Key obligations and the standard

Your responsibilities as a manager of government information under the Public Records Act, including which agencies and records are covered

View the Information and records management standard, which all public sector organisations must follow under the Public Records Act

A guide to implementing the Information and records management standard for public sector organisations

A summary of key obligations for public offices and local authorities under the Public Records Act, along with Archives NZ’s obligations under the Act

Find out which public offices must follow the Public Records Act

Local authorities need prior approval to destroy protected records. Learn what classes of records are protected and how to manage these records

This instruction shows approved repositories of public archives how they must maintain and store the physical public archives they hold

How public sector organisations need to monitor their records management, along with how Archives NZ monitors public sector recordkeeping