Digital Service Design Standard - NZ Government¶
Status: ✅ Approved Version: 2.1
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | GUARD-ARCH-001 |
| Category | Architecture |
| Subcategory | design-standard |
| Type | standard |
| Owner | Digital.govt.nz / NZ Government |
| Approved by | — |
| Approved date | — |
| Review due | — |
Description¶
New Zealand government standard providing design principles and guidance for creating user-focused, inclusive, and secure digital services. Encompasses 12 core principles covering user needs, security, privacy, equity, team structure, collaboration, data stewardship, and public accountability.
Source document¶
Digital Service Design Standard | NZ Digital government
Last fetched: 2026-04-22
Related guardrails¶
- GUARD-GOV-015 — NZ Government Web Usability Standard 1.4
- GUARD-GOV-014 — NZ Government Web Accessibility Standard 1.2
- GUARD-GOV-012 — New Zealand Data and Information Management Principles
Change history¶
| Version | Date | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2024-01-15 | auto-generated | Initial creation of guardrail from external source |
| 2.0 | 2026-04-21 | auto-generated | Updated metadata with refined description and expanded governance tags; category refined from 'governance' to 'architecture' for alignment with service design focus |
| 2.1 | 2026-04-22 | auto-generated | Refreshed content hash and last_fetched timestamp from external source; verified URL and page title remain current |