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Social media transparency statement

Learn how we use social media, how we keep our channels safe and politically neutral, and what to do if you have a concern.

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We use social media to support the three focus areas laid out in our Archives 2057 strategy:

  • taking archives to the people

  • upholding transparency

  • building systems together.

Read our 2057 strategy in full

We use social media to:

  • communicate with stakeholders

  • inform people about what we do

  • help people access the records we hold.

How we moderate our social media

We welcome different points of view on our social media, but we moderate and delete comments or content when we need to. We won't tolerate content that is:

  • offensive

  • harmful

  • in breach of someone's privacy

  • damaging in any other way.

Private and direct messages

We monitor private and direct messages on our social media channels. We're respectful, neutral and factual in our replies to messages.

Preserving our neutrality

Like all public sector organisations, Archives New Zealand is politically neutral. All our staff comply with our social media strategy, which explains the importance of our neutrality.

When we follow, like or share content by a person or organisation, we're not endorsing their views.

Concerns and complaints

If you have a concern about our use of social media, you can raise it by:

We deal with all complaints as quickly as we can.