Honorary Members & Awards
ARANZ recognises exceptional achievement and service to the association and contributions to the profession in three ways, via the periodic bestowing of honorary life memberships, the awarding of an annual prize for an outstanding essay, and an outstanding piece of published writing that utilises archives and records.
Honorary Life Memberships
Since 1976, in recognition of either their 'outstanding service commensurate with the objects of the Association', the following have been elected to Honorary Life Membership of the Association.
| Year Awarded |
Recipient |
| 1978 |
Tom Wilsted |
| 1980 |
Brad Patterson |
| 1982 |
Ian Wards |
| 1988 |
Stuart Strachan |
| 1989 |
JackChurchouse |
| 2001 |
Kathryn Patterson |
| 2001 |
Therese Angelo |
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The Michael Standish Prize
This award, first offered in 2001, is named in honour of Michael Standish, architect of the 1957 Archives Act and the first permanent Chief Archivist of National Archives.
The prize recognises an outstanding essay, by a New Zealand archivist or records manager, dealing with some facet of archives or records administration, history, theory and/or methodology, and published in a recognised archives, records management, or other appropriate journal.
| Year Awarded |
Recipient |
Essay Title |
| 2001 |
Janine Delaney |
Redefining the Role for Collecting Archives in an Electronic Paradigm |
| 2002 |
not awarded |
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| 2003 |
Chris Hurley |
Recordkeeping, Document Destruction,and the Law (published in Archives & Manuscripts, Nov, 2002). |
| 2004 |
not awarded |
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| 2005 |
Adam Stapleton |
Continuum in Context: Post-Eighteenth Century Archival Theory and the Records Continuum Model (published in Archifacts April 2005) |
| 2006 |
David Colquhoun |
"The pioneers are steadily passing to the great beyond" : early collecting and the National Historical Collection (published in Archifacts October 2005.) |
| 2007 |
not awarded |
The Terms of Reference for theMichael Standish Prize are being reviewed at present, and therefore they will not be awarded this year. Click here for details. |
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The Ian Wards Prize
This award, first offered in 2001, is named in honour of Ian Wards, former Chief Historian, Department of Internal Affairs. The Wards prize recognises an outstanding piece of published writing.
| Year Awarded |
Recipient |
Publication Title |
| 2001 |
Bary Gustafson |
His Way: A Biography of Robert Muldoon |
| 2002 |
Jim McAloon |
No Idle Rich: the wealthy in Canterbury
& Otago, 1840-1914 |
| 2003 |
Philip Temple |
A Sort of Conscience |
| 2004 |
Malcolm McKinnon |
Treasury: The New Zealand Treasury, 1840-2000 |
| 2005 |
Greg Ryan |
The Making of New Zealand Cricket 1832-1914 |
| 2006 |
Melanie Nolan |
Kin : a collective biography of a working-class New Zealand |
| 2007 |
not awarded |
The Terms of Reference for the Ian WardsPrize are being reviewed at present, and therefore they will not be awarded this year. Click here for details. |
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