The Historical Records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Manatū Aorere: A Reference Guide and Glossary for Authors, Historians and Researchers, will help you to find and use the Ministry’s records from the late 19th century to the 1990s which are stored at Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga.
It describes the organisation’s structure along with filing systems and details about how the records are organised.
The guide was created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade te Manatū Aorere to make its historical records more accessible to researchers investigating and sharing the stories of New Zealand’s diplomatic history.