Digital inclusion research / Report: Digital inclusion user insights — Disabled people

    Read the report into the digital user experience of disabled people in 2020.

  • Lists

    Found in Standards & guidance / Content, design and UX / Content design guidance / Content structure / Lists

    How to make your lists readable and useful.

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