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Browse our recent publications including surveys, newsletters, papers and our annual Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping.

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Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping

Read our annual reporting on the state of recordkeeping across government as required by the Public Records Act 2005. This includes information about our auditing programme and other regulatory work.

Survey of public sector information management

View the questions, responses and findings from our regular survey of public sector information management.

Digitised archival transfers as the default setting report

Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Archives New Zealand commissioned research in 2024 into the potential for a requirement that public offices digitise records for archival transfer.

Records containing personal information held at Archives

Find out more about the open access records we hold.

All-of-government ontology options paper

Read our 2021 options paper exploring the benefits of an all-of-government ontology to help agencies to find, use, manage and share their information and data (Released in July 2021).

Archives 2057 Strategy

Find out about our long-term vision and strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand’s record of government (Launched in May 2017).

Findings from Regulatory Programme engagement

See the results of our 2018 stakeholder engagement to find out views on our regulatory role and activities (Released December 2018).

He Kohinga Mahara

Browse back issues of He Kohinga Mahara—our biannual newsletter featuring the latest news from Archives NZ.

Managing text messages

Digital rendering matters

Annual reports

Archives NZ is included in the Department of Internal Affairs’ annual report, published on the DIA website.