The Preserving Local History and Educational Trust

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The Preserving Local History and Educational Trust (Te Pupuri I Nga Hitori o Te Rohe Trust) is a New Zealand charitable trust focused on digital preservation. Its major project Preserving Local Histories for our Tamariki: Mass Digitisation of Historical Community Newspapers digitises newspapers published in New Zealand from 1840 to 2000 that are at risk of loss or decay. [1]

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History

The idea for the Trust grew out of a publication by Andy Fenton titled Mind the Gap:Transforming the National Newspaper Collection: Acollectionmanagementapproach topreserving the National Newspaper Collection. [2]

Fenton notes that despite the National Library of New Zealand’s Papers Past initiative making newspapers available online, there were about 3.3 million pages available in Papers Past in 2014, from an estimated total of 30 million possible pages. Community newspapers with local information were not being addressed. [2]

The Trust was established as a New Zealand charitable trust in 2022 its purposes being “the advancement of education, the preservation of New Zealand’s cultural heritage, and any other matter beneficial to the community”. [3] The mission is “to preserve the stories that have helped to shape our communities and our nation, and to make these accessible to New Zealanders both at home and abroad.” [4]

The Trust has agreements with partners including New Zealand Micrographic Services, and the National Library of New Zealand. [5]

Activities

The Trust’s major project is Preserving Local Histories for Our Tamariki:Mass Digitisation of Historical Community Newspapers. [6] Newspapers published in New Zealand from 1840 to 2000 that are at risk of loss or decay are identified and their locations ascertained, assembling as complete a run as possible. The title is then digitised and made available, either on Papers Past or on the Trust’s Recollect site. [7]

Titles identified for digitisation under the Trust’s auspices include:

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