TVNZ archive titles would be a subset of the figures for 2019 onwards which record all audio visual material processed. As the TVNZ material has often been categorised as "at risk" I've always assumed that they make up a majority of titles being preserved each year, as one stated aim was to have 200,000 at risk tapes digitalised by 2025. In the 2024/25 annual report the number of TVNZ in-scope items digitised was 156,393.
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision says it has 842,820 titles in their collection, and the stated aim of the Utaina project was digitising 321,412 items of sound and vision material in the collection; by the time of their 2024/25 annual report the project had digitized 99% (317,502) of these, and when the project came to a close in October 2025 they reported that over 400,000 items had been preserved.
Data Sources
The number of items from the TVNZ Archive digitally preserved between 2014 and 2018 were released in response to an Official Information request in 2017:
- 2014-15: 0
- 2015-16: 504
- 2016-17: 1360
- 2017-18: 275 as at 15 November 2017
- 2018-19 I haven't found any data.
From 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision annual reports have recorded the number of new titles in their archive digitally preserved as a key metric of its activities.
- 2019-20: 5,447
- 2020-21: 2,926
- 2021-22: 1,495
- 2022-23: 10,108 plus 89,360 via the Utaina project.
- 2023-24: 10,340 plus 118,700 via the Utaina project.
- 2024-25: 5,581 plus 109,442 via the Utaina project.
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