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Country Update: NEW ZEALAND NZ TV archive applies for SEAPAVAA membership The New Zealand Television Archive has recently applied for full institutional membership online through the SEAPAVAA website. The Archive is the official custodian of TVNZ's intellectual property. It holds most New Zealand-produced programs on television news, current affairs, documentaries, sports, entertainment, and drama. It also holds the National Film Unit collection which recorded New Zealand's history and progress from 1940 to 1989. Photographic transparencies and original prints from TVNZ programs also form part of the collection. There are 360,000 individual items in the collection, ranging from short news stories to five day cricket tests, telethons, and election coverage. All programs are in their original professional broadcast format and are archived immediately after screening. Most programs have VHS viewing copies and are accompanied by relevant paperwork specifying copyright and contractual details. The television music collection includes a substantive collection of commercially published New Zealand recordings, all original music recorded for TVNZ, all theme music for TVNZ programs, and a large collection of "production" music and sound effects. There are 22 different formats which can be replayed using equipment at the Television Archive. Formats include 35 and 16 mm film, two-inch quad videotape through to digital beta. Music formats range from 78 rpm discs to CDs and digital audio tape. The Television Archive has two climatically controlled vaults having shelves measuring a total of 6.6 kilometers. Over two-thirds of the holdings are catalogued on a computerized free text search database which is backed up daily and the backup tapes are stored off site. Each item is indexed by subject, date, title, personality, source, copyright detail, and fully shortlisted. The New Zealand Television Archive believes its role is to archive content and performance. The Archive's collection policy is to keep originals wherever possible and when originals are not available, the next best available quality. The Archive is recognized under the 1994 Copyright Act and the General Manager of the Archive is a member of the Copyright Council of New Zealand. Thirty specialists ranging from librarians to technicians to sales service the needs of TVNZ producers, reporters, journalists for the TVNZ programs as well supplying footage research services and supply to outside advertising agencies.
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