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An independent organisation supporting Wikimedians in Aotearoa New Zealand as a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. www.wikimedia.nz

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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 6h
. @rgcooke.bsky.social has a fantastic book on Wikipedia that just came out today. Deeply researched and beautifully written, the book offers insights into the personalities & debates that shaped “the last enyclopedia humans will ever write.” Sharing a sample paragraph that I’ve chosen at random.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Date: Saturday 17th October 2026 Time: 10:00–16:00 NZST Location: Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Wellington Central Library Tickets: $5 per person, lunch provided Book here: events.humanitix.com/nz-species-e...
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wellington: Looking for something to do this weekend? Come help us improve Wikipedia coverage of our native species! 🦎 This is a beginner-friendly editing event. BYO laptop and charger, and we’ll provide all the training and resources you need to get started.
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NZ Species Edit-a-thon 2026
Join us for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Saturday 17 October, to improve content on Aotearoa New Zealand's unique biodiversity. All welcome. https://w.wiki/Hiuq
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Explore the colour and heritage of North Dunedin on an upcoming Scarfie Flats Photo Walk. Led by Sarah Gallagher, author of 'Scarfie Flats of Dunedin', the tour offers an inside look at this distinctive student subculture. Friday 16 Oct, 3-4pm Meet in The Link, University of Otago bit.ly/4yeuTDS
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Scarfie Flats photo walk
Get the tea on scarfie flats! Join us for a special Wiki Loves Scarfie Flats photowalk led by Scarfie Flats author Sarah Gallagher.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey Ōtautahi Christchurch, you have a meetup on this weekend! These monthly meetups are a chance for Wiki editors to get together, get advice, get collaborations started. Everybody's welcome. Sunday 11 October, 10am–12pm Scoundrel • 375 St Asaph St, Central Christchurch w.wiki/XXih
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 09/10/2026
Sharing your top artists? Basic. Sharing your Wikipedia top articles? Massive W. 🎥 mister.tomfoolery on TikTok
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you're a Wikimedian with whakapapa Māori, WANZ could support you to attend this event. Get in touch at info@wikimedia.nz trw.org.nz/professional...
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Hui ā tau
Hui ā Tau 2026 ki Te Awa Tupua Mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa, ko au te awa ko te awa ko au. E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā karangatanga maha o Te Rōpū Whakahau, tēnā kautau. Ka tū tō tātau Hui ā-Ta…
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Embracing “Kōrero ki te awa” calls us to move beyond speaking about peoples and communities and instead move towards speaking to. Engaging in respectful relationships that allow communities to define, describe, and care for their own knowledge.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Te Rōpū Whakahau Hui-ā-Tau, 9-13 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2026, is a kaupapa Māori gathering created to provide a safe, culturally grounded space for those who whakapapa Māori. “Kauaka e kōrero mō te awa engari kōrero ki te awa” — “Do not talk about the river; talk to the river.”
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Wikimedia Australia @wmau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s World Space Week! 🔭 Rolf Wahl Olsen (Hwy37) won the astronomy category of the 2025 Wiki Science Competition for Australia and New Zealand with this image of the Angel Nebula, 33 hours in the making. (Hwy37, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) wikimedia.org.au/wiki/World_S...
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Citations are the backbone of Wikipedia. Over the years, adding citations has gotten easier thanks to the automatic citation tool, which can quickly turn an ISBN, DOI, or URL into a reference. But there is another source of information that editors increasingly have at their disposal: Wikidata.
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AutoCiteWikidata :Making Automatic Citations Connected with Wikidata
Adding a citation to Wikipedia has become much easier over the years. VisualEditor’s automatic citation tool can often turn an ISBN, DOI, or web address into a formatted reference in just a f…
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Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 07/10/2026
My friend @thneed.bsky.social has written a Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_th...
