Ingenuity, Persistence and Hard Labour: Impressions of the Forty Years of ARANZ
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26686/arch.11024Keywords:
Smith Report 1978, Ham Report 1993, ARANZ, Archives in New Zealand, Archival ProfessionAbstract
This article chronicles key events in the history of the Association. The author describes the rationale for its founding and how it has performed with respect to its Objects. They overview the background to the 'Smith Report' published in 1978 and the 'Ham Report' published in 1993, and the response of the Association to the recommendations of these reports. They then touch on the situation of the branches of the Association. The article also describes the 'very unfortunate' formation of the NZ Society of Archivists in 1989. It finally comments on the disputes beginning in the 1990s as to whether the Chief Archivist controlled all of National Archives or whether some responsibilities could be assumed by the Department of Internal Affairs.
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