Brief 5 - Why Archives Matter

Brief 5 - Why Archives Matter

The Taonga Files by The Taonga Files Productions
S1
Apr 18, 2026
11:08

Episode notes

In this episode, the ladies open a map for new researchers, early‑career curators, and anyone beginning their journey into cultural heritage. Archives and national libraries hold the raw materials of history, manuscripts, photographs, government records, sound recordings, newspapers, “the evidence, the voices, the paper trails, the contradictions, the context.”

Links

National Library of New Zealand

Archives New Zealand

Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

Glossary

Taonga Puoro - musical instrument

Rōpū - group, party of people, company

Keywords

taonga
Museums
Māori
Indigenous
History
colonisation
research
Archives
Libraries

What place this episode is about

Where this episode is made