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Till the Bells Ring - Wikipedia
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How is Auckland Museum is using Wikimedia platforms to help reach their strategic goals? The museum's collections are considered 'open access by default, closed by exception', and Wikimedia platforms provide a high-impact, low-cost tool for reaching local, national, and international communities ⤵️
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Auckland Museum Case Study
Case study Open knowledge as institutional outreach Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum is utilising Wikimedia platforms to help reach their strategic goals through active […]
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Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing.org.uk · 06/10/2026
New Wikimedia user-script, AutoCiteWikidata, adds the Cite Q template to VisualEditor's citation dialogue, so that citations can be based on data from #Wikidata: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%D...
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User:حبيشان/AutoCiteWikidata - Meta-Wiki
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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another beautiful Ōtepoti Dunedin for taking flat pics to document student life in the South! Who knows the name of this one? #WikiLovesScarfieFlats
Flat with large mural of a crowned celebrity on the side
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Millions of people turn to Wikipedia every day to learn and to make decisions, and a better Wikipedia means a more informed public. Join the webinar: Thursday 8 October, 2026 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Upcoming webinar: Communicating Science on Wikipedia Since 2016, Wiki Education has been helping thousands of postsecondary students improve Wikipedia’s science coverage. This now decade-long initiative has empowered 70,000 new editors to take part. wikiedu.org/blog/2026/09...
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10 Years of Communicating Science on Wikipedia
Ten years ago, Wiki Education launched the Wikipedia Year of Science, the first large-scale campaign to involve US and Canadian higher education institutions in the efforts to improve Wikipedia con…
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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#WikiLovesScarfieFlats And we have our first entry! Disfellowship on York Place! Don't forget to include the address of the flat in your photo, and add your email to your Wikimedia account so we can contact you!
Flat called Disfellowship on York Place
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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Dunedin The Wiki Loves Scarfie Flats competition is officially live! See a student flat in Dunedin? Take a snap and upload it to Wikimedia Commons for posterity! w.wiki/UYBq for more details.
An icon of a cute little blue house with a yellow W in the style of the Wikipedia logo, and three red hearts emerging from the chimney (because student flats are traditionally cold). Not shown: ice on the inside of the windows and overflowing recycling bin
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do you know a student in Ōtepoti Dunedin? Tell them about our photography competition for scarfie flats! Snap a photo of your flat from the street, upload to Wikimedia Commons, and you're in the draw to win a range of prizes. Competition runs 1-23 Oct. Visit w.wiki/UYBq for more info and to enter.
A graphic promoting the Wiki Loves Scarfie Flats photography competition, which reads: 'Want your flat to be immortalised? Get it onto Wikimedia Commons and be in to win. 1-23 October 2026.'
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Wiki Education @wikieducation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
70K new editors. 62.4 million words. 3.59 billion page views. What started as an ambitious one-year initiative became an incredible decade of Communicating Science on Wikipedia! Learn more, then register for next week's webinar to recognize this milestone: wp.me/p4LBez-12Qf
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10 Years of Communicating Science on Wikipedia
Ten years ago, Wiki Education launched the Wikipedia Year of Science, the first large-scale campaign to involve US and Canadian higher education institutions in the efforts to improve Wikipedia con…
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Partner with us! We're looking for expressions of interest in projects for 2027-28. Work with us on growing engagement with the Wikimedia movement, so we can increase our editor base and tell more of Aotearoa New Zealand’s stories 🌏 Call open until 31 October. More on our website: bit.ly/4jrpu8L
Graphic which reads: Partner with us! Now taking expressions of interest for funding 2027-28 projects.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Help us improve Wikipedia coverage of our native species! 🦎 In this beginner-friendly edit-a-thon, join us in editing Wikipedia articles on NZ’s unique wildlife. Saturday 17 Oct 10am–4pm Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Wellington Central Library Tickets $5 each, lunch provided Book here: bit.ly/4hv4oUC
Wikipedia New Zealand Species edit-a-thon. Saturday 17 October 2026. 10am - 4pm. Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Wellington Central Library. Beginners welcome. Learn to edit Wikipedia. BYO laptop. Lunch provided. Tickets just $5 each.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wiktionary is another of the many platforms hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It's a free, multilingual online project to create a complete dictionary in every language. Wiktionary can be a great place for new contributors to get started, and the EduWiki Hub have great resources: w.wiki/FS2f
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's meetup weekend for Wikimedians in Auckland and Wellington 👋 📅 Saturday 26 September, 10am-12pm 📍 Auckland at the Central City Library 🔗 w.wiki/VDKm 📍 Wellington at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central Library 🔗 w.wiki/VDKu All welcome!
