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Introduction
Auckland City Council was established in 1871. Since then
the council's boundaries have expanded. The most substantial change was in 1989,
which saw the amalgamation of 11 territorial local authorities to form Auckland
city. The surviving archival records of all the former authorities are now part
of the Auckland City Council archives and are available for research by the public.
The documents kept in the archives relate to former and
existing functions and activities undertaken by the council.
Over time, these have
included responsibilities for:
- baths and swimming pools
- cemeteries
- drainage
- electricity
- fire fighting
- health
- housing
- libraries
- the art gallery
- the
zoo
- milk
- parks, reserves and domains
- policing
- refuse disposal
- roads
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- town
planning
- traffic, trams and buses
- water
- rating
- municipal elections
- valuation
- unemployment relief
- civil defence
- council staff
- council
properties/facilities
- resource management
- district schemes
- bylaws
- annual
reports and accounts
- the municipal abattoir.
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Our responsibility
We have the responsibility to identify records that
are of continuing or archival value, to preserve them and make them available to
council and the public. The Public Records Act 2005 requires us to keep and
make publicly available, records of archival value.
Records are considered to have continuing or archival value if
they:
- provide concise evidence of the deliberations, decisions
and actions of the council relating to key functions and programmes and
significant issues.
- preserve evidence of the source of authority, foundation
and machinery of the council.
- contain evidence that is essential to the protection and
future well being of the people of the city and their environment.
- have a special capacity to illustrate the condition and
status of the city, its people, the impact of council activity on them, and the
interaction of the people of Auckland with council.
- have a substantial capacity to enrich knowledge and
understanding of aspects of New Zealand's development, history, society, culture
and people.
Updated June 2007
