Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Chief Archivist has issued a new temporary care records protection instruction. This video explains what you need to know.

Key moments
0:10 New instruction to protect care records
1:20 What the temporary care records protection instruction is
2:40 What the temporary care records protection instruction covers
3:31 Records of non-State care settings
4:18 Records of local government
4:56 Archives New Zealand’s Disposal authority review work
6:55 How long the instruction will be in place
7:17 Your ability to access your own records
7:39 Destruction of source information
8:16 If there’s any doubt, the records should be protected

Read more
The temporary care records protection instruction bit.ly/3Ygh2yb
The Public Records Act 2005 - bit.ly/4c9vaxp
The care records definition - bit.ly/4aPllDK

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission's 2021 redress report ‘He Purapura Ora, He Māra Tipu’ - bit.ly/3ZJjSwQ
Disposal of public records - tinyurl.com/yfc6mt3u