About the Journal

Archifacts is the journal of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand Te Huinga Mahara. It is published yearly in physical and digital formats.  Issues are also available on the ARANZ website. 

The journal welcomes contributions on archives, recordkeeping, and related preservation issues. Heritage components of information and/or document management will also be considered. This includes discussion of theory, practice, events, people, ideas, viewpoints and research. Preference is given to content relating to Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific. 

All articles except standard articles are to be sent to the Editor by the 1st of June each year.  Standard articles are to be sent to the Editor by the 30th of June.

All questions and correspondence should be sent to Editor@ARANZ.org.nz.

Current Issue

2014: October
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Published: 2026-08-13

Full Issue

Editorial

  • Introduction

    Gillian Oliver
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11108

Articles

  • Archives New Zealand – Well Placed for 2015

    Marilyn Little
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11109

  • You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Understand: the role of a digital systems stock take in protecting future local government born-digital archives

    Natalie Dewson
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11110

  • Parks and gardens in Lower Hutt A thematic overview of recreation facilities at the Hutt recorded in the documents of a recently archived file series

    Wayne Nelson
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11112

  • The Birth of the Living Archive: An emerging archive of Australian Aboriginal languages and literature

    Michael Christie, Brian Devlin, Catherine Bow
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11113

Getting to know you

  • Christopher Meech

    ARANZ
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11114

Reviews

  • Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand and Wanted, A Beautiful Barmaid: Women Behind the Bar in New Zealand, 1830–1976

    James Keating
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11115

  • Working Lives c.1900 – A Photographic Essay

    Cathy Marr
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11116

  • Perspectives on Women’s Archives

    Valerie Love
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11117

Notes on Contributors

  • Notes on Contributors

    ARANZ
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11118
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