Dear New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga),

Currently you provide access to search results of the Historic Places Trust Register (up to 500 results at a time) at your site http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/R... .

The Register consists of more than 5500 entries, so one could (if they were inclined) rebuild the list (slowly) by multiple searches, and copying and pasting.

For a full copy of the Register, you charge $300+GST.

I appreciate that charging for copies of the register must be a useful revenue stream for the Historic Places Trust. However, as a New Zealand citizen who pays taxes, I feel like you are charging me twice. My understanding is that Crown Research Institutes must ensure that they are financially viable by returning a profit, however as an Autonomous Crown Entity, I am not sure that charging for the Register fits your mandate to protect and promote historic places in New Zealand. I could be sympathetic to the $300 fee if I were convinced that it cost you that amount to provide me a copy of the Register. I do not believe that this is that case (I looking for just an excel spreadsheet, not a hardcopy).

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Lane