A graphic with images of the Auckland sky tower and Wellington cable car, overlayed with the time and location details of the meetups.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This Sunday: ESEAP Capacity Building on Education Partnership 💻 How can universities leverage Wikipedia? The ESEAP Hub, in collaboration with Wikimedia Australia, invites you to our upcoming online capacity-building session focusing on education partnerships. 7PM Sun 27 Sept Register: w.wiki/V8S$
A screenshot of the event registration page for the workshop, showing the information available through the link in this post.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2027 in Santiago are now open! The final deadline to submit your application is October 31, 2026 (end of day Anywhere on Earth). These scholarships cover travel to Santiago, accommodation, and conference registration, which will take place 18–21 August 2027.
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Scholarship applications for Wikimania Santiago are now open
What does “The Internet we want” mean to you? What impact have you had on the Wikimedia movement to date and what do you hope to contribute in the future? These are just some of the questions in th…
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This small bird from the Chatham Islands once came perilously close to extinction, with only 5 individuals—including just one breeding female—left in 1980. Their remarkable recovery has brought the population back up to 390. Learn more: w.wiki/UswY
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Black robin - Wikipedia
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The results are in! Meet Aotearoa New Zealand's Bird of the Year 2026, the karure black robin 👑 📷 Leon Berard, CC BY-SA 3.0
A small black bird perched on a tree branch, coloured bands are visible on its legs.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Aotearoa New Zealand Online Wiki Meetup is on this Saturday 19 Sept, 10–11:30am 💻 Wikimedians from across the motu will discuss what they've been up to, share what they've learned lately, and get help with anything they're stuck on. New attendees are always welcome! Details here: w.wiki/UeDA
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Wikipedia:Meetup/Aotearoa New Zealand Online/79 - Wikipedia
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 14/09/2026
🌍 54 million historical weather observations from 95 countries have been unlocked & made freely available online. 📚 With records dating back to 1837, the project enabled the discovery of an HMS Terror logbook & an international weather station network Read ⤵️ www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/ho...
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How 54 million historical weather records are being made globally accessible
For more than a century, the Met Office's National Meteorological Archive has held a treasure trove of historical weather data, some of it dating back to 1837. Now, thanks to a major project, tens of ...
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
These resources were shared on the international stage at Wikimania 2026, with representatives from Aotearoa New Zealand, Chile, and Canada taking part in a panel discussion on the matter. View the documents and recording here: www.wikimedia.nz/respecting-i...
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Respecting Indigenous Knowledges in Open Spaces
Official website of the non-profit charitable New Zealand affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Their work has led to the publication of two important resources: 📄 Wikimedia Australia Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty Guide 📄 CultureStrong Platforms: Setting the Standard at Wikimedia
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As part of a global project, how do we respect Indigenous knowledges in open spaces? It’s a question that Wikimedia Australia (@wmau.bsky.social) have been working to answer in collaboration with Terri Janke and Company, a firm specialising in Indigenous cultural and intellectual property.
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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And if you're remote but would still like to contribute, then there is an on-wiki project here listing all the pages that can be improved or created (it's a big job! but "Mā tini, mā mano ka rapa te whai" - By many, by thousands, the work will be accomplished) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division of Humanities/Books of Mana - Wikipedia
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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sign up for today's event here if you have a wikipedia account, or just come along and I'll help you get set up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:T...
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Event:Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Books of Mana 2026 2 - Wikipedia
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KnitMeAThneed @thneed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Second event today - on Tuesday we improved ten articles and made one new one! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_K%C5...
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He Kōrero: Words Between Us; First Māori–Pākehā Conversations on Paper - Wikipedia
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When Wikipedia articles include information about the etymology for the name of an area, it helps us understand and connect with the history of the land. Take a look at the article for your town — is there anything that could be expanded? Every action, whether big or small, creates lasting change.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This year’s focus for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is Te Reo Towns — highlighting areas in Aotearoa New Zealand that fully embrace the language, while encouraging others to take the next step. Being a ‘Te Reo Town’ is about participation and sharing a love for te reo Māori. www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/...
