{{Short description|Film, television and sound archive in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox museum |name = Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |logo = 125px |image = National Library of New Zealand Wellington 2015 (cropped).jpg |image_size = 300 |caption = The National Library of New Zealand Building in Wellington, home to Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |map_type = |map_caption = |latitude = |longitude = |former_name = The New Zealand Film Archive |established = {{start date|2014|08|01|df=y}} |dissolved = |location = New Zealand |type = Film, television and sound archive |visitors = |director = |curator = |public_transit = |website = {{URL|http://ngataonga.org.nz/}} }} '''Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision''' (the operating name for '''the New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua me Ngā Taonga Kōrero''') is an integrated audiovisual archive formed from amalgamation of the collections and operations of the RNZ Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero and the Television New Zealand Archive with the New Zealand Film Archive. The integrated organisation was launched with its new name on 1 August 2014.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2014" /><ref name="craig-foss-transfer-speech" />
==Purpose== Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision identifies itself as New Zealand's audiovisual archive, with a purpose of collecting, sharing and caring for New Zealand's audiovisual taonga.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017">{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2016/17 |url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMTAvMjAvN3V1cm9nNmlxdF9Bbm51YWxfUmVwb3J0XzIwMTZfMTdfRklOQUwucGRmIl1d/Annual%20Report%202016-17%20FINAL.pdf?sha=73e733c59c88d325 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231155509/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMTAvMjAvN3V1cm9nNmlxdF9Bbm51YWxfUmVwb3J0XzIwMTZfMTdfRklOQUwucGRmIl1d/Annual%20Report%202016-17%20FINAL.pdf?sha=73e733c59c88d325 |archive-date=31 December 2017 |website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=31 December 2017 }}</ref>
== Structure == Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is an independent charitable trust (CC22250).<ref name="ntsv-charities-register-details" /> It identifies itself as a Tier 2 public benefit entity (PBE).<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" /> The predecessor organisation was '''The New Zealand Film Archive''', incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 on 9 March 1981. Between 2012 and 2014, an integrated audiovisual archive was formed from amalgamation of the collections and operations of the RNZ Sound Archives, Ngā Taonga Kōrero and the Television New Zealand Archive with the New Zealand Film Archive. The name of the organisation was changed to '''The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero''', effective 1 July 2014.<ref name="ntsv-charities-register-details">{{Cite web|url=https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/CharitiesRegister/ViewCharity?accountId=d075b4e1-208d-dc11-98a0-0015c5f3da29|title=Charities Register details|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> The Minister for Broadcasting Craig Foss announced Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision as the operating name of the new integrated archive organisation on 1 August 2014.<ref name="craig-foss-transfer-speech" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 August 2014 |title=Press Release: Introducing Audiovisual Archive, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1408/S00019/introducing-audiovisual-archive-nga-taonga-sound-vision.htm |access-date=11 August 2025 |work=Scoop}}</ref> Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision retained the Constitution and Kaupapa of the New Zealand Film Archive when it was founded in 2014.<ref name="ntsv-constitution-kaupapa-2017">{{cite web |title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Constitution and Kaupapa |url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDYvMjAvM3kwYnV5dGhwNV9Db25zdGl0dXRpb25fS2F1cGFwYV9OZ2FUYW9uZ2EucGRmIl1d/Constitution_Kaupapa_NgaTaonga.pdf?sha=4c95b3b96861c803 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127180253/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDYvMjAvM3kwYnV5dGhwNV9Db25zdGl0dXRpb25fS2F1cGFwYV9OZ2FUYW9uZ2EucGRmIl1d/Constitution_Kaupapa_NgaTaonga.pdf?sha=4c95b3b96861c803 |archive-date=27 January 2018 |access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>
== Funding == Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision receives core funding from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage from Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage. Over half of the $5 million annually received from the Ministry is for the management of the TVNZ Archive and RNZ Sound Archive collections.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" /><ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2014-2015">{{cite report|author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|title=Annual Report (2014/15)|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDEvMDUvMXE5MjA1eXVrMV9Bbm51YWxSZXBvcnQyMDE0XzIwMTUucGRmIl1d/AnnualReport2014_2015.pdf?sha=7ef3e78c309a910f|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208014630/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDEvMDUvMXE5MjA1eXVrMV9Bbm51YWxSZXBvcnQyMDE0XzIwMTUucGRmIl1d/AnnualReport2014_2015.pdf?sha=7ef3e78c309a910f|url-status=dead}}</ref> Te Māngai Pāho provides funding to Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision for the archiving of television programmes broadcast by the Māori Television Service and the archiving of iwi radio programmes,<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" /> and the NZ Lottery Grants Board provides an annual fixed percentage of Lottery profits.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" />
For the 2014/15 year, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision received $1,590,000 from the Ministry for the ongoing "management, archiving and increased accessibility" of the TVNZ Archive collection. Thereafter it received $2 million per year for the same purpose.<ref name="mou-minister-nga-taonga">{{cite web|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/6578/response/22258/attach/4/Joss%20J%20OIA%20documents%20for%20release.pdf|title=Memorandum of Understanding between the Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (2014–2017)|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>
