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This page reports the activity of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) and the broader New Zealand community of Wikimedia editors, contributors, and organisers from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. We have begun to set up the Community Activity Report 2026/27.

Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated Society (WANZ)

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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Incorporated Society (WANZ) continues to recruit members. The Membership Policy states that only natural persons can become members of WANZ. Annual membership fees are currently $NZ5 (GST inclusive). As of April 2026, there are 60 financial members.

Governance

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As of June 2026, the Board consisted of 10 members. Visit the WANZ MetaWiki for the current list.

Between July 2025 and June 2026, the following changes occurred:

  • In December 2025, the board accepted resignations from Chefcat29 (Board member) and LynKing1123 (Board member), both of whom have accepted international internships.
  • As at the 2026 WANZ AGM held on Tuesday 19 May, the board accepted resignations from Einebillion (President), and LilyPadFrog (Board member).
  • We welcomed and confirmed Jetaynz (Board member), Avawatson03 (Board member) and CuriosityKat33 (Board member), all of whom had been invited onto the Board in early 2026.
  • At the AGM, two more Board members were nominated and confirmed, UnitedStatesian (Board member) and JaumeBG (Board member).
  • At the Board meeting, held directly after the AGM, Jetaynz was elected as President.

We have continued to contract an Executive Advisor, Dianne Skelton and a Communications Coordinator, Sophie Sparrow, who assist the board on a part-time basis.

WMF Funding

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The Chapter received a 3 year General Support Grant from Wikimedia Foundation/ESEAP in June 2023. This funding has supported activities during the period of this report - the third year of the funding round.

Organisational development

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During 2025/26 the Board:

  • held a strategy weekend in Wellington on 26-27 July to review our goals and direction
  • published a 5 year strategy 2026-2030 after consultation with the community.

Grants made

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A list of grants made by WANZ is published on the WANZ meta page.

Major funded projects

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During 2025/26, WANZ provided grant funding to support the following major projects.


Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large

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2025/26 activities: WANZ provided a grant to Giantflightlessbirds for a 12 month part-time WPAL project from January to December 2025, to improve Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource coverage of Te Pātaka of Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula and help Banks Peninsula institutions engage with Wikimedia projects and build the community of volunteer Wikimedians in Christchurch. For details see the WPAL 2025 project page. Additional funding was also provided to support Giantflightlessbirds's work on the Ashburton Project. Further grant funding was provided to support a Kaikōura project, and a residency with Archaeology Aotearoa.

Background: The first Wikipedian at Large (WPAL) project in Aotearoa New Zealand began in 2018, supported by a one-year grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. Alongside connecting with heritage and research organisations, the project also involved growing and supporting the New Zealand editing community through meetups and workshops, with live talks and editing training sessions providing members of the public opportunities to engage with the movement. Giantflightlessbirds spent that year travelling the length of New Zealand to help raise the profile of the Wikimedia movement. Spending 2–6 weeks at more than 20 organisations, including museums and universities from Auckland to Dunedin, they trained staff and helped them use their expertise to improve Wikipedia and make images, text, and video freely usable by the public. These placements also gave knowledge organisations an opportunity to develop a Wikimedia strategy with experienced input, encouraging sustained engagement with the platform. In 2020, 2022, and 2023 a West Coast Wikimedian at large project was funded by Development West Coast.

Outcomes: This model has proven very effective in supporting the growth of an editor and wiki organiser base in areas where community numbers were few. It also encourages knowledge institutions to engage not only with content contributions but also developing their own programme of wiki events for their local community.

Auckland Museum - Wikipedian in Residence 2025-26

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2025- 2026 Auckland Museum Wiki Summer Students
Best poster Wikimania 2025

2025/26 activities: WANZ provided a grant to Auckland Museum for a further 12 month Wikipedian in Residence project. The Wikipedian in Residence will support the third intake of Wikipedian student summer scholarships, encourage participation in the wikiverse by Auckland Museum staff, conduct outreach to Auckland GLAMs and continue progress on adding Auckland Museum content to the various wiki projects. For details see the GLAM/Auckland Museum project page.

