Photo: ODT filesDoubts remain about the future of Archives New Zealand while its links with Internal Affairs are unclear, an archives advocate says. "There has been a cloud cast ever since Archives [NZ] was reabsorbed into Internal Affairs," Peter Miller, of Dunedin, said yesterday. That meant the chief archivist could not talk directly to government department chief executives from a position of equality, he said. Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin co-chair a ministerial group which has been investigating changed arrangements. Mr Miller voiced confidence in Mr Robertson's approach, but wanted to know the outcome.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 21, 2019 16:30 UTC