Honiana Love, Chief Executive – Tumu Whakarae, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

During the opening address on day two of the NDF22 conference, Honiana Love discusses being ready for any challenge and how it applies to the challenges facing the heritage sector, particularly the need to get digital collections in order for a digital future. This requires addressing issues such as collection management, standards, and rights, and the balance between current and future access.

Love emphasises the importance of a holistic approach that takes into account relationship management and risk, commitment to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and managing the taonga with the expectations of Kaitiaki in mind. Practical steps Ngā Taonga is taking to address these challenges, include 10 strategic priorities that focus on developing a strong digital foundation, achieving the best archival standards for AV preservation and collection management, and implementing a Kaitiaki framework.

Love concludes with the importance of maintaining contractual obligations, building capacity, embedding digital capabilities, and getting their Pātaka in order to ensure access to collections in the future for all New Zealanders.

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