Station records, farm diaries, business firms with agricultural interests such as stock and station agents, dairy companies or freezing works, fishing, forestry.
Business records whether or not they are also listed under agriculture or mining. An individual should only be in this category if a large portion of their papers deal with business interests. Includes finance, banking and manufacturing.
All material relating to individual clubs and societies as well as collections where the bulk of the papers relate to their involvement in such groups.
Includes material relating to the history, development and practice of such communication media as broadcasting, newspapers and telephone systems as well as individuals and organisations involved in the media.
All material on explorers in the Pacific and New Zealand. Also covers early land exploration in New Zealand and surveyors and surveying.
Primary, secondary and tertiary sector records in addition to the papers of prominent educationalists.
Material relating to all aspects of the entertainment industry in New Zealand and the Pacific. People and organisations involved in music, sports and performance groups should be given the more specific heading as well.
Includes material relating to the environment, environmental interests and groups, eg Greenpeace or the Christchurch Beautifying Society.
Includes the papers of painters, sculptors and architects, film and videomakers, art societies and galleries.
Material relating to the study of flora & fauna of all types and at all levels of study.
General material on health and hygiene including the records of hospital boards and the papers of doctors and physicians. The records of the Plunket Society and nurses and nursing are included.
All material on post-Maori immigration to New Zealand.
Involvement with other countries through organisations, competitions, politics, or cooperation.
Records of labour unions and leaders including records of industrial disputes or material concerned with working conditions. Also includes the records of employer groups.
Includes material relating to valuations, subdivisions, resource consents....
Records of law firms, police and court records including records of jurisdiction involving law cases.
Studies of a language eg notes and vocabularies made by missionaries stationed in the Pacific.
Personal papers, drafts of poetry, prose and plays.
Local body archives and the papers of public officials serving in local politics. Includes progressive associations, residents’ groups, and local branches of national political parties and pressure groups.
Material created by Maori or relating to Maori, on culture, land dealings, religion, language and contemporary issues. Also historical accounts of interaction between Maori and Pakeha, including warfare.
Records relating to extractive industries such as gold, coal, gas, and oil.
Records of the activities of missions and missionaries in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Original music manuscripts, recordings, and papers of people involved with music in New Zealand.
Governmental archives and personal papers of Members of Parliament and public servants. Records of national offices of political parties and pressure groups.
Original material eg choreography, productions scripts or records and papers relating to performance arts in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Local and national church records and the official and personal papers of ministers of religion.
Personal papers of scientists and records of scientific organisations such as the Cawthron Institute and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Includes technological advances in business, agriculture and other areas.
Accounts of social and community life eg personal reminiscences.
Records of or relating to individual sportspeople and sporting organisations.
Records relating to air, sea or ground transportation.
Accounts of travel around and about New Zealand and the Pacific which are other than voyages/trips of discovery and exploration or accounts of shipboard voyages to New Zealand and the Pacific.
This refers to early voyages round the Pacific (not exploration) and to voyages to and from New Zealand. Includes whaling and sealing voyages and logs and journals of immigrants to New Zealand.
Records of military units and the papers of individuals on war service. Includes letters and diaries relating to war.
Material created by or about women or women's organisations and which concern women's issues.
