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            [id] => 8013
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            [name] => [Collector of Customs, Wellington District Office] Entry Permits
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                    [custom5] => Text files containing groups of permits
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            [authenticityNote] => RELATED SERIES

The Permanent Entry Record Books and Temporary Entry Registers and 
Record Books from the Labour Department Record Group (series L25 and L26)
contain references to the 22/35 and 22/46 files of this series.
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            [history] => This series of permits was created by the Collectors of Customs, Wellington under the Immigration Restrictions Acts. There were Collectors in each port who would have issued permits for arrivals at other ports, in particular Auckland. The Immigration Restriction Acts were the predecessor legislation to the Immigration Act. 

Customs undertook the function of managing entry to New Zealand on behalf of the Department of Labour. Labour subsequently took over the function and administration of the Immigration Restriction Act from Customs in 1951. The Department of Labour inherited their records relating to individuals seeking entry permits. 

The related Customs files are 33/-s relating to immigration policy and the 22/-permit files. There appear to be no extant 33/- files although they were transferred to the Department of Labour. Also, this set of 22/-s is probably not complete. 

The Registers and Record Group Books for Temporary and Permanent Entry (L25 and L26) in the Labour Record Group holdings can also be used in conjunction with these indexes. They include references to the 22/35 and 22/46 files. 

Labour Department Immigration Division series, L21, contains some index cards to the Case files. Some of the information that would be on the permits probably has been incorporated into the Case files, as they are likely to be the successor series.
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                            [name] => Auckland repository
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            [seriesRestrictionReason] => These files would normally be restricted under the Privacy Act 1993 for 60 years from the date of close of the file using the precedent set for similar holdings of this material transferred by Customs. This is to protect the personal privacy of individuals.



However, these files are group by ranges of permit numbers, with a permit number relating to an individual. The open and closing dates of the first and last pieces of correspondence do not reflect the date ranges found in the file. For example, an individual permit file may have correspondence falling outside the opening and closing dates. 



Therefore these files are restricted until 2031 - 30 years from the date of transfer to protect the individual privacy of individuals and to allow further refinement of restrictions by the Immigration Service.



Requests for permission to access these files should be addressed to:



Records Management Advisor

Business Information Branch

New Zealand Immigration Service

PO Box 3705

Wellington
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