Editing Archives New Zealand (section)

===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>