will be prevalent by 2057. We do know that People value a vibrant, trusted national the digital service expectations of the next archives. We will be a trusted regulator generation will be high. Modern of government information through the infrastructure Public Records Act; experts in how to create, and digital building blocks such as metadata, manage, preserve and discover information; will enable users to discover, understand and and a gateway providing access to the trust government information across the system. nation’s history, connecting people to their stories, rights and entitlements. 1 We will continue to and care for, our The precise future of Aotearoa New Zealand is physical holdings. New Zealanders will still come difficult to predict. We do know there will be to see and experience New Zealand’s most successive governments that interact with the precious founding documents and records of people and make decisions on their behalf. The pivotal moments in time. Some physical access record of those interactions will need to be to our holdings will continue but the availability created and managed. of information digitally will meet the majority of user needs. A trusted, independent institution is needed to ensure all government information is created A robust, transparent, accurate and well and managed effectively. and central preserved record of the New Zealand government information must be open if government also shows the world who we are. appropriate and able to be used for the benefit of all. We are bold in our aspirations. Change is upon us and is an exciting future. We do not know exactly what technologies 1 Metadata, which is data describing context, content and structure of records and their management through time, is vital in assisting users to locate and understand information.
People value a vibrant, trusted national archives. We will be a trusted regulator of government information through the Public Records Act; experts in how to create, manage, preserve and discover information; and a gateway providing access to the nation’s history, connecting people to their stories, rights and entitlements. The precise future of Aotearoa New Zealand is difficult to predict. We do know there will be successive governments that interact with the people and make decisions on their behalf. The record of those interactions will need to be created and managed. A trusted, independent institution is needed to ensure all government information is created and managed effectively. and central government information must be open if appropriate and able to be used for the benefit of all. We do not know exactly what technologies will be prevalent by 2057. We do know that the digital service expectations of the next generation will be high. Modern infrastructure and digital building blocks such as metadata, will enable users to discover, understand and trust government information across the system. 1 We will continue to and care for, our physical holdings. New Zealanders will still come to see and experience New Zealand’s most precious founding documents and records of pivotal moments in time. Some physical access to our holdings will continue but the availability of information digitally will meet the majority of user needs. A robust, transparent, accurate and well preserved record of the New Zealand government also shows the world who we are. We are bold in our aspirations. Change is upon us and is an exciting future. 1 Metadata, which is data describing context, content and structure of records and their management through time, is vital in assisting users to locate and understand information.
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