Audio Visual Resources held by Te Iho o Te Manawataki

In 2023, the University of Waikato Library launched a project to digitise all magnetic media within its collections and archives. The reels, cassette tapes, and videos (VHS) were identified and sent to specialised facilities for digitisation. This collection consolidates the history of the project and provides access to the relevant finding aids and resources.

This project was implemented in response to The National Archives of Australia identifying 2025 as a potential threshold when access to magnetic media may become increasingly difficult due to limited equipment and skilled personnel. To address this, the National Archives initiated a project in 2020 to identify and digitise items in order to preserve Australia's audiovisual heritage. More information on the project.

Linked Collections:

• W.G. Whittlestone - Series 16 Sound recordings (tapes) - contains three cassette tapes.
• Leigh Pearson papers on Sylvia Ashton-Warner - Box 1 - contains three cassette tapes.
• Patricia Glasgow diaries - Box 4 - contains one video cassette and three audio cassette tapes.

Linked Series:

• Rosemary Seymour - Series 21, 22 and 23 linked below. Cassettes, reels and records. Series 21 has an attached finding aid and finding aids for Series 22 and 23 are on the series page. 
• John Mansfield Thomson - Audio/Visual Material. Cassettes and VHS. Finding aid for this on the series page.

Finding Aids:

• Herbert John Taylor Collection - TAY_028 - Māori Oral Histories and Recordings. Cassettes and reels.
• Jim and Jane Ritchie papers - Boxes 24-25 - contains reels and cassettes.
• Peggy Dewes papers on Lili Kraus.
• Rosemary Seymour Series 21 cassettes.
• Miscellaneous AV Recordings - Miscellaneous videos, cassettes and reel from throughout the Library's collections that do not appear to belong to an archive.