Blog: Discovering New Zealand’s Queen of Crime
April is the birth month of Dame Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982), one of New Zealand’s most famous authors and theatre directors. Crowned a Queen of Crime (alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham), Dame Ngaio holds international acclaim for her...
The Case for Nationally Recognised Technical Specifications for Digitisation in New Zealand
“Central and Local Government agencies have a key responsibility to preserve and make records that reflect our history and identity publicly available: their collections trace events and decisions that shape our nation and the lives of Kiwis.” Authored by...
Docuvan announces collaboration with NZMS
As distributors and resellers of high-end scanning equipment, Docuvan cater to a broad range of industries within Oceania. Their diversity of customers include government, libraries, galleries and art houses, through to banks, utilities, manufacturers, wholesalers,...
Blog: Te Waipounamu and the Black Maps
Image above: Original 4 mile maps of Province & Southern Alps by Von Haast, R22668133 [CH1031/BM 193], held by Archives New Zealand/Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Christchurch Regional Office. To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), we have...