Partner organisations include libraries, museums, galleries, government departments, the media and community groups.
It aims to be the "simplest public website through which people can access reliable New Zealand material".
The searchable digital content in DigitalNZ includes photographs, artworks, newspapers, maps, and videos.
It encourages contributors to open their content to reuse and remix by providing educational guides on rights management and supporting creative commons licenses.
As an aggregator of metadata rather than hosting the content itself, DigitalNZ relies on the contributors to check the copyright status of contributions and commit to openness and reuse.
[citation needed] Digital NZ has run two "Mix & Mash" competitions, in association with Creative Commons Aotearoa NZ, aimed at promoting and providing examples of community reuse and remixing of digital content.
[10] Supplejack gets its name from the native New Zealand vine Ripogonum scandens, which creates networks of tendrils that can grow at up to 5 cm a day.