Technology and architecture

Cloud services

Government organisations are required to use public cloud services in preference to traditional IT systems. They are required to adopt these services on a case by case basis, following risk assessments.

• Tools that government organisations are using for working remotely
• Increase agility and collaboration by allowing a variety of cloud-based tools
• Guide to optimising network traffic for cloud services
• Guide to managing updates on remote endpoints

Enterprise architecture

The Government Enterprise Architecture for New Zealand (GEA-NZ) is a common language and categorisation framework that promotes consistency in the way government models its business processes, services and infrastructure.

• GEA-NZ  framework
• Architecture resources

Government digital standards catalogue

Formerly known as the Government Enterprise Architecture for NZ (GEA-NZ) standards reference, the government digital standards is a catalogue of digital standards and related guidance that can be used by NZ government agencies.

• Digital standards principles
• Digital standards catalogue status
• Managing changes to the digital standards catalogue

Government domain names

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) manages the allocation of .govt.nz and .parliament.nz domains. This service is for all New Zealand central and local government organisations.

• Choose a domain name
• Apply for a domain name
• Manage your domains
• Policy for Moderation and Registration of .govt.nz Internet Domain Names

Application programming interfaces (APIs)

Use APIs to share information across agencies and improve your customer's experience.

• About APIs
• API implementation guidance
• APIs provided by Government

Legacy system guidance

Guidance on replacing or retiring legacy systems and technology and how to manage risk during the process.

NZ Government Customer Information Quality (CIQ) Profiles

The OASIS Customer Information Quality (CIQ) Standard is an international standard for customer information interchange quality. It includes personal and organisational names, addresses, party attributes and party roles and relationships.

New Zealand Security Assertion Messaging Standard

This New Zealand Security Assertion Messaging Standard prescribes messaging standards for communicating a range of security assertions (authentication, identity attributes and authorisation) in New Zealand government online services. The Standard is abbreviated to NZ SAMS.