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The town where every week is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
In a new five-part bilingual podcast for RNZ, Eugene Bingham, Adam Dudding and James Dansey find themselves surrounded by te reo Māori.
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If anyone in Ōtautahi wants to help with the Books of Mana project, we’ll be working on lvl 2 of Tūranga all Sunday: let me know if you’d like to join in. A good way to learn some Wikipedia and Wikidata.
The worktable in Ngā Pounamu collection? Level 2 of Tūranga. Books of Mana, 180 Māori-authored books of significance.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Beginners are welcome, come see what editing is all about. BYO laptop. When: Tuesday 15 and Thursday 17 September, 12–1pm Where: Central Library, University of Otago More info: w.wiki/TozE
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Event:Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Books of Mana 2026 - Wikipedia
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In 2024 a book was published identifying the 180 most significant Māori-authored works of non-fiction. Books of Mana is a valuable resource for covering Māori authors on Wikipedia, so for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, editors in Ōtepoti Dunedin will be improving coverage of authors with articles.
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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 14/09/2026
Some Wikimedia journeys begin with simple curiosity, but grow into a lifelong commitment to our movement. Inspired after a donation to Wikipedia, User:BugWarp decided the "coolest thing" he could do was to create an account of his own at only 10 years old.
A picture depicting Wikimedian Juan Kulichevsky. Text reads: The Wikimedian who reached out to Olympic athletes to improve Commons. User:BugWarp has contributed to Wikimedia projects since he was 10 years old."
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Kia ora Aotearoa! 🌿 It’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, a week all about uplifting te reo Māori. A lunchtime webinar series starts tomorrow, with inspiring speakers who are helping to normalise and strengthen te reo Māori in everyday life. View the lineup: www.reomaori.co.nz/te-wiki-webi...
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Te Wiki Webinars 2026
No matter how well you can kōrero Māori, you can be one in a million speakers of te reo Māori by 2040. The Māori Language Movement is an open invitation to all New Zealanders to treasure and celebrate...
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wikimedians in Ōtautahi Christchurch, you have a meetup on this weekend. 🗓️ Sunday 13 September, 10am 📍 Scoundrel, Central Christchurch 🔗 w.wiki/UPLv Meetups are a chance for Wiki editors to connect, and new attendees are always welcome! 📷 Edward Jollie's original survey of Christchurch, 1850
Map of central Christchurch titled 'Plot of Christchurch, March 1850'
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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Museums, galleries, libraries and archives do not exist primarily for us but for future generations.“ Opinion piece from Jaenine Parkinson in today’s’ Post: www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3610...
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Wikipedia & Education User Group is building a collection of Open Educational Resources for the Wikimedia and education community, making it easier to find, use, and create materials that help them connect Wikipedia with learning. Dive into the collection: w.wiki/FS2f
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wikimedia Commons is an online media repository with over 147 million free-to-use media files, and on this day 22 years ago, this pair of Gambel's Quail was the very first image to be uploaded 📸 Happy birthday @wikicommons.bsky.social, launched on 7 September 2004 🎂 Image by Node, CC BY-SA 3.0
A low resolution image of two quail eating seeds scattered around them.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The huhu beetle is today's Featured Article on Wikipedia! Featured Articles celebrate the best content on Wikipedia and the incredible work of editors around the world, including here in Aotearoa 🌏 Visit the Wikipedia homepage over the next 24 hours or jump right to the article here: w.wiki/U938
A screenshot of today's featured article on Wikipedia, the huhu beetle. A photograph of the brown beetle is included.
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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The book includes tips on engaging with researchers and the public, planning and liaison with conference organisers, setting up a Wikipedia desk and photography station, and the necessary follow-up tasks. This resource is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license via Wikimedia Commons: w.wiki/U8yd
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File:Wikifying a Conference • Braisher & Dickison • July 2026.pdf - Wikimedia Commons
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