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A former associate finance minister believes public sector job cuts are needed to grow the economy. Latest Public Service Commission data shows the core workforce reduced by four percent in the year to December 2024. The Tertiary Education Commission, Archives New Zealand, and Department of Corrections yesterday earmarked further cuts. But former Minister Sir Lockwood Smith told Andrew Dickens the sector has got productivity problems. He says there's so much unproductive work going on by well-meaning good people, who lack focus on what's needed to deliver an effective workforce. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Archives New Zealand's shutting down its digital archiving programme.  It's part of an initiative to digitise historically significant images and documents.  But the agency says it's been unable to secure further funding, and it will have to cut at least three jobs.  Historian Paul Moon told Mike Hosking that this is important work and should remain.  He says the Government should cobble together the small amount of funding needed to keep it going.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Digital preservation is not something many of us spend a lot of time thinking about - but digital archivists do it every day. Archives New Zealand senior digital archivist Valerie Love and preservation policy and outreach specialist Martin Gengenbach join Nights.

Privacy breaches by the national archive involve almost 7400 records, including the names and details of patients of the now-defunct Sunnyside psychiatric hospital. The scale of the breaches has become clear since a public apology was issued yesterday by Archives New Zealand. Records of patients at the hospital between 1966 to 1973 were accessed by two members of the public -- some records were for patients who had committed a criminal offence. Reporter Phil Pennington is with us now.  

There are scenes of confrontation at Parliament this morning as Police and forklift workers arrive with concrete blocks to reinforce the perimeter of the occupation. Videos and photos from the scene show protesters gathered at the Aitken Street intersection by Archives New Zealand while trucks with huge concrete blocks are placed on the road. Protesters can be heard yelling "hold the line" and "keep it peaceful" as officers work to form a barrier against the rush of people. Forklifts filled with concrete blocks are also arriving on Featherston Street where protesters have been seen climbing onto the trucks trying to stop the barricade. Reporter Charlotte Cook is in Featherston Street.

There are scenes of confrontation at Parliament this morning as Police and forklift workers arrive with concrete blocks to reinforce the perimeter of the occupation. Videos and photos from the scene show protesters gathered at the Aitken Street intersection by Archives New Zealand while trucks with huge concrete blocks are placed on the road. Protesters can be heard yelling "hold the line" and "keep it peaceful" as officers work to form a barrier against the rush of people. Forklifts filled with concrete blocks are also arriving on Featherston Street where protesters have been seen climbing onto the trucks trying to stop the barricade. Reporter Charlotte Cook is in Featherston Street.

Almost 53 years ago, the Apollo 8 mission was the first manned space flight to leave low earth orbit, and reach the moon. The mission was a precursor to the famous Apollo 11 moon mission which followed in 1969. During that descent, the Apollo 8 crew were flying over and about to land in, or very close to, New Zealand air space. It's one of many interesting reveals in a bunch of declassified documents that are now available for viewing at Archives New Zealand. Ben Strang has been looking through them.

In the second part of Lynn's recent visit to Archives New Zealand she visits the vaults, where it houses the bulk of the millions of items entrusted to its care. Last time on Standing Room Only we wove our way around the storage areas and saw where damaged documents are repaired. Today we find out about the intricacies of digitizing fragile and sometimes very large documents. Chief Archivist Richard Foy is Lynn's guide.

The vaults of the Archives New Zealand are a labyrinth of historic files, films and documents - labelled, colour-coded, and many in urgent need of preservation before they deteriorate beyond saving. Archives New Zealand is the guardian of this material, though it's been racing against time to fulfill its brief with clearly inadequate resources. Just before the country went into lockdown, Lynn Freeman met the staff charged with preserving this taonga. Her guides in the first of a two-part documentary, were Richard Foy, Archives NZ Chief Archivist, Conservator Sarah Drake Lynn and Stefanie Lash, Principal Advisor Strategy and Planning. Shortly after Lynn's visit there was good news - a budget announcement of more than 190-million dollars for the Tahuhu (Preserving the Nation's Memory) project. The plan is to cover a new Archives New Zealand building linked to the library, as well as the first stages of a shared repository for heritage materials. But that's years away. Until then, this is the reality for the Archives New Zealand conservators.

Today, we open up the mailbag and answer listener questions. Topics covered include emotion in worship, God's judgement, and the relationship between covetousness and greed. Photo from Archives New Zealand

Feminised or gendered roles in the workforce were carved out in our past and still impact on the lives of women in the workplace today. Find out more in Episode 8 of Beyond Kate.

Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate.

Episode Two of Beyond Kate explores politics, the reality of women at the polling booths, and Victorian attitudes that kept women in the home.

Gaining the vote was a battle hard won for New Zealand women. Episode one of Beyond Kate visits the petition, hears about the woman whose name sits atop it & looks at the lives of rural women then and now. 

In 1901, Captain Robert Falcon Scott led a team of men on the Discovery Expedition to explore the mysteries of Antarctica. The expedition is famous for its scientific legacy, including the discovery of snow-free valleys, emperor penguin colonies and the location of the South Magnetic Pole. But the team also brought back some mysterious life forms living at the bottom of a lake. It took nearly 60 years for scientists to work out what they really were: cyanobacteria. Dr Anne Jungblut is a microbiologist studying cyanobacteria today at the Natural History Museum. In this episode, we visit the museum to learn more about these microbes, and see the very samples that Scott’s team brought back over 100 years ago…. Music: Alex Fitch Image: Scott's Expedition Leaving for Antarctica - 1901, Archives New Zealand