New Zealand Memory of the World Register

The New Zealand Memory of the World Register is a national register of New Zealand's documentary heritage as part of the Memory of the World Programme, maintained by UNESCO Aotearoa New Zealand Memory of the World Trust. As of 2024, it includes 55 different collections and archives.

Four of the heritage items on this list — The Treaty of Waitangi, the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition, the Sir Edmund Hillary archive, and the Katherine Mansfield literary and personal papers and belongings — are also included on the Memory of the World international register, which highlights documentary heritage of global importance.

History

The Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand register was established in 2010.

List of inscriptions

Documentary heritageCustodian(s), Location(s) Yearinscribed Reference Treaty of WaitangiArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2011 1893 Women's Suffrage PetitionArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2011 Tokyo War CrimesMacmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury 2011 Overture AotearoaAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2011 National Film Unit Weekly Review and Pictorial ParadeArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2011 Grey New Zealand Māori Manuscript CollectionCentral City Library, Auckland 2011 Māori Land Court Minute BooksArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2012 Patu!Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington 2012 Sir Edmund Hillary ArchiveAuckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 2013 "God Defend New Zealand" original score and lyricsCentral City Library, Auckland 2013 Charles Brasch Literary and Personal PapersHocken Collections, Dunedin 2013 A korao no New ZealandAuckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 2013 Mobile Unit—New Zealand Oral History, 1946–48Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington 2014 Dr Hocken's Church Missionary Society RecordsHocken Collections, Dunedin 2014 Pickerill Papers on Plastic SurgeryHocken Collections, Dunedin 2015 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New ZealandArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2015 Katherine Mansfield literary and personal papers and belongingsAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2016 Scottish Migration CollectionWaipu Scottish Migration Museum, Waipu 2016 Lance Richdale PapersHocken Collections, Dunedin 2016 Sir John Logan Campbell PapersAuckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 2016 John A. Lee PapersCentral City Library, Auckland 2017 The J. T. Diamond West Auckland History CollectionCentral City Library, Auckland 2017 New Zealand Official Photographs, World War 1914–1918Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2017 Kaleidoscope – a Weekly Television Arts Documentary Programme, 1976–1989Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington 2017 Salmond Anderson Architects RecordsHocken Collections, Dunedin 2017 Ng New Zealand Chinese Heritage CollectionPresbyterian Research Centre, Knox College, Dunedin 2017 Tyree Studio CollectionNelson Provincial Museum, Nelson

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2017 Jack Lovelock PapersAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2018 Kerikeri Mission Te Reo SlatesKerikeri Mission Station, Kerikeri 2018 Armson Collins Architectural Drawing CollectionMacmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury 2018 Cambodian Women Oral History ProjectAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2018 Marti Friedlander ArchiveAuckland Art Gallery, Auckland 2018 Journals and Papers of Reverend Charles BakerAuckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 2018 Herries Beattie Papers (1848–1972)Hocken Collections, Dunedin 2018 PCANZ Deaconess CollectionPresbyterian Research Centre, Knox College, Dunedin 2018 C P Dawes CollectionCentral City Library, Auckland 2019 Dr Muriel Bell PapersHocken Collections, Dunedin 2019 Richard Davis Meteorological Records 1839–1851Central City Library, Auckland 2019 Sir Julius von Haast CollectionHocken Collections, Dunedin 2019 World War II New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit RecordingsNgā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington 2019 Crown Purchase DeedsArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2020 Robin Hyde literary and personal papersAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2020 Olaf Petersen CollectionAuckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 2020 Colin and Anne McCahon PapersHocken Collections, Dunedin 2020 Suzanne Aubert's 'Manuscript of Māori Conversation'Nga Whaea Tapu Pūaroha Sisters of Compassion, Wellington 2020 Ursula Bethell CollectionMacmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury 2021 This Is New ZealandArchives New Zealand, Wellington 2022 Clendon PapersHeritage New Zealand, Wellington

Central City Library, Auckland 2022 The letters of Meri Hōhepa Suzanne AubertNga Whaea Tapu Pūaroha Sisters of Compassion, Wellington 2022 The Winkelmann Collection(s)Central City Library, Auckland

Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 2023 Canterbury Provincial Government Archives 1853–1877Archives New Zealand, Christchurch 2023 William Harding CollectionAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

Whanganui Regional Museum, Whanganui

Alexander Heritage & Research Library, Whanganui 2023 Janet Frame: Literary and Personal PapersHocken Collections, Dunedin 2024 Tangata Whenua: The People of the LandNgā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington 2024 Frank Sargeson CollectionAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington 2024 William F. Crawford CollectionTairawhiti Museum, Gisborne2025The Coates family of Ruatuna Heritage New Zealand, Wellington Kauri Museum, Matakohe2026The Ron Vine CollectionWalsh Memorial Library, Auckland2026Avis Acres Cartoons and Illustrations ArchiveAlexander Turnbull Library, Wellington2026

Notes

Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

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