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Contact us
Get in touch with us for research, information management or preservation advice, to report a breach of the Public Records Act, arrange an interview or give feedback on our website.
Research advice
Use our Ask an archivist form for advice about your research or our records.
Fill in the Ask an archivist form
Information management advice
Email us for advice about information management for your organisation.
Email: rkadvice@dia.govt.nz
Breaches and complaints
Public Records Act breaches
Email us to report a breach of the Public Records Act.
Email: rkadvice@dia.govt.nz
Complaints
If you want to make a complaint under the:
Official Information Act or Local Government Official Information and Meeting Act – contact the Ombudsman
Privacy Act – contact the Privacy commissioner.
Contact the Ombudsman – parliament.nz
Make a privacy complaint – privacy.org.nz
Government loans
To ask a question about our government loans service, email the archive that holds the record you want to borrow.
Auckland: auckland.archives@dia.govt.nz
Wellington: government.loans@dia.govt.nz
Christchurch: christchurch.archives@dia.govt.nz
Dunedin: dunedin.archives@dia.govt.nz
Register for government loans and request a loan
You need to register for our government loans service before you can request to borrow an item.
Government loans registration form
Preservation
We can help if you have preservation concerns about:
flood damage
mould
how to package your records
environmental conditions for storing records.
Email: archivespreservation@dia.govt.nz
Media
Email us if you want to:
speak to us about a story
arrange an interview
film at Archives New Zealand.
Email: media@dia.govt.nz
Website
Email us feedback about this site or Collections search, or let us know if you're experiencing issues.
Email: webmaster-archives@dia.govt.nz.
Reading rooms
If you’re planning a visit to one of our reading rooms, make sure you:
check the reading room is open
know what to expect and how to stay safe from Covid-19.
Before your visit, it's a good idea to get in touch with the reading room and order records to view. This will mean you can make the most of your research time.
Order records to view in the reading room
Reading room contact details
Auckland
- Street Address
- 95 Richard Pearse Drive, Mangere, Manukau 2022, New Zealand
- Postal Address
- PO Box 201103, Auckland Airport, Manukau, New Zealand
- Phone Number
- (64-9) 270 1100
- Fax
- (64-9) 276 4472
- Email Address
- auckland.archives@dia.govt.nz
- Reading Room Hours
Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm
Wellington
- Street Address
- 10 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
- Postal Address
- PO Box 12-050, Wellington, New Zealand
- Phone Number
- (64-4) 499 5595
- Email Address
- general.enquiries@dia.govt.nz
- Reading Room Hours
Monday – Friday 10am – 3pm
Christchurch
- Street Address
- 15 Harvard Avenue, Wigram, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- Postal Address
- PO Box 642, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
- Phone Number
- (64-3) 377 0760
- Email Address
- christchurch.archives@dia.govt.nz
- Reading Room Hours
Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm
Dunedin
- Street Address
- 556 George Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
- Postal Address
- PO Box 6183, Dunedin North, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Phone Number
- (64-3) 477 0404
- Email Address
- dunedin.archives@dia.govt.nz
- Reading Room Hours
Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm
Last updated on 12 May 2022