Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 15, 2019 17:14:07 GMT 12
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW HOME FOR TREATY OF WAITANGI
The Treaty of Waitangi, the Women's Suffrage Petition and New Zealand's other most important historic documents look set to be moved to a new home, the Government has announced.
Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin on Wednesday unveiled plans to replace the ailing national archive in Wellington by 2024.
The current facility and the nearby National Library hold about $1.7 billion worth of the country's most precocious records, such as Katherine Mansfield's original work and the Declaration of Independence.
The archive is 50 years old and has been suffering.
It's leaking, needs major upgrades, earthquake strengthening and in 2017 stopped taking in new documents because it was bursting at the seams.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12258384
The Treaty of Waitangi, the Women's Suffrage Petition and New Zealand's other most important historic documents look set to be moved to a new home, the Government has announced.
Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin on Wednesday unveiled plans to replace the ailing national archive in Wellington by 2024.
The current facility and the nearby National Library hold about $1.7 billion worth of the country's most precocious records, such as Katherine Mansfield's original work and the Declaration of Independence.
The archive is 50 years old and has been suffering.
It's leaking, needs major upgrades, earthquake strengthening and in 2017 stopped taking in new documents because it was bursting at the seams.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12258384