Welcome to 60 Years of the Ombudsman in Aotearoa. This is an interactive documentary celebrating the history of the Ombudsman.

To watch the film close these instructions and click on the play button at the bottom of your screen. The total running time of the main film is 19.34 minutes.

At any time click the green “learn more” button below the navigation to learn more about key moments and people in the New Zealand Ombudsman’s history.

You can also click the green “back to the film” button to return to the main documentary at any time.

This website can be navigated using the tab key to cycle through links and content and the enter or spacebar key to activate content.

The New Zealand Ombudsman and project team would like to acknowledge the following people and organisations for their assistance in the making of this project.

Sir Brian Elwood
Leo Donnelly
Dame Beverley Wakem
Sam Fitness
Dame Naida Glavish
Michael and Anna Powles
Debbie Edwards and the Lodge Family

Chris Lonsdale
Government House — Nerina Bennett and Owen Mann
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga — Caroline Ritson
Office of the Speaker — Roland Todd

Archive material

Te Tari o te Kiingitanga, The National Library of New Zealand, The Alexander Turnbal library, Radio New Zealand, Ngā Taonga, Auckland museum, Manawatū Heritage, Massey University of New Zealand, Onmedia, New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME), Stuff Ltd, Suite Tirohanga Gallery and Ans Westra.

Full archive references (download spreadsheet PDF)

Credits

Produced by: Little Wolf Ltd
Camera: Elise Lanigan, Reece Baker & Stephen Press
Website design & development: Grafik
Website development: MDigital

Copyright

No part of this project may be copied or reused without the express permission of the Office of the New Zealand Ombudsman.