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Records and Archives Week 2010 Programme of Events

What’s on during Records and Archives Week?

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• Auckland
• Central Districts
• Wellington
• Canterbury
• Otago/Southland

Here are some of the events we know are happening during Records and Archives Week. If you would like your organisation or event to be included here, please email: kirsty.cox@dia.govt.nz

Auckland

Archives New Zealand, Auckland Office, 95 Richard Pearse Drive, Mangere

In celebration of Records and Archives Week 2010 the Archives New Zealand (Auckland Regional Office) is hosting a small exhibition of documents to illustrate four industries over time.

• Whaling - from catching and killing whales to whale watching
• Transport - from trams and trolley buses to motorways
• Goldmining - from 693 stamper heads in Thames to environmental impact reports
• Winemaking - from home consumption to quality export

Admission: Free

Suitable for All Ages

Website: www.archives.govt.nz

Dance Aotearoa New Zealand

Location: 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn

• If we don’t preserve our dance materials we will lose New Zealand dance history. This forum explores where to start with our dance collections, who we should link with plus useful information. Guest: Mary Donald, Qualified archivist and performing arts specialist.

Registration is essential. Please email auckland@danz.org.nz

ARANZ Auckland Branch & Fletcher Challenge Archives

Location: Fletcher House, 810 Great South Road, Penrose

• The Fletcher Trust and the ARANZ Auckland Branch invites interested people to visit the Fletcher Challenge Archives repository. The holdings consist of records of some of New Zealand’s most significant companies from 1840 to the present day. On view will be the award winning Archivist Table exhibition, marking Fletchers centennial in 2009. Also on display will be moving images, photographic media and an oral history listening post. Talks on the company history will also be presented.

Tours commence promptly at 11am, 1pm and 3pm on both days. Please RSVP to email dorothy.neilson@fb.co.nz or telephone 09 5259321. Directions and location will be provided on confirmation.

Central Districts

Havelock North Library

• Exhibition of Nimon's Bus Company. A company operating in Havelock North for 110 years. The exhibition includes photographs and ephemera form the operation of the company. On display from 1-7 May.

Napier City Council

Industrious Kiwis Display, 3-7 May, 8am-5pm

Locations: Civic Building, 231 Hastings Street, Napier & Taradale Library, White Street, Taradale

• Napier City Council will be featuring the now redundant Municipal Electricity Department (MED) and tram system. Items will include a display on the Taradale Library Community notice board and displays at the Civic Building.

Wellington

ARANZ Wellington Branch & Labour History Project

Location: Victoria University Government Buildings Annex, Lecture Theatre 1, Entrance from Stout Street

• The Labour History Project and ARANZ Wellington Branch invites interested people to a talk by Labour History Project members Peter Franks, Dr Peter Clayworth and Lisa Sacksen who will draw on their research experiences to address current archival issues relating to New Zealand’s industrial history.

Please RSVP to mark.crookston@archives.govt.nz by 3 May

• Online exhibition of is showcasing a small selection of items from Alexander Turnbull Library unpublished collections that celebrate and reflect the theme of industry. This will remain a permanent exhibition online.

Location: Wellington Convention Centre

• Conference dedicated to the theme of digital continuity, preservation and long-term public sector information issues. The conference will feature internationally renowned experts from around the world.

Canterbury

CANTAGE (Canterbury Heritage)

Digital Exhibition ‘Archives and Industry: Industrious Kiwis’, 1-7 May

• A collaborative digital exhibition from CANTAGE (Canterbury Heritage) – a network of local historical organisations highlighting the theme of Records and Archives Week. The digital images will be projected for the duration of Records and Archives Week.
• CANTAGE Records and Archives Week Poster

Location: Level 2, Central Library, Christchurch City Libraries

• Morning tea for CANTAGE members to discuss the images they have chose from their collections

Email annabel.Armstrong@ccc.govt.nz or amanda.brown@ccc.govt.nz

Otago/Southland

Archives New Zealand

Location: Archives New Zealand, 556 George Street, Dunedin

• From World War One the government responded to the need for rehabilitation and resettlement of ex-servicemen. State Advances Corporation, Lands and Survey, Post Office, Public Works, and other departments provided training, employment and support. This exhibition explores how the efforts and skills of rehabilitated servicemen assisted in the development and prosperity of New Zealand.

Presbyterian Church Archives of New Zealand

Location: Presbyterian Archives Research Centre, Knox College, Arden Street, Opoho, Dunedin

• Exhibition of the church’s archives in response of the Presbyterian church to industrial development within New Zealand and the attempts at a relationship between faith, industry and labour.
• Open Day and Behind the Scenes Tours, 8 May, 9am-12pm. Tours of the Presbyterian Archives Research Centre.

Location: 90 Anzac Street, Dunedin

• Lunchtime seminar series exploring archives and industry and highlighting achievements and developments in Otago
1. 4 May – Ian Farquhar – The Union Steamship Company: New Zealand’s Most Significant Enterprise Spanning Two Centuries
2. 11 May – Peter Petchey – Developments at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum
3. 18 May – Bill Cowan – Rails to Roxburgh: The Construction of the Roxburgh Railway Line
4. 25 May – Terry Hearn – Gold Dredging in Central Otago

• Open Day and Behind the Scenes Tours, 9am-12pm

Tours of the Hocken Library collections.

University of Otago Central Library

• ALL ABOARD! The Ernie Webber Railway Collection, at Special Collections, de Beer Gallery, Central Library, University of Otago. 14 May- 20 August.

Dunedin Gasworks Museum

Location: 20 Braemar Street, Dunedin

• Tours of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum. Small entry fee applies