On 19 October 2017, the Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy launched Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's patronage programme at Government House, Wellington.<ref name="gg-patron-speech">{{cite speech|last=Reddy|first=Patsy|title=Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision Foundation|date=19 October 2017|location=Government House, Wellington|url=https://gg.govt.nz/publications/nga-taonga-sound-and-vision-foundation|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> The archive established the patronage programme because of uncertainty over funding.<ref name="rnz-news-report-2017-11-25">RNZ 10:00 news bulletin, 25 November 2017</ref> At its launch, the programme raised $18,943.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2017-2018">{{cite report|author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|title=Annual Report (2017/18)|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTgvMTAvMjMvMTQ1Nmd2eWJrbl9Bbm51YWxfUmVwb3J0XzIwMTdfMjAxOF9maW5hbC5wZGYiXV0/Annual%20Report%202017-2018%20final.pdf?sha=4a491c54529750ba|access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref> The public donation programme initially highlighted the need to preserve and digitise 200,000 Betacam video tapes from the 1980s<ref name="rnz-news-report-2017-11-25" /><ref name="gg-website-ntsv-betacam">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.govt.nz/governor-general/blog/2017/10/nga-taonga-reception|title=Governor-General blog: Ngā Taonga reception|date=19 October 2017 |access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> which were predominantly from the TVNZ Archive collection.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /> Chief Executive of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Rebecca Elvy told RNZ news that it would cost $10–15 million to digitise the Betacam tapes, which otherwise would be lost forever when the technology vanished by 2025.<ref name="rnz-news-report-2017-11-10">{{cite news |last=Pennington |first=Phil |date=10 November 2017 |title=New Zealand's television history archive under threat|url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/343410/project-to-digitise-nz-tv-history-lags-behind|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref>
==Collections==
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision manages three major collections: the New Zealand Film Archive collection, the Radio New Zealand Sound Archives, added in 2012, and the Television New Zealand Archive, added in 2014. In 2014, these three collections formed 65% of the total archives of Ngā Taonga.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /> In addition, the archive holds five entries of the UNESCO Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao register. As of 2025, the archive reports holding over 800,000 items, which includes over 600,000 hours of television and over 120,000 audio items.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/what-we-hold/ |title=Ā mātou pūranga – What we hold |website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref>
===New Zealand Film Archive collection=== {{main|New Zealand Film Archive}}
Established in 1981, the New Zealand Film Archive operated as an independent organisation until the creation of Ngā Taonga.<ref name="Launch">{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/new-zealand-film-archive-launched|title=New Zealand Film Archive launched |website=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage |date=13 October 2020 |access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref> By 2012 the New Zealand Film Archive collection contained over 150,000 items<ref name="nzfa-website-homepage-2012">{{cite web|title=New Zealand Film Archive homepage (2012)|url=http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/|access-date=13 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502121157/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/|archivedate=2 May 2012}}</ref> including moving-images from 1895 to the present day.<ref name="nzfa-collections-2011">{{cite web|title=New Zealand Film Archive collections (2011)|url=http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11|access-date=1 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081258/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11|archivedate=6 June 2011}}</ref> The collection includes predominantly New Zealand features and short films, and contains items with significant Māori content, including records of karanga, whaikorero and iwi and hapu whakapapa.<ref name="nzfa-collections-2011" />
===RNZ Sound Archive collection===
RNZ Sound Archive collection includes early audio cylinders, acetate discs, open reel tapes, cassette tapes and digital audio tapes.<ref name="ntsv-access-points-cashel-street"/> Radio New Zealand's Sound Archives were established in 1956 in Timaru, and originally dates back to the late 1930s when the State broadcaster established a "special library".<ref name="santk-website-about-2012" /> In 1998, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero was established as a subsidiary of Radio New Zealand, combining the archives of Sound Archives and Ngā Taonga Kōrero, a separate collection established in the 1960s by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation to preserve Māori language content.<ref name="sound-archives-about">{{cite web|url=http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/about_us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531145453/http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/about_us |archive-date=31 May 2013 |title=About Us |website=Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero |access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="santk-website-about-2012">{{cite web|title=RNZ Sound Archive - About web page (2012)|url=http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/about_us|access-date=20 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204202121/http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/about_us|archivedate=4 February 2012}}</ref> Leo Fowler and Wiremu Kerekere travelled throughout the country recording hui, marae openings, cultural festivals, welcomes and farewells. Both raw and edited audio was kept.<ref name="santk-website-about-2012" /> For many years the collection was held in Papatoetoe, before moving in 1985 with the associated programme unit, then known as Te Reo o Aotearoa, to RNZ's Cook Street facility.<ref name="santk-website-about-2012" /> In the 2000s the audio preservation staff moved with Radio New Zealand to a new Hobson Street site and the collection was moved to a purpose-built archive facility at RNZ's transmission site in Henderson.<ref name="sound-archives-about" /> The RNZ Sound Archive collection became a part of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision in 2012.<ref name="Launch"/> Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision moved the collection to Avalon as part of the 2016/17 restructure.<ref name="press-2016-12-08" />
