June 2017

At Stats NZ, they supply some of New Zealand’s most important statistics, data and insights to people all over the country who use the information to help them make informed decisions.

The data they collect and produce helps people make decisions about our social, economic and environmental growth, but we’re more than just numbers.

Khoa Nguyen is a Vietnamese New Zealander based in Wellington. He is a certified chartered accountant who runs his own consultancy business, has held various directorships and is an avid volunteer. Between early meetings and volunteering at the Wellington City Mission he generously made some time to catch up with the Office of Ethnic Communities for a quick Question and Answer session

Khoa Anh, your name is very familiar to many in Wellington but could you tell us a little bit about yourself?

The Office of Ethnic Communities website has recently moved from HTTP to HTTPS.

What does that mean? Using HTTPS, the computers agree on a “code” between them, and then they scramble the messages using that “code” so that no one in between can read them. It basically keeps your information safe from hackers.