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Ngā aratohu rangahau

Research guidance
Ngā aratohu rangahau

Research guidance
He aha kei a mātou

What we have

Me pēhea te rangahau i ngā pūranga kōrero

How to research archives

Ngā aratohu rangahau

Research guides

Te tārua me te whakahua pūranga

Copying and citing archives

Ngā whakamāramatanga o ngā kupu pūranga kōrero

Definitions of archival terms

Ngā whakatiki urunga

Access restrictions

Haere ki ō mātou rūma pānui

Visit a reading room

Pātai mai

Ask an archivist
Kimihia he pūkete

Find a record
Kimihia he pūkete

Find a record
Ngā kōnae tokorau

Divorce files

Ngā pūkete hekenga

Immigration records

Ngā pūkete whaiaro

Personal records

Ngā āwhina rapu whakapapa

Whakapapa search tips

Ngā kōnae whaiaro hōia

World War One service records
Whakahaere mōhiohio

Manage information
Whakahaere mōhiohio

Manage information
Me pēhea te whakahaere i ō mōhiohio

How to manage your information

Rārangi aratohu A-Z

A–Z list of guidance

He pēhea tā mātau whakarite

How we regulate

Rauemi taurewa kāwanatanga

Government loans

Ngā whakamārama mā ngā kaiwhakahaere mōhiohio

Information management updates

Whakawhitiwhiti ngātahi me te rāngai

Sector engagement
Ā mātou kōrero

Discover our stories
Ā mātou kōrero

Discover our stories
He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni

The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi

Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wāhine

The Women's Suffrage Petition

Ngā Toi a Tū

War art
Mō mātou

About us
Mō mātou

About us
Ā mātau mahi

Our work

Tā mātou kawenga whakariterite

Our regulatory role

Hanganga me ngā tāngata

Structure and people

Ā mātou ratonga

Services we offer

Ngā kaupapahere Kowheori-19

Covid-19 policies

He whāinga tapuwae

Services for iwi

Ngā mea hou

What's new

Ngā whakaputanga

Publications

Te kāwanatanga tuwhera me ngā OIA

Open Government and OIAs

Whakapā mai ki a mātou

Contact us

Website Records

Ngā aratohu rangahau

Research guidance
Kimihia he pūkete

Find a record
- Ngā kōnae tokorau
  
  Divorce files
- Ngā pūkete hekenga
  
  Immigration records
- Ngā pūkete whaiaro
  
  Personal records
- Ngā āwhina rapu whakapapa
  
  Whakapapa search tips
- Ngā kōnae whaiaro hōia
  
  World War One service records
Whakahaere mōhiohio

Manage information
- Me pēhea te whakahaere i ō mōhiohio
  
  How to manage your information
  - Key obligations and the standard
  - Planning and strategy
  - Implementation
  - Appraisal
  - Disposal
  - Transfer
  - Digital
- Rārangi aratohu A-Z
  
  A–Z list of guidance
- He pēhea tā mātau whakarite
  
  How we regulate
  - Our regulatory role
  - Intentions to dispose
  - Monitoring and audit
  - Regulatory statement
  - Public sector archival selection statement
  - Our regulatory tools
- Rauemi taurewa kāwanatanga
  
  Government loans
  - Government loans overview
  - Government loans procedures
  - Government loans policy
- Ngā whakamārama mā ngā kaiwhakahaere mōhiohio
  
  Information management updates
- Whakawhitiwhiti ngātahi me te rāngai
  
  Sector engagement
Ā mātou kōrero

Discover our stories
- He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni
  
  The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi
  
  The Treaty of Waitangi
- Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wāhine
  
  The Women's Suffrage Petition
- Ngā Toi a Tū
  
  War art
Mō mātou

About us
- Ā mātau mahi
  
  Our work
  - Utaina
  - Digitisation
  - Preservation
    - Digital preservation
    - Film preservation lab
    - Borrowing for exhibitions
    - Digital preservation statement
  - Film preservation lab
  - Tāhuhu
  - Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care
- Tā mātou kawenga whakariterite
  
  Our regulatory role
- Hanganga me ngā tāngata
  
  Structure and people
- Ā mātou ratonga
  
  Services we offer
  - Ask an archivist
  - Digitisation on demand
  - Government loans
    - Government loans overview
    - Government loans procedures
    - Government loans policy
  - Borrowing for exhibitions
  - Services for iwi
  - Fees and charges
- Ngā kaupapahere Kowheori-19
  
  Covid-19 policies
  - FAQs under COVID-19 Protection Framework
- He whāinga tapuwae
  
  Services for iwi
- Ngā mea hou
  
  What's new
- Ngā whakaputanga
  
  Publications
  - All-of-government ontology options paper
  - Records containing personal information held at Archives
  - Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping
    - Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping 2019/20
    - Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping 2017/18
    - Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping 2016/17
  - Archives 2057 Strategy
- Te kāwanatanga tuwhera me ngā OIA
  
  Open Government and OIAs
  - Open Government Third National Action Plan
  - Proactive release of official information
- Whakapā mai ki a mātou
  
  Contact us
  - Complaints

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