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National register of documentary heritage

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

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

List of inscriptions

Documentary heritage Custodian(s), Location(s) Year
inscribed 		Reference
Treaty of Waitangi National Archives, Wellington

41°16′37″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277057°S 174.7801366°E / -41.277057; 174.7801366 (National Archives, Wellington)

2011
1893 Women's Suffrage Petition National Archives, Wellington

41°16′37″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277057°S 174.7801366°E / -41.277057; 174.7801366 (National Archives, Wellington)

2011
Tokyo War Crimes Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury

43°31′24″S 172°35′10″E / 43.523459°S 172.585977°E / -43.523459; 172.585977 (Macmillan Brown Library)

2011
Overture Aotearoa Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2011
National Film Unit Weekly Review and Pictorial Parade Archives New Zealand, Wellington

41°16′38″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277167°S 174.78°E / -41.277167; 174.78 (Archives New Zealand)

2011
Grey New Zealand Māori Manuscript Collection Central City Library, Auckland

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2011
Māori Land Court Minute Books Archives New Zealand, Wellington

41°16′38″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277167°S 174.78°E / -41.277167; 174.78 (Archives New Zealand)

2012
Patu! Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington

41°17′37″S 174°46′41″E / 41.293656°S 174.777939°E / -41.293656; 174.777939 (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)

2012
Sir Edmund Hillary Archive Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2013
"God Defend New Zealand" original score and lyrics Central City Library, Auckland

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2013
Charles Brasch Literary and Personal Papers Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2013
A korao no New Zealand Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2013
Mobile Unit—New Zealand Oral History, 1946–48 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington

41°17′37″S 174°46′41″E / 41.293656°S 174.777939°E / -41.293656; 174.777939 (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)

2014
Dr Hocken's Church Missionary Society Records Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2014
Pickerill Papers on Plastic Surgery Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2015
He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand Archives New Zealand, Wellington

41°16′38″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277167°S 174.78°E / -41.277167; 174.78 (Archives New Zealand)

2015
Katherine Mansfield literary and personal papers and belongings Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2016
Scottish Migration Collection Waipu Scottish Migration Museum, Waipu

35°59′02″S 174°26′43″E / 35.983958°S 174.445300°E / -35.983958; 174.445300 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2016
Lance Richdale Papers Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2016
Sir John Logan Campbell Papers Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2016
John A. Lee Papers Central City Library, Auckland

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2017
The J. T. Diamond West Auckland History Collection Central City Library, Auckland

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2017
New Zealand Official Photographs, World War 1914–1918 Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2017
Kaleidoscope – a Weekly Television Arts Documentary Programme, 1976–1989 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington

41°17′37″S 174°46′41″E / 41.293656°S 174.777939°E / -41.293656; 174.777939 (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)

2017
Salmond Anderson Architects Records Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2017
Ng New Zealand Chinese Heritage Collection Presbyterian Research Centre, Knox College, Dunedin

45°51′20″S 170°31′27″E / 45.855527°S 170.524238°E / -45.855527; 170.524238 (Knox College)

2017
Tyree Studio Collection

41°16′28″S 173°17′01″E / 41.2745°S 173.2835°E / -41.2745; 173.2835 (Nelson Provincial Museum)

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2017
Jack Lovelock Papers Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2018
Kerikeri Mission Te Reo Slates Kerikeri Mission Station, Kerikeri

35°13′05″S 173°57′47″E / 35.218°S 173.963°E / -35.218; 173.963 (Kerikeri Mission Station)

2018
Armson Collins Architectural Drawing Collection Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury

43°31′24″S 172°35′10″E / 43.523459°S 172.585977°E / -43.523459; 172.585977 (Macmillan Brown Library)

2018
Cambodian Women Oral History Project Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2018
Marti Friedlander Archive Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland

36°51′05″S 174°45′59″E / 36.8514°S 174.7663°E / -36.8514; 174.7663 (Auckland Art Gallery)

2018
Journals and Papers of Reverend Charles Baker Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2018
Herries Beattie Papers (1848–1972) Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2018
PCANZ Deaconess Collection Presbyterian Research Centre, Knox College, Dunedin

45°51′20″S 170°31′27″E / 45.855527°S 170.524238°E / -45.855527; 170.524238 (Knox College)

2018
C P Dawes Collection Central City Library, Auckland

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2019
Dr Muriel Bell Papers Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2019
Richard Davis Meteorological Records 1839–1851 Central City Library, Auckland

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2019
Sir Julius von Haast Collection Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2019
World War II New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit Recordings Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington

41°17′37″S 174°46′41″E / 41.293656°S 174.777939°E / -41.293656; 174.777939 (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)

2019
Crown Purchase Deeds Archives New Zealand, Wellington

41°16′38″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277167°S 174.78°E / -41.277167; 174.78 (Archives New Zealand)

2020
Robin Hyde literary and personal papers Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2020
Olaf Petersen Collection Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2020
Colin and Anne McCahon Papers Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2020
Suzanne Aubert's 'Manuscript of Māori Conversation' Nga Whaea Tapu Pūaroha Sisters of Compassion, Wellington

