New Zealanders rightly expect our national statistical agency, Stats New Zealand, to be a credible source of data and statistics about issues facing New Zealand. Stats New Zealand is a trusted guardian of personal and commercially sensitive information. In the last few decades, national data and statistics systems have faced challenges arising from rapidly changing technologies, requiring relevant systems to evolve at an equally rapid pace. The Data and Statistics Bill is a legislative response to a changing situation, building a resilient and reliable data and statistics system. Government's collection, stewardship, and use of data is shaped by consideration for the people, communities, environments, and organisations the data is from, about, and for. 