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Public Service AI Framework

Record NZ-01

Issued by
Government Chief Digital Officer (Department of Internal Affairs)
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Level · region
National · Oceania
Published / adopted
2025-01
Last updated
2025-01-29
Language
English

Summary

Non-binding framework for the responsible use of AI across the New Zealand Public Service. It sets a vision, 5 principles informed by the OECD AI Principles (inclusive and sustainable development, human-centred values, transparency and explainability, safety and security, and accountability), the legal and policy context, and 6 pillars of the Government Chief Digital Officer's AI work programme: governance, guardrails, capability, innovation, social licence and global voice. It asks agencies to disclose when they use AI systems and to provide human oversight throughout the AI lifecycle.

Safety topics

public-sector useaccountability & liabilitytransparency & labellinghuman oversight

Open question

date_published is unsupported and the checker gave no evidence-backed fix Issue #129

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Status notes

The framework sits within New Zealand's National AI Strategy, launched in July 2025. It follows Cabinet's decision of June 2024 to promote the OECD AI principles, and it records Cabinet's light-touch, proportionate and risk-based approach to AI regulation, under which further intervention should use existing mechanisms in preference to a standalone AI Act. The page shows 'Last updated 29 January 2025' although it refers to the strategy launched in July 2025.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/technology-and-architecture/artificial-intelligence/public-service-artificial-intelligence-framework

Local copy

Archived, needs review. The site returned a JavaScript bot-check page (web application firewall) instead of the document. The browser retry also failed (Browser could not load the page: Page.goto: Timeout 45000ms exceeded.). Last attempt 2026-10-17 21:35:55 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/NZ-01/2026-10-17/official.html
Retrieved 2026-10-17 20:47:06 UTC
SHA-256 d02032286070b4dd9d8fbd985a7bdca8af8edf52b89ff177db3bfcb2c8a9c43d

Warning: The site returned a JavaScript bot-check page (web application firewall) instead of the document

Verification

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The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-17 · official-url-fetched
Recheck of 17 Oct 2026: the plain download of the digital.govt.nz page returned a bot-check page; the page was stored with a browser on 17 Oct 2026, rendered and printed to PDF, and its text matches the 11 Oct 2026 copy except for one added menu entry. Title, the 5 principles, the 6 pillars, the non-binding character and 'Last updated 29 January 2025' confirmed. Stored in this run: the framework's A3 PDF (vision, principles, policy context and work programme, with no date) and the 'About digital.govt.nz' page (the site supports the Government Chief Digital Officer role; it does not name a department). No stored file gives a first-publication date, so date_published (January 2025) rests on the page's last-updated date, and none names the Department of Internal Affairs; both stay as published and are listed as open questions.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-17: 7 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-17notes: The page shows 'Last updated 29 January 2025'. The framework sits within the nat → The framework sits within New Zealand's National AI Strategy, launched in July 2 — rewritten: the Cabinet decisions the framework builds on, and the discrepancy between the page's last-updated date and its reference to the July 2025 strategy2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-17safety_topics: ["public-sector use", "accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling"] → ["public-sector use", "accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling", — 'human oversight' added: the principles ask agencies to provide human oversight throughout the AI lifecycle2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-17summary: Voluntary framework for responsible AI use by NZ public-sector agencies. It sets → Non-binding framework for the responsible use of AI across the New Zealand Publi — rewritten from the stored page: the 5 principles and the 6 pillars named (the earlier 'six focus areas' are the page's '6 key pillars'), the disclosure and human-oversight expectations2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

NZ AI Strategy New Zealand · Published (non-binding, current)

OECD AI Principles OECD · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Government Chief Digital Officer (Department of Internal Affairs). Public Service AI Framework. 2025-01. https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/technology-and-architecture/artificial-intelligence/public-service-artificial-intelligence-framework. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/NZ-01/2026-10-17/official.html retrieved 2026-10-17 20:47:06 UTC, SHA-256 d02032286070b4dd9d8fbd985a7bdca8af8edf52b89ff177db3bfcb2c8a9c43d. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record NZ-01.

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