On a mission to promote open data for public good and business innovation - CIO New Zealand

"When Paul Stone talks to government agencies and private organisations about his work, he likes to tell them about the ANZ Truckometer.

The Truckometer, released every month by ANZ Bank, provides economic indicators derived using traffic volume data from around the country.

It takes road count data from the government and co-relates this with the GDP, predicting where the economy is heading.

“I love its unexpected use of data,” says Stone. “It reinforces the message [of] don’t try to predict what the data is going to be used for. Get it out there, so when it is needed to solve a problem, it is available.”"