Editing Archives New Zealand (section)

===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>