Background: We have a longstanding partnership with Auckland War Memorial Museum, who began engaging with Wikimedia in 2017. Auckland Museum’s collections follow the policy of ‘open access by default, closed by exception’, providing the majority of their resources under an open Creative Commons licence — showing a clear alignment with the goals of the Wikimedia Movement.

As New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland is a key location for promoting the movement to as many people as possible. Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand has been funding one of the museum’s two current Wikimedians in Residence since 2024, Winnieswikiworld. This role has a focus on community outreach, organising and mentoring the Wikipedia summer student programme, and engaging with other Auckland GLAMs. She organises and hosts regular themed editing events, open for members of the public to come along and learn how to edit. These events have helped develop partnerships and projects, such as the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject.

Outcomes: The summer student programme has become an integral part of Auckland Museum’s Wikimedia engagement. There have been three cohorts through the programme since it began in 2023, teaching 15 tertiary students everything they need to know about contributing to Wikimedia. The students use their new skills to improve and expand the coverage of topics related to Auckland’s local histories. The students then take their Wikimedia knowledge with them as they continue their studies or join the workforce, with two students from the 2024 cohort contributing some time on our Board. In 2025 the programme expanded to connect with other GLAM institutions, connecting students with opportunities at New Zealand Maritime Museum, MOTAT and the Fletchers Trust Archives.


University of Otago - Wikimedian in Residence 2025 - 2026

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2025/26 activities:

Tamsin with an interactive game she developed to improve understanding of Wikipedia features

Early in 2025, WANZ provided a grant to DrThneed, supported by Giantflightlesssbirds, for a 6 month part-time Wikimedian in Residence project at University of Otago. For details see the GLAM/Otago University project page. The WANZ Board has agreed to extend the funding for this project into 2026, including an increase in the time commitment.

Background: DrThneed began editing Wikipedia in 2018, and by 2025, she was the first Wikimedian in Residence at Aotearoa New Zealand’s oldest university. Universities are home to experts on a variety of topics, and the role of a Wikimedian in Residence is to facilitate their institution’s engagement with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. Hosted by the University’s Central Library, DrThneed is working with staff to release material under open licenses, improve or create Wikipedia articles relevant to university teaching and research, and generally develop the relationship between the institution and the wider Wikipedia community.

Outcomes: A key focus of the residency is getting University academics to look at how they can get research covered on Wikipedia. By supporting staff to review pages related to their research areas, and evaluating how they can be improved, there can be more certainty that students are getting good, reliable, up to date information when they check Wikipedia.

The students themselves are another important focus of the residency — helping students read Wikipedia critically by examining aspects like the history of a page, the discussions on its talk page, and the quality of the sources supporting the information on a page. Graduate students might be extended into improving articles as a way of learning research communication skills. Hands-on training sessions, and regular editing meetups, are helping to develop and grow the editing community both within the University, and throughout Dunedin.

Improved content has resulted from work directly with staff, students and a student intern. Major improvements and new articles so far include articles associated with the Faculty of Dentistry, the Department of Archaeology, and the College of Education, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.


Bioeconomy Science Institute - Wikimedian in Residence 2025-26

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2025/26 activities: WANZ provided a grant to the Bioeconomy Science Institute for a 10 month part time Wikimedian in Residence project. The appointee to the position was Ambrosia10. For details see the GLAM/NZBSI project page.

Background: Our partnership with the Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research group (MWLR) of the New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute is the most recent placement of a Wikimedian in Residence. MWLR holds five significant biological collections, rich in endemic species of plants, animals, and fungi. These collections are a critical tool for furthering the understanding and protection of Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique biodiversity. By connecting this knowledge with Wikimedia platforms, the MWLR group aims to increase the visibility and accessibility of its collections.

