Since our breaking news this month that the New Zealand Government is finally going to officially investigate public weather data being truly opened up from NIWA & MetService’s commercial sales people, we’ve had some fantastic support from various organisations, including Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

This morning their Open Data project on Twitter (@OpenDataNZ) is asking New Zealanders to vote for the most important NZ datasets they would like to see opened up.

Of course, with WeatherWatch.co.nz’s several year campaign to truly open up public weather data, we’d love it if you voted for “Weather Data” – but you’re free to vote for whichever category you think needs the most attention.

Here’s the survey. The more New Zealanders that vote ‘Weather Data’ the more likely it is we’ll see a positive change that will not only guarantee we continue as a free public service, but also improves the accuracy and quality of all forecasts for NZ across all providers.

#HaveYourSay on what public data needs to be opened up:

Click here to cast your vote!