We aim to preserve the stories that have helped to shape our communities and to make these accessible to New Zealanders both at home and abroad.
The overarching goal of our ‘Preserving Local Histories for our Tamariki: Mass Digitisation of Historical Community Newspapers’ project is to digitise, and make available, all historical newspapers (from 1840 to 2000) that are at risk of loss or decay. This will ensure that the stories and histories from diverse communities right across urban and rural New Zealand are preserved for current and future generations.
We have commenced a multi-stage, multi-year project that seeks to preserve Aotearoa New Zealand’s written history for our tamariki and increase access to New Zealand’s cultural history.