Avid editor, citizen scientist, and 2023 Wikimedia Laureate Ambrosia10 took on the role of Wikimedian in Residence at the Bioeconomy Science Institute. Her role focused on helping staff engage with the Wikimedia ecosystem, while embedding sustainable practices that extend the reach and impact of the institution’s research data.

Outcomes: Key outcomes included the development of a strategy for long-term workflows with Wikimedia platforms, engaging with and educating MWLR group staff to provide targeted training on the Wikimedia ecosystem and outreach potential, and facilitating uploads of appropriate MWLR group resources. A final report giving a summary of work undertaken during this Wikimedian in Residence and linking to appropriate impact metrics was produced.

Ambrosia10 worked closely alongside MWLR group staff to ensure the institution’s contributions to Wikimedia are not just one-off projects but part of an ongoing, sustainable approach. The project aimed to ensure that images, data, and expertise from the Bioeconomy Science Institute reach far beyond traditional academic publications. The hope is by making contributions to Wikimedia platforms will help safeguard Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique ecosystems and support the development of modern biodiversity tools.

Campaigns and content initiatives

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Content projects

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These content projects involve active members of WANZ, and are supported by WANZ in meetups and communications.

Wikidata New Zealand Project: Connecting New Zealand dissertations to the world

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The Wikidata New Zealand Thesis Project involves taking metadata for approximately 66,000 theses from 13 New Zealand educational institutions and uploading it to Wikidata, and citing the theses on Wikipedia where relevant (e.g. when the author has a Wikipedia page). It is the first project to upload dissertations data for a nation, and also the first multi-institutional collaboration for thesis data. The project started in 2021 with community outreach and has been continuing since then. During 2022 the dataset was prepared and uploaded to Wikidata. Further work continued in 2023 with outreach and promotion of the success of the project by DrThneed the focus in 2024 and 2025. An open access paper on the project was published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. An update to the dataset, covering data added to repositories in the period Jan 2022–Dec 2025 is planned for August/September 2026, with further outreach activities after that.

Wikipedia / Radio New Zealand Critter of the Week Project

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Critter of the Week is a long-running and popular Radio New Zealand show in which Nicola Toki (originally of the Department of Conservation, now head of Forest & Bird) and the host Jesse Mulligan talk about New Zealand species both endangered and neglected. The show has been running since 2015 on Friday afternoon programming. The ten year anniversary of the programme was celebrated in November 2025: A Decade of Critter of the Week. Giantflightlessbirds and other volunteers have been creating or improving the corresponding Wikipedia article for each species featured in the Friday broadcast. A project page was created in 2017 and now contains a more accurate episode list than Radio New Zealand's own website.

Wikipedia New Zealand Project: New Zealand National Parks

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The New Zealand National Parks Project has the goal of bringing the articles of the 14 national parks up to Good Article status. Progress for the year included:

  • major improvements were made to Arthur's Pass National Park (although more work is needed before it would reach GA standard)
  • following extensive improvements, Tongariro National Park was nominated for GA review, but did not pass. Some further work is needed.

Wikidata New Zealand Project: New Zealand Women Photographers

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A woman, Jessie Buckland, standing at the winder of her photography studio looking into a garden
Jessie Buckland in her commercial photography studio

New Zealand Women Photographers Wikidata Project launched in July 2024 with the aim of improving information about New Zealand women photographers in Wikidata, based on a dataset provided by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The data set is New Zealand Women Photographers (Q127513013) and is available at https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/new-zealand-women-photographers. Work has continued in 2025/26 with additional information being researched and added to Wikidata.

Wikidata Project: Aotearoa Asian Artists

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The Aotearoa Asian Artists Wikidata project aims to improve the data available about artists from the Asian diaspora living in or connected with Aotearoa New Zealand. It is focussed primarily on the source of the Satellites archive. An event in conjunction with this project is being planned for 2026. This will be a collaboration between Auckland Museum and Satellites.

