Kia ora Ken and Robyn,

Rest assured that Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has no intention of carrying out a cull of TVNZ Archive content.

At Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision we are committed to preserving New Zealand’s audiovisual heritage, and making it available for current and future generations to enjoy.

We are currently working on a digitisation plan for the TVNZ Collection in order to increase access. While digitisation is a priority, it is Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s practice to keep master copies of all items on their original formats, along with preservation copies on various formats. This increases an item’s chances of longevity moving into the future, as technology changes. Keeping the master copies is particularly important in the case of the TVNZ Collection because TVNZ’s original copies are the most high resolution versions available of this content. The digital copies will coexist with the original analogue copies as the digitisation work progresses, and none of these precious TV treasures will be lost.

Cheers,

Ellen Pullar (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Communications Advisor)