Professional site visits will take place on Friday, 7 November. Please select up to three (3) professional visits that are most of interest to you at this time. This will help us gauge the level of interest for planning purposes. We will confirm professional visit selections with in-person attendees closer to the conference.
Wellington City Archives | Te Kano Kohinga Kupu o Pōneke
Opened in 1995, the Wellington City Archives is one of the largest Local Authority archives in Aotearoa New Zealand, with around 8,500 shelves of physical archives and over 15TB of digital records. The current digitisation project has been running since 2020 and has seen more than 20 million pages scanned.
National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa / Alexander Turnbull Library | Te Wharepukapuka o Alexander Turnbull / He Tohu
The National Library's purpose is to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand. The Library collects, preserves and protects the documentary heritage of New Zealand, supports other libraries, and collaborates with the international library community. The Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand’s national documentary heritage collections, is housed within the National Library.
The National Library also hosts He Tohu, a permanent exhibition housed in the specially-built document room, He Whakapapa Kōrero. It holds three constitutional documents from the collections of Archives New Zealand that shape Aotearoa New Zealand history: He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand), Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi), and Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine (Women's Suffrage Petition).
Archives New Zealand | Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
With four offices across the country, Archives New Zealand is our national archive, preserving and protecting records dating from the early nineteenth century to today, including government information. Archives aims to help researchers, information managers and government agencies, in addition to supporting Māori communities and families to access their “taonga”, or valuable possessions, under the institution's care.
Museum of New Zealand | Te Papa Tongarewa
Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum, with exhibits ranging from long-term exhibitions on natural environment and social history, to cultural spaces and touring subjects. Te Papa curates, collects, and supports other museums, galleries and greater research.
Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision
Ngā Taonga is Aotearoa New Zealand's national audiovisual archive, collecting a wide range of material and media with cultural, social or historical value. The institutional purpose is to ensure the country's audiovisual heritage is saved and protected for current and future generations.