Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 22, 2022 5:56:32 GMT 12
ARCHIVES NZ'S READING ROOM CUTBACKS DELAYING TREATY CLAIMS, HISTORIAN SAYS
Archives New Zealand may be breaching Te Tiriti o Waitangi by making access to historical records more difficult after slashing reading room opening hours, a historian says.
The agency, which is set to move into an $290 million facility in 2026, has reading rooms in four cities that were open up to eight hours a day.
But opening hours were reduced before the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. Wellington's reading room is now only open five hours a day, while rooms in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin are open four hours a day.......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/128403443/archives-nzs-reading-room-cutbacks-delaying-treaty-claims-historian-says
Archives New Zealand may be breaching Te Tiriti o Waitangi by making access to historical records more difficult after slashing reading room opening hours, a historian says.
The agency, which is set to move into an $290 million facility in 2026, has reading rooms in four cities that were open up to eight hours a day.
But opening hours were reduced before the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. Wellington's reading room is now only open five hours a day, while rooms in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin are open four hours a day.......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/128403443/archives-nzs-reading-room-cutbacks-delaying-treaty-claims-historian-says