WikiProject Natural History Specimen Data Model

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The WikiProject Natural History Specimen Data Model is a collaboration between the Ambrosia10 as Wikimedian in Residence at the New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute and Dactylantha, the Online Collections Data Analyst at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, to support the development, documentation, and improvement of data models for natural history specimens across Wikidata and Structured Data on Commons (SDC). This project aims to create consistent, machine-readable ways to represent specimen records, holotypes, collection events, collectors, taxonomic determinations, and related GLAM-held material. This project will facilitate the creation of natural history holotype specimen Wikidata items as well as the upload of natural history specimen images by both institutions as well as assist and support other institutions both nationally and internationally to replicate this work.

Pride NZ Missing Pages Project

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The Missing Pages project is an online volunteer project that aims to ensure that significant LGBTQIA+ rainbow people, events, organisations, and legislation in Aotearoa new Zealand are properly documented and made freely available on Wikipedia. The list of pages to be improved or created was used for discussion at a University of Otago Pride editathon.

WikiSource Project Transactions of the New Zealand Institute

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WikiProject Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute is a project led by User:Beeswaxcandle to proofread and wikify the public domain issues of the Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute from Volume 1 (1868) onwards. The New Zealand Institute was renamed Royal Society of New Zealand in 1934 and the Transactions are an important collection of scientific papers across most domains of science.

Wellington Taskforce

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A Wellington Taskforce was launched at Wikicon2026, by Wainuiomartian and Marshelec, as a series of campaigns to improve coverage of topics related to Wellington. Here is a link to slides from the launch. One of the highlights following the launch of the taskforce was achieving Good Article status for Ōtari-Wilton's Bush in the 100th centenary year of the establishment of this native botanic garden and reserve.

Edit-a-thons

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In addition to funding the major projects listed above, WANZ has provided funding support for several edit-a-thons.

ResBaz conference workshop

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July 2025: DrThneed and Giantflightlessbirds ran a workshop was run for attendees at the ResBaz Aotearoa conference. This was so successful they were invited to repeat the workshop in 2026.

NZ Species Edit-a-thons

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August 2 and 9 2025: NZ Species Editathons, organised by Stitchbird2, Ambrosia10 and Noracrentiss, were hosted at Ōtari:

The detailed report on the editathon states that:

  • Over 27,000 words were added to Wikipedia
  • 18 new articles were created (some by the attendees themselves on Day 2)
  • 145 articles were edited
  • 295 references were added
  • One of these articles Coprosma foetidissima was subsequently nominated for WP:DYK, and the hook to the article featured on the Wikipedia main page on 5 September. The article received over 4,200 page views in 24 hours.

Women + Architecture

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20 September 2025: An edit-a-thon was held by Women + Architecture at the Cultural Collections Reading Room at the University of Auckland, with 10 participants.

Australasian Systematic Botany Society

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  • November 2025: During the Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) Conference 2025, a package of wiki outreach was undertaken by Stitchbird2 and Ambrosia10 and included:
  • A one hour pre-conference virtual webinar on 14 October attended live by 35 people.
  • A full-day in-person conference on 2 November Wiki for Botanists workshop which 11 botanists attended
  • A presentation given by Ambrosia10.
  • A post-conference follow-up virtual webinar taking place on 9 December.

In Wikidata, items for 130 ASBS members including all 80 conference attendees were also created or improved, and photos and resources were added to Commons. The organisers' report on this project is available here and a positive report about the in-person workshop written by one of the attendees is included in the December 2025 ASBS newsletter.

#1Lib1Ref campaign, with Wikimedia Australia

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The #1Lib1Ref campaign in May / June continues to be a focus for the Aotearoa New Zealand committee and community. There remains more work to do to raise awareness among librarians and other knowledge professionals as well as refining training provided to new users who are attracted by the ease of updating citations.

The Wiki Summer Students who are placed at Auckland Museum, Avawatson03 & CuriosityKat33, over the 10 week programme have been working on the Librarian Project at the Auckland Museum Research Library alongside Winnieswikiworld (WiR) and SecretLibrarian (Museum Collection Access Librarian). Their project has focused on using library resources to create Wikiquote pages for notable New Zealand women, contributing to both the 1Lib1Ref campaign and the Wiki Loves Women #Shesaid campaign.

