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Find out how to access passenger lists

We hold a great variety of records of the service of New Zealand forces in the First World War. Most of these are Army records.

Research guidance for records relating to WW2

A guide to migration and shipping information such as passenger lists, refugee and immigrant information

Guidance for searching for records using our online search tool Archway

Guides organised by topic to assist your research

So the public can have input when government organisations plan to dispose of records, we publish these “intentions to dispose”. View and comment on these plans

Information about Archives NZ’s audits of public office recordkeeping and information management practices

Tāhuhu: Preserving the Nation's Memory is a multi-year programme seeking to upgrade and expand the physical infrastructure, storage capacity, and digital support for Archives NZ and the National Library, with the possible inclusion of Ngā Taonga.

Our involvement in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical State Care Abuse and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

Thanks to those who provided feedback on our announced changes to reading room hours. We've taken some of these on board and as a result we've changed the pilot hours for our Auckland and Wellington reading rooms.