Ideas for hackfest

metadata scraper
tools to help turn clumsy data into clean APIs
kick off a geek outreach project
tool for govt workers to list possible datasets for opening
single site for public consultations
govt press releases geo located -> regional news
successful grant applications
form to add govt datasources to open.org.nz
user research plan to identify data & tools to help elderly
aggregate grants and scholarships available across govt
public transport mashups (which bus takes least time)
OIA registry
geo mashup of existing govt datasets
iPhone app for ?
package geo datasets into atlas
realtime events from NZP to official @nzpolice; geotag (all) emergency services
merging council datasets into normalised national data
standardised comparable lists of community resources like venues, parking, childcare for events
mash ups and aps using digitalnz api
a system to collate tweets: specify timespan, hashtag etc. and list them
build joannatmcleod a job
who is my mp? (with contact details)
public repo of govt data (original and reworked) - e.g. using subversion, bugzilla etc. "DataForge"
something with stats, like crime or benefits or unemployment - people love visualisations - graphs and maps, mmmm