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ran a 1Lib1Ref event in June 2026 for staff and invited a number of experienced editors to attend to help out. The event was a great success with the dashboard showing significant contributions.

Wiki Science Photography Competition with Wikimedia Australia

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We partnered with Wikimedia Australia for the 2025 Wiki Science Competition, which ran from 1 November 2025 to 15 December. This international photography contest invites participants to create and upload science-related images to Wikimedia Commons under a free licence. This contest promotes the visualisation and free exchange of scientific images. During the campaign, we ran a free webinar to provide guidance on contributing to Wikimedia Commons. We received over 160 entries, and a panel of judges from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand worked together to select the winning images.

Campaign Dashboard

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Community connection

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WikiCon Aotearoa 2026

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The annual conference for Aotearoa New Zealand was held 2 & 3 May 2026 in Wellington. Wikimedians from all across the motu (plus a few brilliant colleagues from across the ditch) gathered in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington for WikiCon 2026, our annual conference focused on Wikipedia and related projects. Proudly organised by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ), the weekend was filled with collaboration, learning, and thinking about the future of open access knowledge. Read more here: https://www.wikimedia.nz/connecting-the-aotearoa-editing-community/

Meetups

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Regular meetups were held during the year, both online and in person, around New Zealand. These included:

  • Aotearoa New Zealand Online Meetup: monthly online meetings, organised by Ambrosia10 and Einebillion, are open to everyone across the country, including regular attendees from Australia. The first 15 minutes is allocated to Aotearoa New Zealand User Group business. As at the end of June 2026 13 meetings, with a total of 147 people attending.
  • Wellington Meetup: monthly meetings in person (organised by Ambrosia10 and Einebillion with support from WANZ executive advisor Dianne Skelton). As at the end of June 2026 12 meetings were held, with a total of 102 people attending.
  • Auckland Meetup: monthly meetings in person. As at December 2025 6 meetings were held, with a total of 39 people attending. add total number of meetings, and total attendances January to June 2026
  • Christchurch Meetup: monthly meetings in person. As at December 2025 4 meetings were held, with a total of 12 people attending. add total number of meetings, and total attendances January to June 2026

Note that total number attending include multiple counts of individuals, as they are counted for each meeting they attended.

Newsletter and social media

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A regular monthly newsletter from WANZ was established in August 2024.

Regular updates and news items are shared on the following official channels:

The Wikimedia Aotearoa twitter handle remains but will not longer be contributed to by WANZ.

Members of the Wikimedia community in Aotearoa are also active in:

  • A private Facebook group used to assist editors and promote Wikipedia events and meet-ups. 227 members as of 30 June 2026.
  • A group on Telegram with 23 members as of 30 June 2026.

Media coverage

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Other coverage

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Sector engagement

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International conference attendance

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ESEAP Conference 2026

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The ESEAP Conference 2026 was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from May 15th (Fri) to 17th (Sun) 2026

There were a number of attendees from New Zealand including:

Wikimania 2026

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Although just outside the time period for this report, Wikimania 2026 will take place in Paris, from 21-25 July 2026.

Attendees from Aotearoa New Zealand include:

Aligned sector conferences

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WANZ has funded members to attend several non-wiki conferences:

Engagement with the GLAM sector

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Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum

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The ongoing relationship with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum is a high strategic priority, as they are investing significantly in engaging with and contributing to Wikimedia Foundation projects, providing a strong example of GLAM engagement in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our 2025-2026 workplan aligns closely with Auckland Museum’s The Path to 2029, a strategic direction which focuses on meaningful partnerships with communities and sustainable connections with diverse audiences. This includes focus on community engagement, collaboration and enrichment of content on Wikimedia platforms.

Guided by their Wiki Workplan, Auckland Museum is sharing their collection and research on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata to support education both onsite and offsite, encouraging the community to connect and share their local histories.

