This standard was developed by Stephen Clarke and Alice Patterson, Senior Advisors, Government Recordkeeping Programme, Archives New Zealand, with advice and guidance from an advisory group comprising:

• Craigie Sinclair, New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committe
• Deirdre Wogan, independent consultant, RMAA nominated representative
• Desiree Brown, Ministry of Social Development
• Gerard Rooijakkers, Auckland City Council and SCION
• Hinerangi Himiona, independent consultant
• Janine Delaney, New Zealand Micrographic Services Ltd.
• Jocelyn Hargreaves, New Zealand Post
• Karen Bolger, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Keitha Booth, State Services Commission
• Michael Hodder, Rangitikei District Council
• Roma Niemirska, Human Rights Commission
• Terehia Biddle, Archives New Zealand

The Chief Archivist acknowledges the advice and guidance of the advisory group
members, who have been central to the development of this standard.

The Chief Archivist would like to acknowledge the influence of the standards issued by The Records Authority of New South Wales: ‘Standard on Full and Accurate Records’; The Queensland State Archives: ‘Recordkeeping Standard (IS40)’; State Records of South Australia: ‘Adequate Records Management Standard’ and The British Standards Institution ‘Effective records management – Part 4: How to comply with BS ISO 15489-1’ in the preparation of this standard’s content.