Education & Training
Professional Qualifications & Training
New Zealand Courses of Study
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand offers the only undergraduate archives and records education in New Zealand.
Students may either enrol in a Level 6 Diploma in Records and Information Management or complete a Bachelor of Library and Information Studies. Courses are offered each year in trimesters 1, 2 and 3.
ARANZ members are eligible for a 10% discount on all course fees for:
NZ3467 - New Zealand Diploma in Records and Information Management (Level 6)
In addition, LIS507 - Principles of Records Management and LIS610 - Archives Management courses are provided fees-free under a relevant qualification.
In order to apply for this discount to study fees you must be an individual member of ARANZ. Please contact Membership to obtain the Contract Name and ID to take up the offer.
Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka
VUW offers three qualifications: Certificate in Information Studies, Postgraduate Diploma in Information Studies, and Masters of Information Studies.
These programmes will give you a thorough, technology-focused, and research-based education in information organisation. Your learning will be oriented to the needs of Aotearoa New Zealand information professionals and national aims to improve digital literacy and equity.
View courses, information and prospectus information here.
Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Te Wananga offers both a Diploma of Information Management (Heke Punk Maumahara) and Bachelor of Information Management (Poutuarongo Puna Maumahara) study course.
These qualifications aim to develop bilingual and bicultural managers of Māori information resources in organisations. If you are seeking or currently in a role where you collect, access, store, design, implement, preserve and manage knowledge and systems you will learn a new approach based on tikanga and kaupapa Māori, opening your eyes to knowledge management through a Māori world view.
ALGIM (Association of Local Government Information Management)
Our Courses
• Introduction to Information Management: This introductory course covers the basics of records and information management, focusing on both physical and digital environments in across both private and public sectors.
• Introducing Information Management for Local Authorities: This introductory course covers the basics of records and information management, focusing on both physical and digital environments with a focus for local authority requirements.
• Disposing of Local Authority Information and Records: An intermediate course on disposal processes, legal requirements, and applying the ALGIM Disposal Schedule.
• Managing Local Authority Archives: Designed for practitioners managing archives without formal training, this course addresses both physical and digital archive collections.
• Information Asset Management: Focuses on identifying and managing information as a key organisational asset through an information asset register.
• Developing an Information Management Strategy: Combines online sessions, coaching, and mentoring to help attendees create a tailored IM strategy for their local authority.
• IM Monitoring and Reporting: Teaches effective monitoring and reporting of IM activities, ensuring insightful measurement and analysis.
• Taxonomy Development for Local Authorities: Helps experienced IM professionals create and implement classification structures for council records.
• Disposal Schedule Interpretation and Implementation Workshop: Provides hands-on training in applying the ALGIM Disposal Schedule effectively.
All our courses are online, and facilitated by Kerri Siatiras, a highly regarded expert in information and records management with extensive experience in New Zealand’s local government sector.
Australian Courses of Study
Bachelor of Information Studies (Records and Archives Management)
Master of Information Studies (Records and Archives Management)
Curtin University of Technology
Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives
Master of Information Management – Records Management and Archives stream
Graduate Diploma in Information Management (Archives and Records Management)
Master of Information Management (Archives and Records Management)
Online Training
The Archivist's Toolkit. Archives Association of British Columbia. 2004.
The World Bank Group Archives Learning Program on Archives and Records Management in Development
The Information and Knowledge Managemet Group, University of Technology Sydney - Online Seminar Series. Available to the public. Recent topics include Government Information Accessibility, Security and Collaboration, Knowledge, Learning and Analytics and Leading Information Governance
Archives New Zealand
The guidance Providers of education and training in information and records management on the Archives New Zealand website lists private and public education providers in New Zealand and overseas. Links to standards and guidance developed by Archives New Zealand, being best practice, can be used by any archive or records collection. Archives New Zealand also administers the Community Archive (formerly NRAM).