2 July 2025
National Library of New Zealand PO Box 1467
Wel ington 6140 Phone +64 4 474 3000
Justin Beckermann
dia.govt.nz
fyi-request-31309-
[email address]
Dear Justin
Official Information Act (1982) request 2425-1229
Thank you for your request of 14 June 2025. You have asked for:
Under the OIA I would like to request a full list of the 500 000 books the library is proposing
to destroy, including the books titles and authors.
In response to your request, the National Library wil be providing you with the list, under
separate cover to this response. Due to the size of the original file, it has been broken down
into smaller files to enable them to be sent in batches. You will be receiving multiple emails.
The list of files is in
Appendix A.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, we may proactively
release a copy of this response on the Department of Internal Affairs website. Al requester
data, including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here:
Official Information Act Requests-2 - dia.govt.nz.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or Freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any feedback or questions about the Department’s response, please let us know
a
t [email address]
Yours sincerely
Mark Crookston
Director, Digital (formerly Director, Content Services
National Library of New Zealand
Appendix A: Schedule of documents released
Bundle of documents
1. L1_Part 1
2. L1_Part 2
3. L1_Part 3
4. L1_Part 4
5. L1_Part 5
6. L2_Part 1
7. L2_Part 2
8. L2_Part 3
9. L2_Part 4
10.
L2_Part 5
11.
L3_Part 1
12.
L3_Part 2
13.
L3_Part 3
14.
L3_Part 4
15.
L3_Part 5
16.
L4_Part 1
17.
L4_Part 2
18.
L4_Part 3
19.
L4_Part 4
20.
L4_Part 5
21.
L5_Part 1
22.
L5_Part 2
23.
L5_Part 3
24.
L5_Part 4
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