Archival & Preservation

Here is how this works in practice. We design archive preservation pipelines anchored on LTO-9 tape (18 TB native, 45 TB compressed per cartridge) with redundant offsite duplication, and on Privacy Act 2020-compliant sovereign cloud — AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region opened 2024 and Microsoft Azure New Zealand North (Auckland) opened 2025 — for active-archive use cases. Google Cloud has no NZ region and routes via Sydney. This is acceptable for non-personal-data archives but inappropriate for content under strict Privacy Act residency expectations.

Here is how this works in practice. Standard archive masters include camera-first ARRIRAW, REDCODE R3D, Sony X-OCN, and Canon CRM, plus DPX, Open EXR (ACES AP0), and ProRes 4444 XQ mezzanines. Audio archives capture Pro Tools session files alongside BWF stems. Park Road Post Wellington holds archive masters for major productions including Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, King Kong, Avatar, Mortal Engines, and Power of the Dog under contractual long-term storage agreements with rightsholders.

Here is the short of it. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision — formed in the 2014 merger of NZ's three previous AV archives — is the national archive of record for NZ moving image and sound. We set up deposit, restoration, and access workflows for shoots seeking national-archive status. Iwi consultation under tikanga governs taonga material, especially recordings of kaumātua, classic taonga puoro performances, and culturally sensitive marae material. Kaitiaki keep ongoing rights of access and use under Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership principles. The Privacy Act 2020 and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner govern personal voice and likeness data in long-term archives. Cross-border archive copies typically sit in Sydney AWS or Equinix Sydney facilities for disaster-recovery range. GST 15 percent, NZD invoicing, ACC universal cover, and zero capital gains tax apply.