Editing Archives New Zealand (section)

==History==
[[File:Hope Gibbons Fire 1952 (9360525201) (cropped).jpg|alt=|thumb|On 29 July 1952, fire ripped through the Hope Gibbons Building in Wellington, destroying much of New Zealand's public records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/71666196/wellingtons-hope-gibbons-fire-destroys-national-archives---150-years-of-news|title=Wellington's Hope Gibbons fire destroys national archives – 150 years of news|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=2 September 2015 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>]]

===Establishment===
In 1954, the [[First National Government of New Zealand|First National Government]]'s cabinet approved the establishment of a national archive and the office of a chief archivist, and the drafting of enabling legislation. The [[Archives Act 1957]] established the '''National Archives''' within the [[Department of Internal Affairs]] (DIA). It also gave the chief archivist the power to approve the disposal of official records and to require the transfer of records to the National Archives after 25 years. The Archives Act also affirmed public access to the National Archives. While the National Archives were established in 1957, they were preceded by the Dominion Archives and the former war archives at the Hope Gibbons building in Wellington.<ref name="Te Ara" />

===Expansion and legislative entrenchment===
In 1977, an amendment to the [[Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand)|Local Government Act 1974]] extended limited protection to local government archives. For the first twenty years, the National Archives had to contend with inadequate storage and staffing. Following Wilfred I. Smith's report,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Archives in New Zealand: a report|last=Smith|first=Wilfred I.|publisher=Archives and Records Association of New Zealand|year=1978|publication-place=Wellington, New Zealand}}</ref> the Government took steps to address those issues, the headquarters moving into the 1966 4-storey<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 Oct 1961 |title=NEW GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. PRESS |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19611023.2.148 |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> building of the former Government Printing Office on Thorndon Quay<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 Sep 1966 |title=PRINTERS WALK OUT. PRESS |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660929.2.3 |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand. Government Printing Office |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22409569 |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=National Library of New Zealand |language=en-nz}}</ref> The National Archives' legal position was further entrenched by the passage of legislation such as the [[Ombudsmen Act 1975]], the [[Official Information Act 1982]], and the State Sector Act 1988.

In 2000, the National Archives was separated from the Department of Internal Affairs and renamed as '''Archives New Zealand'''.<ref name="Te Ara" />

In 2005, the [[Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand|Fifth Labour Government]] passed the [[Public Records Act 2005]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2005/0040/latest/contents.html|title=Public Records Act 2005|website=www.legislation.govt.nz|access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref> to deal with digital archives and the creation of [[state-owned enterprise]]s. The Act also greatly expanded the role of Archives New Zealand and the powers of the Chief Archivist, and established the Archives Council to advise the Minister responsible for Archives New Zealand. The organisation now has a leadership role for recordkeeping throughout central and local government.<ref name="Te Ara" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.govt.nz/advice/public-records-act-2005|title=Public Records Act 2005|publisher=Archives New Zealand|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628090218/http://archives.govt.nz/advice/public-records-act-2005|archive-date=28 June 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>

===Reintegration under Internal Affairs, 2011&ndash;present===
In 2011, Archives New Zealand and the [[National Library of New Zealand]] were merged back into the Department of Internal Affairs.<ref name="Te Ara" /><ref name="Beehive 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister-welcomes-state-sector-legislation|title=Minister welcomes State Sector legislation (press release)|author=Guy, Nathan|work=Beehive.govt.nz|publisher=[[New Zealand Government]]|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> Before 1 February 2011 Archives New Zealand was a separate government department.<ref name="Beehive 2011" />

In 2018, the Christchurch office moved to a new location in [[Wigram]] near the [[Air Force Museum of New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Important message for all Christchurch Office of Archives New Zealand customers |url=http://www.dia.govt.nz/Important-message-for-all-Christchurch-Office-of-Archives-New-Zealand-customers |website=Department of Internal Affairs |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Christchurch Office of Archives New Zealand |url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/48216490482 |website=Flickr |access-date=10 March 2021 |date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

The ''New Zealand Archivist'' Vol 3 No 1 pages 5–10 includes a more comprehensive history of archives in New Zealand.<ref name=":5" />

In December 2020, the DIA confirmed that Archives NZ along with the National Library and [[Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision]] would move to a proposed purpose-built [[business park]] called the [[Horowhenua Business Park]] in [[Levin, New Zealand|Levin]] at an unspecified future date.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baalbergen |first1=Janine |title=National Library and other government services to move to Horowhenua |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/national-library-and-other-government-services-to-move-to-horowhenua/LXCIA7FBGTFDLB2YURP422WESE/ |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=[[Horowhenua Chronicle]] |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514041117/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/national-library-and-other-government-services-to-move-to-horowhenua/LXCIA7FBGTFDLB2YURP422WESE/ |archive-date=14 May 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2022 Internal Affairs Minister [[Jan Tinetti]], Archives NZ chief archivist Stephen Clarke and [[Māori people|Māori]] [[iwi]] (tribe) Taranaki Whānui [[Te Āti Awa]] confirmed that the Government would build a new archives building on the site of the former Defence House on Wellington's Aitken Street between the present Archives NZ and National Library buildings. The new NZ$290 million building will have 19,300sqm of lettable area and is expected to open in 2026. It will host archives repository and specialist facilities for Archives NZ, the National Library and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chumko |first1=André |title=New $290m national archives facility to be built in Wellington |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127617135/new-290m-national-archives-facility-to-be-built-in-wellington?rm=a |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224202545/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127617135/new-290m-national-archives-facility-to-be-built-in-wellington?rm=a |archive-date=24 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Groundbreaking ceremony for new archives building behind National Library |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142269 |website=Wellington.Scoop |publisher=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |access-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607025214/https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142269 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |date=1 February 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 May 2024, Archives NZ halted its digitisation programme which had commenced seven years ago, citing the programme's time-limited funding. The disestablishment of the digitisation programme is expected to cause the loss of three permanent jobs and some fixed time positions. Historian [[Vincent O'Malley]] described the termination of the digitisation programme as "a devastating blow."<ref>{{cite news |title=Archives NZ shutting down digitisation programme |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516411/archives-nz-shutting-down-digitisation-programme |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511220743/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516411/archives-nz-shutting-down-digitisation-programme |archive-date=11 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>