From Atoms to Pixels: Digitising Large Format Archives

In June 2024, the Te Maeatanga Digitisation programme and Te whakamatihiko ā-tono Digitisation on demand service closed. The programme had been running since 2017. In that time, almost 2 million images of significance to Aotearoa New Zealand were digitised and are available online for the public to access through the Government Digital Archive.
Prior to its closure, Te Maeatanga spent 6 months making a survey of the Very Large items held at Te Whanganui-a-Tara. They found more than 2,000 items larger than A0. They identified the ones that need preservation work to fight damage or deterioration and digitised more than 300. Watch to see how Te Maeatanga digitised our biggest items, from start to finish.
For further insight into this work, check out the blog by Senior Archivist Hannah Bremner: www.archives.govt.nz/discover...