New Zealand
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials?:
Yes
Legal deposit for books & other printed materials, year effective:
since 1903
Legal deposit for audiovisual materials?:
Yes
Type of AV materials:
Sound recordings (CD, audio book, etc.); Video recordings (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.); Websites or other internet-based content
Exemptions for AV materials:
broadcast material from Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand
AV depository:
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision for broadcast material, National Library of New Zealand for electronic and digital audiovisual publications
AV legal deposit law applied:
Nationally
Amount of AV actually deposited:
Between 25-75%
AV law created:
2003
AV law effective:
2006
Law name & number:
(links to laws and statutes at bottom of this page)
Links to legislation:
Submitted by (name, and institution):
Amy Joseph (National Library of New Zealand)
Return to Audiovisual Legal Deposit register
responsibility for legal deposit moved to NLNZ when created in 1965