The RNZ Sound Archive staff and collection were transferred to Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision on 1 October 2012.<ref name="mch-press-rnz-collection-2012-10-01">{{cite web|title=Extra funding for sound archives|url=http://mch.govt.nz/news-events/ministers-releases/extra-funding-sound-archives|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> In 2014 the collection was valued at $800,000.<ref name="rnz-annual-report-2013-2014">{{cite web|title=RNZ annual report (2013/14)|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/cms_uploads/000/000/061/RNZ-Annual-Report-2014.pdf|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> On 30 June 2016, Radio New Zealand transferred the full legal ownership and title of physical assets used by RNZ Sound Archives to Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision at the time of the archive's transfer in 2012.<ref name="rnz-ntsv-agreement" /> The net book value of radio assets held by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision was $423,946 on 1 July 2014, dropping to $172,029 on 30 June 2017.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" />
In 2012, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage provided $1 million of funding for the digitisation of the sound collection.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2012-2013" /><ref name="chris-finlayson-press-20130218">{{cite web|title=Ministers welcome sound archive transfer|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1302/S00248/ministers-welcome-sound-archive-transfer.htm|date=18 February 2013|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> Internally the archive, was concerned that the funds were going to be used as a contingency fund for staff redundancy payments.<ref name="oia-7373">{{cite web|title=Official Information Act request (7373)|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/7373-1-million-dollar-audio-digitisation-project|date=4 March 2018|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> The organisation received an additional $984,000 between 2013 and 2015 for the project.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2012-2013" /><ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2013-2014" /><ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2014-2015" />
===TVNZ Archive collection=== {{Main|Television New Zealand Archive}} The TVNZ Archive collection holds over 600,000 hours of television spanning almost 55 years of New Zealand's public television history.<ref name="craig-foss-transfer-speech">{{cite speech|title=Draft speech|first=Craig|last=Foss|event=Function to mark the transfer of responsibility for the TVNZ Archives to the New Zealand Film Archive|location=Wellington, New Zealand|date=31 July 2014|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/6578/response/22258/attach/4/Joss%20J%20OIA%20documents%20for%20release.pdf|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> In 2014 the Ministry for Culture and Heritage appointed Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision as the initial Archive Manager to manage the collection on a day-to-day basis.<ref name="mou-access-to-tvnz-archive-collection" /> Since then, the archive has failed to comply with preservation and access targets set out in the Memorandum of Understanding (2014–2018) with the Crown. This has attracted national media and public criticism. In 2018, the archive announced it was starting work on a project to make the collection accessible online.<ref name="rnz-news-report-2018-22-06">{{cite web|title=Work starts on online TVNZ archive|website=Radio New Zealand |date=22 June 2018 |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/360197/work-starts-on-online-tvnz-archive|access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref>
===Memories of the World===
Several archives held at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision have been added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao register. These include the theatrical cut and additional materials related to the 1983 documentary film ''Patu!'', which documents the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand,<ref name="Patu">{{cite web|url=https://unescomow.nz/inscription/patu |title=Patu! |website=Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> oral history recordings collected by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service's Mobile Unit from conflict zones during World War II and oral history recordings in New Zealand between 1946 and 1948,<ref name="Oral History">{{Cite web|url=https://unescomow.nz/inscription/mobile-unit-new-zealand-oral-history-1946-48|title=Mobile Unit—New Zealand Oral History, 1946-48|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="OralWWII">{{cite web|url=https://unescomow.nz/inscription/world-war-ii-new-zealand-mobile-broadcasting-unit-recordings |title=World War II New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit Recordings |website=Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao |access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref> the arts documentary programme ''Kaleidoscope'' spanning the years 1976 to 1989,<ref name="Kal">{{Cite web|url=https://unescomow.nz/inscription/kaleidoscope-a-weekly-television-arts-documentary-programme-1976-1989|title=Kaleidoscope – A Weekly Television Arts Documentary Programme, 1976-1989|publisher=UNESCO Memory of the World Programme|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref> and the documentary series ''Tangata Whenua: The People of the Land'', originally broadcast in 1974.<ref name="Tangata">{{cite web|url=https://unescomow.nz/inscription/tangata-whenua-the-people-of-the-land|title=Tangata Whenua: The People of the Land |website=Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao |access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref>
''Patu!'' was added to the register in 2012,<ref name="Patu"/> followed by the Mobile Unit—New Zealand Oral History, 1946-48 recordings in 2014,<ref name="Oral History"/> ''Kaleidoscope'' in 2017,<ref name="Kal"/> World War II Mobile Broadcasting Unit recordings in 2019<ref name="OralWWII"/> and ''Tangata Whenua: The People of the Land'' in 2024.<ref name="Tangata"/>
==Access to the collections== ===Onsite access and material requests===
Much of the archive's content can be viewed in-person at the National Library building in Wellington.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/visit-in-person/ |title=Tae ā-tinana mai – Visit in person |website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref> The former Taranaki Street building operated a 107-seat cinema,<ref name="ntsv-cinema-2017">{{cite web|title=Wellington cinema|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/access-points/wellington/cinema-hire|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> and until 2015, operated a gallery space.<ref name="dom-post-report-2015-05-14">{{cite web|title=Big changes for Nga Taonga Sound & Vision|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/68490909/Big-changes-for-Nga-Taonga-Sound-Vision|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2014-2015" />
