Aug 16, 2017 | Case Studies, Digitise, News
NZMS Auckland has recently worked with a large collection of glass plate and film negatives donated to Auckland Libraries in 2015 by The NZ Herald. The approximately 16,000 negatives were found in the original New Zealand Herald offices in Albert Street. Auckland...
Aug 7, 2017 | Andy Fenton, Digitise, News
50 years ago a team of independent reporters began writing down everything politicians said in debates at Parliament. They stood for truth and accountability and their work continues to this day. The team and their written record is known as Hansard. Over the month of...
Jul 26, 2017 | Digitise, News
NZMS were asked to provide a solution for the digitisation of very large two dimensional items, being primarily artwork and rolled maps. The largest item in the collection was 8 metres by 2 metres and many of the items were in a fragile state due to their age and...
Jul 3, 2017 | Case Studies, Digitise, News
Here at NZMS we are privileged and proud to work with artefacts of both national and international significance. We recently had the pleasure of digitising a newly discovered diary of George Murray Levick, a member of Scott’s 1910-1913 expedition, for the Antarctic...
Nov 22, 2016 | Digitise, News
Maps are a fascinating and important part of our heritage, tracking the development of our nation and recording conflict and resolution. Many of them date back to the settler days of New Zealand. The draughtsmanship demonstrated in these maps are beautiful with fine...
Jul 26, 2016 | Digitise, News
In the summer of 2012, the team of conservators working on Scott’s hut at Cape Evans made a surprise discovery: A notebook that had not been seen for over a century. The notebook is a photographic journal belonging to George Murray Levick, a member of Scott’s...
