Deposit your publication
Use our online form to deposit your physical or digital publication. The National Library collects New Zealand's documentary heritage. Depositing your publication with us ensures your work will be preserved for future generations.
Change to legal deposit process
We have a new interactive form that steps you through the deposit process for both physical and digital material.
The new online form and digital deposit tool will work for most content and where it is not suitable we have provided alternatives, for example, for large file uploads or if you have multiple publications to deposit.
As you complete the form, we let you know what needs to be deposited and how to deposit your publication.
Feedback on the new process
We'd love to hear your feedback. We will record this with a view to making further changes as we continue developing the system. You can email us at legaldeposit@dia.govt.nz.
Before you start
To complete the form you will need:
details of the publication
information about any access restrictions to the digital format.
What kind of files can I upload?
For each deposit, you can upload:
up to 50 files
up to 150MB in total
the following file types: 7z, aiff, avi, azw, azw3, csv, doc, docx, epub, flac, htm, html, ibooks, jpeg, jpg, kpf, mobi, mp3, mp4, odp, ods, odt, opf, pdf, png, pptx, rar, rtf, tiff, txt, wav, xls, xlsx, zip.
How to deposit large files
You can use the National Library Dropbox to send us a deposit when the total size of the digital files is over 150 MB and the publication isn't freely available online. To do this:
start the legal deposit process
on the ‘Digital Publications’ page select the option ‘Online address where we can download the files’
where we ask ’What's the URL of your online publication’ type National Library Dropbox
complete and submit the form.
We will email you further instructions and a link to the National Library Dropbox during our business hours.
Separate form for each title
Complete a separate form for each title.
If you are a commercial publisher or government department you can email us if you want to arrange bulk deposit methods. If you are already using our bulk processing methods you don't have to do anything.
Start the legal deposit process
You need to complete the form as there is no option to save the form.
Start the legal deposit process
Need help?
If you have questions or need help email us at legaldeposit@dia.govt.nz.