Requests can be made to the archive to view content onsite or digitally, for content not currently available online.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/rights-requesting/ |title=Ngā mōtika me te tuku tono – Rights & requesting |website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref> Material is often available after fifteen days, however some requests can take up to eight weeks in length.<ref name="ntsv-re-use-audio-2018">{{cite web|title=Re-use of sound collection items|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/re-use-of-collection-items/sound-collection|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="ntsv-re-use-moving-image-2018">{{cite web|title=Re-use of moving-image collection items|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/re-use-of-collection-items/moving-image|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="ntsv-re-use-documentation-2018">{{cite web|title=Re-use of documentation collection items|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/re-use-of-collection-items/documentation|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
In its Strategic Plan 2016-2024 published in mid-2016, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision noted that the archive had a predominantly white, middle-class, Wellington clientele. The archive had targeted "art-lovers" and film aficionados "at the expense of every other group".<ref name="ntsv-strategic-plan-2016-2024">{{Cite web|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDcvMTIvNTcxYnVwY3Z0dF9TdHJhdGVnaWNfUGxhbl8yMDE2XzIwMjQucGRmIl1d/Strategic%20Plan%202016-2024.pdf?sha=43ace20692f11a4c|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Strategic Plan 2016-2024|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208014535/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDcvMTIvNTcxYnVwY3Z0dF9TdHJhdGVnaWNfUGxhbl8yMDE2XzIwMjQucGRmIl1d/Strategic%20Plan%202016-2024.pdf?sha=43ace20692f11a4c|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Online access===
In 2013, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision launched Mediasphere, a film-centric education service.<ref name="ntsv-mediasphere-2017">{{cite web|title=Mediasphere|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/mediasphere|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
Since January 2016, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has operated an online video catalogue.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2015-2016">{{cite report|author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Annual Report (2015/2016)|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMTIvMTYvM2RyeDRrcXNudl9Bbm51YWxfUmVwb3J0XzIwMTVfMjAxNi5wZGYiXV0/Annual%20Report%202015_2016.pdf?sha=24b98b20fa25d815|access-date=17 December 2017|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207174313/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMTIvMTYvM2RyeDRrcXNudl9Bbm51YWxfUmVwb3J0XzIwMTVfMjAxNi5wZGYiXV0/Annual%20Report%202015_2016.pdf?sha=24b98b20fa25d815|url-status=dead}}</ref> The archive's Statement of Intent 2015-2018 aimed for 20,000 items online.<ref name="ntsv-soi-2015-2018">{{cite web|title=Statement of Intent (2015–2018)|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDEvMjEvODFhOGMydW9pMF9OVFNWU3RhdGVtZW50T2ZJbnRlbnQyMDE1XzIwMTgucGRmIl1d/NTSVStatementOfIntent2015-2018.pdf?sha=3885b144b7558a08|access-date=23 May 2018|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208014757/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDEvMjEvODFhOGMydW9pMF9OVFNWU3RhdGVtZW50T2ZJbnRlbnQyMDE1XzIwMTgucGRmIl1d/NTSVStatementOfIntent2015-2018.pdf?sha=3885b144b7558a08|url-status=dead}}</ref> However the Strategic Plan 2016-2024 published in mid-2016 noted that there was still only a small amount of the collection available online.<ref name="ntsv-strategic-plan-2016-2024" />
In December 2017, 1,914 of a total estimated 800,000 items were available online.<ref name="ntsv-online-media-2017-12-30">{{cite web|title=Media online via the Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision website|date=30 December 2017|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/search?tab=&i[has_media]=true|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> By August 2025, this had increased to 14,336 items out of a total of 804,911 catalogue records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/ |title=Rapua te kohinga – Search the collection |website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=11 August 2025}}</ref>
===Outreach===
Radio broadcasts of collection material have produced the biggest audiences for Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, with 924,000 listens in a year to a regular archival audio segment during Jessie Mulligan's afternoon radio programme on RNZ National.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" />
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision previously operated Medianet kiosks across New Zealand, which allowed viewers to browse content from the archives,<ref name="ntsv-access-points-medianet-2018">{{cite web|title=Medianet|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/access-points/medianet|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> which in 2012 included 915 moving image titles.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2011-2012" /> The number of medianet sites dropped from seventeen in 2016<ref name="ntsv-website-about-2016">{{cite web|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - About web page (2016)|url=http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/about|access-date=13 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331010149/http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/about|archivedate=31 March 2016}}</ref> to thirteen in 2018.<ref name="ntsv-access-points-medianet-2018" />
==Acquisition and deposit==
For much of the organisation's history, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has focused on collecting film, television and radio, as well as ephemera and documentation relating to works.<ref name="mch-memorandum-19july2012">{{cite web|title=Ministry for Culture and Heritage memorandum|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/7373/response/24633/attach/4/Scanned%20documents%20for%20release%20K%20I%20Davis.pdf|date=19 July 2012|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="ntsv-sa-policy-2017">{{cite web|title=Selection and Acquisition policy (2017)|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMTIvMDgvNW11NWtta2p4M19TZWxlY3Rpb25fYW5kX0FjcXVpc2l0aW9uX1BvbGljeV8yMDE3LnBkZiJdXQ/Selection%20and%20Acquisition%20Policy%202017.pdf?sha=bea9a0451cfbd992|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> From February 2017, the organisation begun to broaden the scope of what the archive collected to include musical works, digital works, oral histories, software, live broadcasts, recordings of meetings and recordings of nature such as bird-life.<ref name="ntsv-sa-policy-2017" /> The organisation considers the rights of three stake-holders when accepting material: the depositor, the work's copyright holder and the cultural values of iwi and Māori.<ref name="ntsv-sa-policy-2017" />
