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                    [0] => Cards contain summary details of employee unions and employer organisations that were required to register with the Department of Labour. Microfilm copies of the cards are also held in this series.
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            [id] => 18111
            [idSort] => 18111
            [name] => Registration cards of employee unions and employer organisations
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                    [custom5] => Index cards (approx 19 x 12.5 cm)
Two microfilm reels
                )

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                            [0] => 25071
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            [conditionsOfAccess] => May be restricted
            [digitalRecordInArchive] => 
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1895-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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                            [0] => exact
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                    [normalizedValue] => 1991-01-01T00:00:00.0Z
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            [history] => 
The registration cards contain summary details of employee unions and employer organisations that were required to register with the Department of Labour. In 1991 microfilm copies of the cards were created by the Department of Labour and later transferred to Archives New Zealand. These microfilm copies are included in this series.
Registration cards: 
There is a separate index card(s) for each separate organisation. The index cards contain the following information details: 

    

    
registration number 
    
    

    
date of registration 
    
    

    
name of organisation 
    
    

    
registered office location/address of organisation
    
    

    
name of organisation’s president
    
    

    
name of organisation’s secretary
    
    

    
year and number of members
    
    

    
remarks/amendments to rules
    
    

    
registration cancellation (in some cases)
    

From c.1913-c.1991 the cards contain reference to related files in the Department of Labour’s head office central filing systems (File numbers have been added to some cards for organisations registered before c.1913, but still holding current registration in c.1913).
Different colours of cards were used for different organisational types, as follows:

    

    
White cards for employee trade unions
    
    

    
Blue cards for employer organisations
    
    

    
Orange/pink/green cards (the colour of the cards used change over time) for employee associations and employee union federations.
    

The Employment Contracts Act 1991 transferred the Union Registration function from the Department of Labour to the Registrar of Incorporated Societies at the Ministry of Justice.
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                            [name] => Wellington repository
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => The index cards are mostly arranged in a sequential single number system in date order of registrations. Some of the index cards have been arranged by organisation type and then within organisation type arranged in sequential single number system in date order of registration.
            [seriesAccessContacts] => Enquiries about the microfilm should be directed to:
Preservation Services
Archives new Zealand
WELLINGTON
            [seriesRestrictionReason] => 
Access to the negative microfilm reels (accession W5506) is restricted for preservation reasons.  There are no restrictions on the registration cards  (accession W4234). The registration cards should be consulted for research purposes rather than the microfilm.

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