Ko te kaupapa o te Whare Pukapuka o Alexander Turnbull Library, e ai ki te ture: National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) Act 2003:
- he tiaki, he manaaki, he whanake, he whakawātea ki ngā iwi katoa o Aotearoa ngā kohikohinga o reira mō ake tonu atu, e ai ki ō rātou tapu hei pepamana ā-taonga pūmau, ā-taonga tuku iho;
- he whanake kohikohinga rangahau me ngā ratonga o te Whare Pukapuka o Alexander Turnbull, otirā ngā papa aronga o Aotearoa, te Moananui-a-Kiwa me te pukapuka onge; me te
- whakawhanake me te manaaki i tētahi kohikohinga whānui o ngā pepamana e pā ana ki Aotearoa me ngā iwi o Aotearoa.
Kei Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Act (2003) te whakatūturu nā Te Karauna ngā kohikohinga o Turnbull mō ake tonu atu.
Tīkina te Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Act (2003)
Ko te kaupapa o te Whare Pukapuka o Alexander Turnbull Library
Ko te kaupapa o te Whare Pukapuka o Alexander Turnbull Library he whakaniko i te māramatanga a te iwi whānui ki te whenua me ngā iwi o Aotearoa me te Moananui-ā-Kiwa o naia nei, o nanahi nei hoki mā te:
- kohikohi whānui, āta tuhi; me te tiaki mauroa o ngā tuhituhinga, o ngā āhua, o ngā oro hoki
- toko, manaaki hoki i te rangahau, te tā, me te whakamahi auaha o ngā kohikohinga

