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Find out what's new at Archives New Zealand.

New publications

Records containing personal information held at Archives

Information about open access records held at Archives

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Disposal moratorium on Royal Commission records

Disposal moratorium on public records relevant to the Royal Commission issued by the Chief Archivist

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Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse

Our involvement in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical State Care Abuse and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

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Dunedin building maintenance

Our Dunedin archive is having some building and plant work done which will cause some noise and disruption until mid November

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Published 23 September 2019
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Release of new Regulatory Statements

Release of new Regulatory Statements: Public Sector Archival Selection Statement (19/Sm4), Disposal Statement (19/Sm12) and the new Appraisal Statement (16/Sm3 v2)

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Published 27 August 2019
Page from the naturalisation file for Gottfried Lindauer, 1881. Archives New Zealand reference: ACGO 8333 IA1 1145 / [2] 1911/503.
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Family history resources

Discover more about our family history resources

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Published 27 August 2019
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New home for New Zealand's taonga

To improve the protection of and access to New Zealand's documentary heritage

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Published 14 August 2019
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Temporary restrictions on access to archives

Several public offices have requested a temporary suspension to access of their records

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Published 26 July 2019
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Survey of public sector information management now closed

The Survey of public sector information management 2019 closed last week.

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Published 16 July 2019
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Wikipedia edit-a-thon: New Zealand through a government lens

Come along to Archives in Wellington on Sunday 7 July to help us create and improve Wikipedia articles relating to New Zealand history

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Published 20 June 2019
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Survey of public sector information management now live

Public offices and local authorities are invited to report on the state of their information management, with responses due by 8 July 2019.

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Published 17 June 2019
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The Monitoring Framework - what's coming up?

The annual survey will be reinstated from June as part of the Monitoring Framework

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Published 07 June 2019
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Welcome to our new website

Have a look around. We think you will like it.

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Published 06 June 2019
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Digitisation of Samoan land records

Digitisation of Samoan land records

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Published 04 June 2019
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Turnaround time for Government Loans service

Changes to the turnaround time for our Government Loans service

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Published 04 June 2019
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Survey of public sector information management returning

Notice to the information managers that the annual survey of public sector information management will be rolled out on 17 June

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Published 29 May 2019
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Monitoring framework

Information on the tools we are developing to support the sector and improve compliance

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Published 24 May 2019
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Testing new approach for disposal authorisation

Pilot projects are underway with DHBs and the Ministry of Health to test the use of functional disposal authorities

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Published 03 May 2019