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision measures itself against the internationally agreed standards of the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) and the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA).<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" /> In 2012 the archive noted how it had attracted international interest for "its innovative approach to low-cost, high-quality collection storage using technology adapted from the horticulture sector".<ref name="oia-7373" /> Ngā Taonga's 2016/17 Annual Report noted that only 56% of the collection was held in best practice storage conditions,<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2016-2017" /> and a 2017 report from the archive to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage noted that the entire film collection was stored in conditions that it considered was below standard. The former Sound Archive's acetate disc collection was also stored in below standard conditions.<ref name="ntsv-kpi-jul-aug-sep-2017" />
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's Strategic Plan 2016-2024 noted significant issues with the archive's acquisition and deposit activities, including an out of date strategic plan, a significant backlog of material that had not been accessioned/catalogued, and depositors who had been promised a copy of their items but had not received them - with some waiting over ten-years.<ref name="ntsv-strategic-plan-2016-2024" />
==Accommodation== ===Current locations===
The main offices of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision are located at the National Library of New Zealand building on Molesworth Street in Wellington. Previously, the organisation had been based at 84 Taranaki Street, a building originally purchased by the New Zealand Film Archive for $2.5 million in 2002, and moved to the National Library building in 2019 due to earthquake concerns over the Taranaki Street building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/about/news/nga-taonga-sound-vision-wellington-office-relocating|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Wellington office relocating|publisher=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision}}</ref><ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /> Since 2017, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has stored most of its physical collection in the Avalon facility in Lower Hutt. The facility is owned by the Crown and managed by the Department of Internal Affairs.<ref name="govt-press-release-budget-2014" />
In November 2017, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision noted that since it was established in 2014 it had consolidated its property portfolio: from nine facilities in three regions, to five facilities in one region, with two small satellite offices in Auckland and Christchurch.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017">{{Cite report|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMTIvMDcvN3VrbGM4NnA5dl9CcmllZmluZ190b190aGVfSW5jb21pbmdfTWluaXN0ZXJfMjAxNy5wZGYiXV0/Briefing%20to%20the%20Incoming%20Minister%202017.pdf?sha=cb1981ef8afd1f85|title=Briefing to Incoming Minister 2017|access-date=24 December 2017|archive-date=24 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101201/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMTIvMDcvN3VrbGM4NnA5dl9CcmllZmluZ190b190aGVfSW5jb21pbmdfTWluaXN0ZXJfMjAxNy5wZGYiXV0/Briefing%20to%20the%20Incoming%20Minister%202017.pdf?sha=cb1981ef8afd1f85|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since this time, both the Auckland and Christchurch offices have been closed.
====Avalon (Lower Hutt)====
Since 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has stored most of its physical collection in the Avalon facility in Lower Hutt. The facility is owned by the Crown and managed by the Department of Internal Affairs.<ref name="govt-press-release-budget-2014" /> It has four vaults: a cold vault, a documentation vault, a general vault and a temporary vault. The cold vault has a temperature of 7-8C which is higher than best practice conditions for the storage of film (2-4C), and the temporary vault which now holds the former Sound Archives acetate disc collection does not meet best practice conditions.<ref name="ntsv-kpi-jul-aug-sep-2017" /> Prior to the 2016/17 restructure at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, the TVNZ Archive collection was the only collection stored permanently at the former TVNZ Archive facility at 181A Taita Drive, Lower Hutt. Since the restructure, the majority of the archive's physical collection items have been moved there.<ref name="ntsv-media-statement-2016-12-09">{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1612/S00161/changes-at-nga-taonga.htm|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision changes secure New Zealand's audiovisual taonga|date=9 December 2016|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> The building contains 20 km worth of climate-controlled storage.<ref name="ntsv-tvnz-collection-video">{{cite web|title=Video: Preserving the TVNZ Collection|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/preservation/our-preservation-work/video-preserving-the-tvnz-collection|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>
The facility and land are owned by the Crown and managed by the Department of Internal Affairs.<ref name="govt-press-release-budget-2014">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Budget 2014: Better access to NZ's TV heritage|url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/budget-2014-better-access-nz's-tv-heritage|publisher=New Zealand Government|date=21 May 2014|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> In 2014 the Ministry for Culture and Heritage appointed Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision as the initial Archive Manager, giving it the right to occupy the publicly owned facility. The occupancy conditions are documented in the Licence to Occupy Archive Facility and in the Memorandum of Understanding - Access to TVNZ Archive Collection, between the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Department of Internal Affairs.<ref name="licence-to-occupy">{{cite web|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/6452/response/21707/attach/4/Documents%20for%20release%20KI%20Davis%20OIA.PDF.pdf|title=Licence to Occupy Archive Facility (Avalon), between the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="mou-access-to-tvnz-archive-collection">{{cite web|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/4927/response/17172/attach/4/MOU%20Access%20to%20TVNZ%20Archive%20Collection%20new%20scan.pdf|title=Memorandum of Understanding - Access to TVNZ Archive Collection, between the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Department of Internal Affairs|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>
====Map Room (Mount Cook)====
