Feb 9, 2026 | Case Studies
Exploring the histories recorded by Māori land committees and the care taken today to ensure these taonga endure. Ka mua, ka muri – looking back to look forward Each year Waitangi Day invites us to pause, look back, and reflect on the history and decisions that...
Jun 23, 2025 | Case Studies
The Marti Friedlander Archive is one of the most important archival repositories of a New Zealand photographer’s work. On loan from the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust and housed at the E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,...
May 1, 2025 | Case Studies, News
The NZ Roll of Honour is a taonga that bears the weight of a nation’s gratitude. Across its five volumes are the names of all 30,000 New Zealand service people who have died in conflicts from the war in South Africa (1899-1902) up to the present day. It’s hard to...
Sep 18, 2024 | Case Studies, Uncategorised
NZMS first heard about a move to create a digital archive for Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa in 2022 when Whina Te Whiu emailed Alison Barnett, NZMS Northern Regional Manager: “The time has come for the iwi to digitise their post settlement iwi collections.” Te Iwi o Te...
May 30, 2024 | Case Studies
As a digitisation company, NZMS primarily deals with documents, photos, slides, ephemera, and the microfilming of newspapers. We also have a small audio-visual division helping to digitise obsolete audio-visual materials mainly of the magnetic tape format – cassettes,...
Apr 14, 2024 | Case Studies
Diaries and sketchbooks documenting a person’s travels contain a special blend of journalism and visual storytelling, and often present a unique viewpoint of personal exploration and discovery. Famous examples in the 19th and 20th centuries include Edward Adrian...