41°19′44″S 174°46′13″E / 41.3288°S 174.7704°E / -41.3288; 174.7704 (Our Lady's Home of Compassion)

2020
Ursula Bethell Collection Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury

43°31′24″S 172°35′10″E / 43.523459°S 172.585977°E / -43.523459; 172.585977 (Macmillan Brown Library)

2021
This Is New Zealand Archives New Zealand, Wellington

41°16′38″S 174°46′48″E / 41.277167°S 174.78°E / -41.277167; 174.78 (Archives New Zealand)

2022
Clendon Papers

41°17′13″S 174°46′26″E / 41.286839°S 174.773816°E / -41.286839; 174.773816 (Archives New Zealand)

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

2022
The letters of Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert Nga Whaea Tapu Pūaroha Sisters of Compassion, Wellington

41°19′44″S 174°46′13″E / 41.3288°S 174.7704°E / -41.3288; 174.7704 (Our Lady's Home of Compassion)

2022
The Winkelmann Collection(s)

36°51′06″S 174°45′55″E / 36.851795°S 174.765366°E / -36.851795; 174.765366 (Central City Library)

36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E / 36.860387°S 174.777826°E / -36.860387; 174.777826 (Auckland War Memorial Museum)

2023
Canterbury Provincial Government Archives 1853–1877 Archives New Zealand, Christchurch

43°32′39″S 172°32′53″E / 43.54426°S 172.54808°E / -43.54426; 172.54808 (Archives New Zealand)

2023
William Harding Collection

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

39°55′54″S 175°03′07″E / 39.9317°S 175.0519°E / -39.9317; 175.0519 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

  • Alexander Heritage & Research Library, Whanganui

39°55′51″S 175°03′09″E / 39.93097°S 175.05251°E / -39.93097; 175.05251 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2023
Janet Frame: Literary and Personal Papers Hocken Collections, Dunedin

45°52′11″S 170°31′04″E / 45.86976°S 170.517715°E / -45.86976; 170.517715 (Hocken Collections)

2024
Tangata Whenua: The People of the Land Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Wellington

41°17′37″S 174°46′41″E / 41.293656°S 174.777939°E / -41.293656; 174.777939 (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)

2024
Frank Sargeson Collection Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington

41°16′36″S 174°46′42″E / 41.276614°S 174.778372°E / -41.276614; 174.778372 (Alexander Turnbull Library)

2024

Notes

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

References

  1. "Te Tiriti o Waitangi". UNESCO Memory Of The World. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. "Women's Suffrage Petition". UNESCO Memory Of The World. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. "Tokyo War Crimes". UNESCO Memory Of The World. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. "Overture Aotearoa". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. UNESCO New Zealand. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. "Overture Aotearoa". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. UNESCO New Zealand. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  6. "Grey Māori Collection drawings heading to London". UNESCO New Zealand. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ^ "UNESCO Memory of the World collections at Auckland Libraries". Auckland Libraries. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. "Māori Land Court Minute Books". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  9. "Patu!". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  10. "Sir Edmund Hillary Archive". UNESCO Memory Of The World. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  11. "Charles Brasch Literary and Personal Papers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  12. "A korao no New Zealand". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  13. "Mobile Unit—New Zealand Oral History, 1946–48". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  14. "Dr Hocken's Church Missionary Society Records". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  15. "Pickerill Papers on Plastic Surgery". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  16. "He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni The Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  17. "Katherine Mansfield literary and personal papers and belongings". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  18. "Scottish Migration Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  19. "Lance Richdale Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  20. "Sir John Logan Campbell Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  21. "John A Lee Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  22. "The J T Diamond West Auckland History Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  23. "New Zealand Official Photographs, World War 1914–1918". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  24. "Kaleidoscope – A Weekly Television Arts Documentary Programme, 1976–1989". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  25. "Salmond Anderson Architects Records". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  26. "Ng New Zealand Chinese Heritage Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  27. "Tyree Studio Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  28. "Jack Lovelock Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  29. "Kerikeri Mission Te Reo Slates". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  30. "Armson Collins Architectural Drawing Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  31. "Cambodian Women Oral History Project". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  32. "Marti Friedlander Archive". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  33. "Journals and Papers of Reverend Charles Baker". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  34. "Herries Beattie Papers (1848–1972)". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  35. "PCANZ Deaconess Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  36. "C P Dawes Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  37. "Dr Muriel Bell Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  38. "Richard Davis Meteorological Records 1839–1851". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  39. "Sir Julius von Haast Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  40. "World War II New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit Recordings". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  41. "Crown Purchase Deeds". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  42. "Robin Hyde literary and personal papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  43. "Olaf Petersen Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  44. "Colin and Anne McCahon Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  45. "Suzanne Aubert's 'Manuscript of Māori Conversation'". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  46. "Ursula Bethell Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  47. "'This is New Zealand'". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  48. "Clendon Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  49. "The letters of Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  50. "The Winkelmann Collection(s)". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  51. "Canterbury Provincial Government Archives 1853–1877". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  52. "William James Harding Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  53. "Janet Frame: Literary and Personal Papers". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  54. "Tangata Whenua: The People of the Land". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  55. "Frank Sargeson Collection". Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

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