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision lease the Map Room in a two-storey underground bunker built into Mount Cook.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2013-2014">{{cite report |author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |title=Annual Report (2013/14) |url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTIvMjMvOWc2b2FtZnIwMV9OVFNWQW5udWFsUmVwb3J0MjAxMzIwMTQucGRmIl1d/NTSVAnnualReport20132014.pdf?sha=422731a9e58a857a |access-date=22 December 2017 |archive-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208014640/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTIvMjMvOWc2b2FtZnIwMV9OVFNWQW5udWFsUmVwb3J0MjAxMzIwMTQucGRmIl1d/NTSVAnnualReport20132014.pdf?sha=422731a9e58a857a |url-status=dead }}</ref> The site is referred to in corporate documents as Buckle Street. Constructed during World War II, the bunker and tunnels are located underground behind the former Dominion Museum building,<ref name="buckle-street-bunker-mch">{{cite web|title=Pukeahu National War Memorial Park: Law and Order and the Military|url=https://mch.govt.nz/pukeahu/park/pukeahu-history-7|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="buckle-street-bunker-massey">{{cite web|title=Cultural Impact Report: Massey University Wellington Puke ahu|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/fms/sustainability/documents/Massey%20Wellington%20-%20cultural%20impact%20report.pdf|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> with an operational entrance next to Wellington High School on Taranaki Street. The storage area contains film, large equipment and paper documentation. In 2012/13 the store was reorganised and filled to 85% of capacity.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2012-2013">{{cite report|author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|title=Annual Report (2012/13)|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTIvMjMvNHg0OGlnazk2aV9OVFNWQW5udWFsUmVwb3J0MjAxMjIwMTMucGRmIl1d/NTSVAnnualReport20122013.pdf?sha=fa434cba75e9ce63|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208014653/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTIvMjMvNHg0OGlnazk2aV9OVFNWQW5udWFsUmVwb3J0MjAxMjIwMTMucGRmIl1d/NTSVAnnualReport20122013.pdf?sha=fa434cba75e9ce63|url-status=dead}}</ref> The vault reaches temperatures over 18C, well above best practice conditions for the storage of film (2-4C) and paper based documentation (13-18C).<ref name="ntsv-kpi-jul-aug-sep-2017" />
====Plimmerton====
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision purchased 21 Northpoint Street, Plimmerton for $253,590 in September 2009. In 2011 the archive built a purpose-built storage facility to hold data tapes, film and video masters.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /><ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2011-2012">{{cite report|author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|title=Annual Report (2011/12)|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTIvMjMvOHRoeWNkc3VsM19OVFNWQW5udWFsUmVwb3J0MjAxMTIwMTIucGRmIl1d/NTSVAnnualReport20112012.pdf?sha=a90720d91790a260|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> The facility is referred to in corporate documents as Northpoint. The temperature of the vault is currently around 15C, well above best practice conditions for the storage of film (2-4C).<ref name="ntsv-kpi-jul-aug-sep-2017" />
====Titahi Bay====
A purpose-built, 100 square metre<ref name="ntsv-blog-nitrate-vault">{{cite web|title=New Nitrate Film Vault|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/blog/archiving-practice/new-nitrate-film-vault/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218033541/https://ngataonga.org.nz/blog/archiving-practice/new-nitrate-film-vault/|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> climate controlled nitrate film vault was built in Titahi Bay in partnership with Archives New Zealand in 2013 on land owned by Radio New Zealand.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /><ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2013-2014" /><ref name="ntsv-board-report-20150227">{{cite report|author=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Board Report (27 February 2015)|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDEvMDgvcnJlbXZpNnh4X05UU1ZCb2FyZFJlcG9ydDI3RmViMjAxNS5wZGYiXV0/NTSVBoardReport27Feb2015.pdf?sha=b2c2f4105531871f|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> The vault is referred to in corporate documents as Whitireia. Archives New Zealand contributed $100,000 towards the project<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2013-2014" /> which cost in total $366,000.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /> After construction, Ngā Taonga moved four tonnes of flammable nitrate film from Makomako<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2011-2012" /> in North Wairarapa to the new vault over a one-week period.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2013-2014" /> The vault also holds nitrate collections from Archives New Zealand and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.<ref name="ntsv-board-report-20150227" /> Even though it was purpose-built by the archive and publicised as having "controlled preservation conditions",<ref name="ntsv-blog-nitrate-vault" /> Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision now believes the storage conditions in the vault are below standard and not within best practice. Currently the nitrate film is stored at 15C, where ideally it should be stored between 2-4C.<ref name="ntsv-kpi-jul-aug-sep-2017">{{cite web|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision KPI report (Jul-Sep 2017)|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/6943/response/23572/attach/4/Resending%20last%204%20pages%20of%20attachment%204.pdf|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> In 2018 public concerns were raised over the vault's close proximity to a newly proposed radio transmission mast, potentially heightening the risk of inadvertent ignition of flammable atmospheres by radio frequency radiation<ref name="oia-7350">{{cite web|title=Official Information Act request 7350|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/7350-location-compliance-certificate-for-whitireia-park-titahi-bay-dangerous-goods-store|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> - particularly when archive staff do regular "wind-throughs" of nitrate film reels.<ref name="ntsv-blog-nitrate-vault" />
===Former locations=== ====Wellington==== thumb|The former Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision building on Taranaki Street, Wellington, in 2015
