You work with public records, and want to achieve better outcomes for your organisation.
This one day foundation course aims to provide an engaging experience for all learning styles
• Understand the provisions for information and records governance
• Learn how to influence users and stakeholders in your organisation
• Gain a clear understanding of what public records are
• Identify public records in your organisation
• Understand the purpose of the Public Records Act
• Understand the framework for Public Records Act compliance
• Gain familiarity with the key provisions of the Act
• Know how to evaluate your records management against the standard
What public records are and how to identify them
What it means to create and maintain records
When you should create a public record
Common issues in creating and maintaining records
The benefits of good recordkeeping and how to explain these to others
How the PRA applies to different formats
How the PRA applies to records created through contracting out or the use of consultants
What to do with historic hard copy records
The relationship between the PRA and the Official Information and Privacy Acts
Understanding specific provisions of the PRA: What they mean, and why they are important
Models and support for creating your own action plan
New Records and Information Management Standard for the Public Sector
Chat with Information Leadership’s experienced experts
This whitepaper, published Jan 2021, documents an assessment by Information Leadership of the capability of Microsoft 365 to support organisations in meeting their obligations under the New Zealand Public Records Act 2005 (PRA).
Director and Operations Manager
A co-founder of Information Leadership, Sarah is an enthusiastic advocate for the power of information. She has a deep recordkeeping, change management and information management background that sets Information Leadership apart.
"What I liked best was taking a complex subject and extracting the key points expressing it in simple terms"
Michael Gore,
Operational Policy Advisor, NZTA
"I thought it was a good overview of knowledge and well presented"
Wendy Hewitt
Central TAS
"It didn't feel like a lecture - including everyone was a great way to provide real life examples and get to know other organisations a bit more"
Administration Officer, Upper Hutt City Council
"I liked the mix of presenting and activities, references to the act risk matrix application"
"Getting an understanding of the PRA and its real life examples was what I liked best"
"What I liked best was the tools in the workbook (eg, risk matrix), that I can apply late! And that we directly applied the learning to the act"
"Sarah had a very natural way of breaking down complex topics into easy to understand pieces, really enjoyed that element and all of the interactive questions"
“it has given me a far great understanding of the PRA and what we can delete, but more importantly, what we are required to keep"
