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Push to centralise NZ's audio and video archives in Wellington
Decades of knowledge will be lost if plans to centralise New Zealand's audio and video archives go ahead, says the union for public service workers.
The Ngā
Ambitious project to digitise hundreds of thousands of probate records complete after nine years
Last updated 07:22, January 25 2018
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FamilySearch volunteer Mike Woods has helped digitise more than 300,000 probate
Archives New Zealand Building Update
Archives New Zealand Building Update
December 2, 2016
Since the recent 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake engineers have undertaken several structural assessments of the Archives New Zealand building on Mulgrave Street.
On the 17th November, as a precautionary
Read more…Call for archive protection
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Call for archive protection
Archives and Records Association of New Zealand Otago-Southland branch committee member Peter Miller (left), committee chairwoman Gwen Anderson and committee member Dr Peter Petche
Archives NZ re-opens after quake
The government archives will re-open tomorrow, allowing employees to resume work stalled since the November earthquake.
Archives New Zealand's building in Mulgrave St, Thorndon. Photo: W
Rediscovering Te Papa’s film archives
Rediscovering Te Papa’s film archives
David Riley, who works in our Digital Collections and Access team,
Read more…Collecting social media a bite at a time
New Zealanders are discussing important issues on social media. We want to ensure that the issues that are important to us today are documented and preserved for the future.
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Read more…Wards Scholarship 2017
Wards Scholarship 2017
As for the past four years, the Ian McLean Wards Memorial Trust has pleasure in offering funding through a scholarship to assist individual New Zealand researchers and practitioners in the fields of archives and records managem
Express archives at Marlborough Museum a "valuable asset to the region"
Former Express administrator Bill Thomas stacks bound Marlborough Express archives at the Marlborough Museum.
The vast collection of Marlborough Express newspapers held by Mar
Read more…Standards push from Archives NZ
Standards push from Archives NZ
Friday, July 28, 2017 - 12:59
Government record-keeping is making progress in the land of the long white cloud, but the NZ Chief Archivist is pushing for the mandatory adoption of a new information and records manage
'Please explain' letters to SDHB, ministry
'Please explain' letters to SDHB, ministry
Monday, 5 September 2016
In an unusual move, the country’s chief archivist Marilyn Little has ordered the Southern District Health Board and the Ministry of Health to report to her about their record-ke
Public sector organisations criticised for poor record-keeping
Public sector organisations criticised for poor record-keeping
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Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne says he supports concerns raised by Chief Archivist Marilyn Little about record-keeping at public sector organisations.
Fairfax's photo nightmare: I told you so
Fairfax's photo nightmare: I told you so
9:28 AM Wednesday Apr 15, 2015 19 comments
Fairfax Media's decision to ship up to eight million historic N
Draft Records and information management standard for consultation
Draft Records and information management standard for consultation
Records and information management standard
Archives New Zealand is consulting on the draft Records and information management standard
Read more…Handwritten meeting notes - retain or dispose?
I'm getting quite a few different takes on this subject - to dispose or retain hand written notes taken by the secretary at council meetings.
They are the basis for writing the final approved and signed minutes that we retain permanently. So, if we h
Read more…'Born-digital' records a minefield for archivists
'Born-digital' records a minefield for archivists
Audits by Archives New Zealand show many public agencies fail to display significant archiving maturity.
Archiv
The Supreme Court of New Zealand decides digital files constitute ‘property’ under the Crimes Act
The Supreme Court of New Zealand decides digital files constitute ‘property’ under the Crimes Act
Written by Ken Moon and Laura Carter | Published or updated 02 November 2015
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The bouncer who released footage from a Queenstown, New Zealand