2014 to 2019, 84 Taranaki Street in Wellington served as the head office of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, previously occupied by the New Zealand Film Archive. The New Zealand Film Archive purchased the property in 2002 for $2.5 million.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /><ref name="ntsv-website-contact">{{Cite web|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/contact|title=Ngā Taonga website contact page|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> It is a six-level building which housed a 107-seat cinema,<ref name="ntsv-cinema-2017" /> the Jonathan Dennis research library, a media library, as well as offices and technical facilities, including a cold vault and a documentation vault.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2014">{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Briefing for Incoming Minister |url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTEvMjcvMWo4dm56OXIzYl9OVFNWX0JyaWVmaW5nSW5jb21pbmdNaW5pc3Rlci5wZGYiXV0/NTSV-BriefingIncomingMinister.pdf?sha=33e2f329e8804215 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129052417/https://ngataonga.org.nz/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTUvMTEvMjcvMWo4dm56OXIzYl9OVFNWX0JyaWVmaW5nSW5jb21pbmdNaW5pc3Rlci5wZGYiXV0/NTSV-BriefingIncomingMinister.pdf?sha=33e2f329e8804215 |archive-date=29 January 2016 |website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision}}</ref><ref name="ntsv-website-locations-2014">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/viewing|title=Ngā Taonga website viewing page (2014)|access-date=28 December 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809163522/http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/viewing|archivedate=9 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="oia-6042">{{cite web|title=Official Information Act request (6042)|date=22 June 2017 |url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/6042-quarterly-kpi-reports-and-a-working-lunch|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>
In November 2017 Ngā Taonga signalled to the Minister for Culture and Heritage that it would need to exit the earthquake-prone site and further consolidate its property footprint.<ref name="ntsv-bim-2017" /> In early 2018 a newly incorporated company<ref name="companies-register-6621053">{{Cite web|url=http://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/co/6621053|title=Companies Register (6621053)|access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> became the owner of the property.<ref name="linz-land-records-online">{{Cite web|url=https://www.linz.govt.nz/land/land-records/order-copy-land-record/land-record-order-form|title=Certificate of Title Lot 1 DP 53985 - Land Information New Zealand|access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> Under the terms of sale Ngā Taonga is leasing back the building.<ref name="ntsv-sale-of-buidling-2018-06-25">{{Cite web|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/about/news/sale-of-nga-taonga-sound-visions-wellington-property |title=Sale of Wellington property|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>
====Auckland==== Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision had a satellite office located within Radio New Zealand House at 171 Hobson Street.<ref name="ntsv-access-points-hobson-street">{{cite web|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/access-points/auckland|title=Access points: Auckland|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> From April 2005 it housed a branch of RNZ Sound Archives. The office was redeveloped circa 2014, with the construction of two studios, a separate tape cleaning area, on-site storage and a small office area.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2012-2013" /> The sound studios were used to preserve the Ngā Taonga Kōrero audio collection.<ref name="sound-archives-about" /><ref name="ntsv-access-points-hobson-street" /> Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision moved the audio collection to Avalon as part of the 2016/17 restructure.<ref name="press-2016-12-08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/87348056/risk-to-thousands-of-archives-as-move-from-christchurch-to-wellington-goes-ahead|title=Risk to thousands of archives as move from Christchurch to Wellington goes ahead|website=Stuff|date=8 December 2016 |access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> In December 2015, staff from the former New Zealand Film Archive public facility in Karangahape Road moved to Hobson Street.<ref name="ntsv-website-karangahape-close-2015" /> Originally intended as a new public facility,<ref name="ntsv-strategic-plan-2016-2024" /> the Hobson Street site was due to be refurbished and opened in early 2016.<ref name="ntsv-website-karangahape-close-2015" /> The site was to include a library and viewing spaces.<ref name="ntsv-changes-to-opening-hours-2016">{{cite web|title=Changes to Opening Hours|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/about/news/changes-to-opening-hours|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> However the branch remained closed to the public.<ref name="ntsv-access-points-hobson-street" /> Responding to news reports during the 2016 restructure, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision said that there were no permanent collections in Auckland and that the facility only had two permanent staff who were in back-office roles.<ref name="rnz-news-report-2016-12-06">{{cite web|title=Push to centralise NZ's audio and video archives in Wellington|date=6 December 2016|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/319772/push-to-centralise-nz%27s-audio-and-video-archives-in-wellington|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> The Hobson Street branch was closed completely in December 2018.<ref name="ntsv-website-contact" />
In April 2005 RNZ Sound Archives moved the historic Ngā Taonga Kōrero audio collection to a purpose-built archive facility at RNZ's transmission site in Henderson, Auckland.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2013-2014" /><ref name="sound-archives-about"/> The collection was relocated to Avalon as part of the 2016/17 restructure.<ref name="press-2016-12-08" /> The RNZ transmitter site at Titahi Bay also held parts of the RNZ Sound Archives collection. This site was still being utilised by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision after the amalgamation.<ref name="rnz-ntsv-agreement">{{cite web|title=Transfer of Sound Archive material and related assets and on-going provision of service|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/4928/response/16322/attach/2/RNZ%20NTSV%20Transfer%20Agreement.pdf|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref>
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision also had a branch site located at 300 Karangahape Road which was primarily moving-image focused. The facility, which was a former New Zealand Film Archive branch, was open to the public weekdays 11am-5pm, with free admission. It had viewing and research facilities, along with a frequently changing exhibition space. The Auckland branch also held regular public screenings in association with partner institutions, including Auckland University of Technology and Colab.<ref name="ntsv-website-locations-2014" /> Six staff were based there in 2014.<ref name="ntsv-annual-report-2014-2015" /> Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision closed the facility in December 2015, moving staff to the Hobson Street site.<ref name="ntsv-website-karangahape-close-2015">{{Cite web|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/about/news/nga-taonga-sound-vision-auckland-is-moving|title=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Auckland is Moving|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>
