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The Digital Continuity team at Archives New Zealand is an active participant in community discussion and outreach. Knowledge and capability is built through different channels which enables others to observe from, and learn from, the work we do internally. These channels set an example and provide a setting for others to talk about their work and impart their knowledge. In a period of time that sees digital at the forefront of the archivist’s concerns, this paper discusses some of the physical and digital channels we promote that enables this cross-pollination of ideas to help ensure the longevity of the digital material entering our collections. We look at our use of blogging, Twitter, interest groups, discussion forums and the importance of simply being open and receptive to queries from organisations and individuals across and outside of government. We conclude by placing our efforts in the light of recent work by the team to support the extract and appraisal of legacy digital documents from otherwise obsolete carrier mediums for other government agencies. Through the use of demonstration and mentoring we can help teams develop workflows and capability to do this work for themselves and to share the knowledge with others; building a strong foundation for the future. Such examples emphasise the importance of being able to meet people face-to-face, and the importance of word-of-mouth communication in disseminating all of our works across communities. The paper demonstrates a need for ad hoc digital preservation, and continuity advice. Lessons from which we can learn once and apply many times. Through community we share this knowledge, through community we receive and reuse it.Read less