Sir Michael Cullen 1945 - 2021 - Appreciation

Authors

  • Peter Miller
  • Stuart Strachan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.10594

Keywords:

Sir Michael Cullen, Politicians, New Zealand Archives

Abstract

Article profiles the life and political career of Sir Michael Cullen. It reflects on his role in the resurrection of the national archives and updated archives legislation which will long be held in high regard by the archives, records and historian communities. It also mentions various archivists and politicians involved.

Metadata reused from the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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Author Biographies

Peter Miller

Peter Miller is a foundation member of the Association. He has been a Council member, President in 1982-83 and was awarded Honorary Membership in 2008. Since 1977, he has held various offices on the Otago/
Southland Branch committee, and is a current member. He was the Archivist at the Hocken Library from 1977-93, and the Regional Archivist for National Archives/Archives New Zealand in Dunedin from 1993-2015.

Stuart Strachan

An original member of ARANZ and founding editor of Archifacts, Stuart was the first archives curator at the Hocken Library, then formally trained at University College London, before becoming Senior Archivist at the National Archives. In 1985 he was appointed Hocken Librarian at the University of Otago, retiring in 2008. A member of the Archives Council for nine years and ARANZ Life Member, he was awarded QSO for services to archives in 2006.

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Published

2022-01-01

Issue

2022

Section

Articles