[ddj] New Zealand List Followers

[Innes]

Thanks Tim,

Will check out the Open Government ninjas website and register to get involved.

Will be up in Auckland later this month. Would be interested to have a coffee and talk about what is happening in NZ.

Cheers, Innes

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On 9/05/2012, at 8:58 PM, Tim McNamara <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:

> Innes -
> 
> Most Kiwis in this space are part of the Open Government ninjas list:
> http://groups.open.org.nz/groups/ninja-talk. There are many of the NZ
> DDJ leaders there: Juha Saarinen, Keith Ng, etc.
> 
> I'm based in Auckland (Symonds St) and am always up for a coffee.
> 
> On 9 May 2012 20:51, Innes Fisher <innes at quantumdata.co.nz> wrote:
>> Hi Nate,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Well if I can help and do something in my spare time, let me know. Sometimes
>> having someone on the ground makes things a bit easier. I won’t have a lot
>> of time immediately but could possibly squeeze some time out of my busy
>> schedule.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Personal banking records in NZ will be covered by the Privacy Act 1993 so it
>> would be difficult to acquire anything without breaking the law unless they
>> were released either officially or by the individual(s) concerned.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I believe The NZ Companies Office has an API to allow you to search the
>> company registrations and associated information (like Directors and
>> Shareholders). You probably already know that. It might be possible to do an
>> extract to create a more useful dataset though.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Innes
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>> [mailto:data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of nate
>> thayer
>> Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:41 a.m.
>> To: List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism.
>> Subject: Re: [ddj] New Zealand List Followers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Innes:
>> 
>> I am from the US (although lived in Asia for 25 years) but I am working on a
>> story that involves New Zealand. It is exactly what good data journalism
>> works for: The use of NZ based paper front companies to hide real ownership
>> for the international transport of corrupt money arms drugs etc. Their are
>> hundreds of fake companies registered to a single Aukland address to ship
>> products rent airplanes, set up fake companies registered in other countries
>> for bank transfers etc. SP Trading is its name and it briefly hit the news
>> in December 2010 when an arms shipment was intercepted from North Korea to
>> Iran in Bangkok. I am trying to track real ownership. If you or anyone else
>> knows how to best mine company and bank records to trace the very
>> complicated web I would love to know.
>> 
>> Best
>> 
>> Nate Thayer
>> 
>> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Innes Fisher <innes at quantumdata.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Anyone from New Zealand following this list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Would be interested in finding out what is going on in NZ in Data Journalism
>> at present.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers, Innes
>> 
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