====Christchurch==== 324 Cashel Street was the former location of the RNZ Sound Archive, and latterly the location of the majority of Ngā Taonga's sound archiving operations. It was the site of the archive's largest audio storage vault, in which over 90,000 items<ref name="press-2016-12-08" /> were housed in controlled archival conditions. These included early audio cylinders, acetate discs, open reel tapes, cassette tapes and digital audio tapes. The branch also held publicity materials and documentation relating to the sound collection.<ref name="ntsv-access-points-cashel-street">{{cite web|title=Access points: Christchurch|url=https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/access-points/christchurch|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> Preservation, cataloguing and client supply activities took place,<ref name="ntsv-access-points-cashel-street"/> and there were also public listening facilities (by appointment only).<ref name="ntsv-website-locations-2014" />
After the closure of the Cashel Street location in 2017, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision established a small satellite office located within the Blackheath Place office complex at 73 Durham Street South.<ref name="ntsv-website-contact" /> The building is listed with Heritage New Zealand as an Historic Place Category 2.<ref name="blackheath-place-heritage-listing">{{cite web|title=Blackheath Place|url=http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1829|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> In early 2018 the office was relocated to shared business accommodation in the Hazeldean Business Park in Addington,<ref name="ntsv-website-contact" /> which was closed in 2019/2020.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://dhlz08bawgtqj.cloudfront.net/media/documents/Annual_Report_2019_20_Final_271020.pdf |title=2019/20 Pūrongo ā-Tau Annual Report |year=2020 |publisher=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref>
Two attempts have been made at creating a facility shared by two different organisations in Christchurch. Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake RNZ Christchurch and RNZ Sound Archives shared the same building at 324 Cashel Street. The 2012 transfer agreement between RNZ and the then New Zealand Film Archive, pointed in principle to both parties again cohabiting a new RNZ Christchurch facility that was being developed,<ref name="rnz-ntsv-agreement" /> which did not eventuate.
The second attempt was a shared archival facility at Wigram, to be shared by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Archives New Zealand. An agreement was signed in 2015,<ref name="oia-4909-part-1-fyi-release">{{cite web|title=Official Information Act document release (4909/part 1)|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/4909/response/16419/attach/4/P1%20Redacted%20document%20Davis%20Documents%20for%20Release.pdf|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> and construction was scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2016,<ref name="wigram-rebuild-2015-05-22">{{cite web|title=Archives New Zealand to rebuild Christchurch facility|date=22 May 2015|url=http://www.rebuildchristchurch.co.nz/blog/2015/5/archives-new-zealand-to-rebuild-christchurch-facility|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> but by 30 September 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision had withdrawn completely from the co-location project, pointing to their inability to pay the rental charges.<ref name="dia-oia-release-4909-pt3">{{cite web|title=Department of Internal Affairs Official Information Act request - document release #3 (4909)|url=https://fyi.org.nz/request/4909/response/16420/attach/4/4740995DA%20P3%20Redacted%20document%20Davis%20Documents%20for%20Release.pdf|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref> Archives New Zealand continued the development of the Wigram facility, which opened in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Important message for all Christchurch Office of Archives New Zealand customers |url=http://www.dia.govt.nz/Important-message-for-all-Christchurch-Office-of-Archives-New-Zealand-customers |website=Department of Internal Affairs |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="archivesnz-wigram-notice">{{cite web|title=Archives New Zealand public notice about Wigram facility|url=http://archives.govt.nz/important-message-all-christchurch-office-archives-new-zealand-customers|date=13 April 2018|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>
===Future locations===
In December 2020, the Department of Internal Affairs announced that Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision along with Archives New Zealand and the National Library of New Zealand would relocate to a new purpose-built business park called the Horowhenua Business Park in Levin at an unspecified date.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baalbergen |first1=Janine |title=National Library and other government services to move to Horowhenua |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/national-library-and-other-government-services-to-move-to-horowhenua/LXCIA7FBGTFDLB2YURP422WESE/ |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=Horowhenua Chronicle |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514041117/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/national-library-and-other-government-services-to-move-to-horowhenua/LXCIA7FBGTFDLB2YURP422WESE/ |archive-date=14 May 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2022 Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti, Archives NZ chief archivist Stephen Clarke and Māori iwi (tribe) Taranaki Whānui Te Āti Awa announced that the Government would build a new archives building on the site of the former Defence House on Wellington's Aitken Street. The new NZ$290 million building will also host archives repository and specialist facilities for Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Archives NZ, and the National Library.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chumko |first1=André |title=New $290m national archives facility to be built in Wellington |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127617135/new-290m-national-archives-facility-to-be-built-in-wellington?rm=a |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Stuff |date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224202545/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127617135/new-290m-national-archives-facility-to-be-built-in-wellington?rm=a |archive-date=24 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Groundbreaking ceremony for new archives building behind National Library |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142269 |website=Wellington.Scoop |publisher=Scoop |access-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607025214/https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=142269 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |date=1 February 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also == * Cinema of New Zealand * List of New Zealand films * Television New Zealand Archive
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/}} including online collections
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