The two Wikimedians in Residence and a Data Analyst work as part of a team focused on improving access to the Museum collection through open platforms. A primary focus for 2025/26 has been the Online Cenotaph Wikiproject, utilising Auckland Museum's database to increase visibility and diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand war related content, and contribute to the global Women in Red movement. Over 1,400 New Zealand military personnel’s Online Cenotaph IDs have been linked on Wikidata. The project has fostered public engagement through their successful Women in Wartime events, demonstrating how the Online Cenotaph and Wikipedia can work together to strengthen public knowledge.

Other projects related to the work underway at Auckland Museum include WikiProject Aotearoa Asian Artists, WikiProject Migrants of Colour Stories Aotearoa, and the Auckland Museum Librarian Project supports the Women in Red movement and aims to utilise the Museum’s research library resources to enrich data and content about New Zealand women and history by involving the library team. A collaboration with the University of Auckland Art History Society aims to develop content on Wikipedia about Aotearoa New Zealand artists, art and art history.

Continued engagement between Auckland Museum and the New Zealand Women in Architecture WikiProject has been further improving coverage of relevant content and fostering connection with the community. Public events including Women in Architecture: A Trip into the Archives & Edit-a-thon with the University of Auckland, and West Auckland: Women in Architecture, Design & Art Edit-a-thon have brought in new editors who are motivated to improve online representation for women. Collaboration with The Charlotte Museum led to a Wikimedia Walking Tour focused on documenting queer local histories, introducing new editors to the basics of editing and improving coverage.

Auckland Museum remains committed to uploading openly licensed, culturally appropriate content where possible, making major contributions to Wikimedia Commons, and developing practices to make this workflow as sustainable as possible. There are over 180,000 files in Images from Auckland Museum, spanning across 19th and 20th century photography, object catalogue photography, biodiversity heritage illustrations, and official historic museum documents. All uploads are tagged with source metadata and structured data where possible, and each upload batch is organised into its own Commons category and linked to its corresponding Wikidata item. Multiple templates and Commons categories were created or significantly edited to support uploads, and different batch uploading processes were tested and documented in the Museum Batch Uploading Project.

The team have also been establishing how Wikimedia Commons can serve as a practical image repository for derivative workflows, demonstrating how Commons URLs can be repurposed for reuse across other digital platforms, reducing duplication of effort and ensuring a single, openly licensed master file remains at the center of distribution. By using Commons URLs, images can be referenced directly in bulk uploads to other platforms without the need for re-hosting or recompression, providing a valuable solution for GLAM organisations that do not yet have suitable internal systems.

  • Auckland Museum staff #1Lib1Ref, January 2025
    Auckland Museum staff #1Lib1Ref, January 2025
  • 2024-2025 Summer Student event, January 2025
    2024-2025 Summer Student event, January 2025
  • A+W Parnell Baths walking tour, April 2025
    A+W Parnell Baths walking tour, April 2025
  • A+W A trip into the archives, September 2025
    A+W A trip into the archives, September 2025
  • The Charlotte Museum event, October 2025
    The Charlotte Museum event, October 2025

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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a group of people sitting around a table in front of laptops with text books around them
WANZ editors with Te Papa editors during the #1Lib1Ref event

The relationship with Te Papa is another high strategic priority as Te Papa is New Zealand's national museum and national art gallery and engagement with Wikimedia Foundation projects by that institution will strongly influence other GLAM institutions within New Zealand. For the sake of transparency: Einebillion, President of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand during this last year was an employee of Te Papa. She has been advocating for more engagement with Wikimedia Foundation projects. Avocardobabygirl, a member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand, is also an employee of Te Papa and is Te Papa's Digital Channels Outreach Manager. Avocardobabygirl continued to develop Te Papa's Wikimedia strategy and workplan and encourage new editors from Te Papa's staff during the year. Stitchbird2 is also a Te Papa employee (Curator Botany) and she also worked with Avocardobabygirl during the year to plan and implement staff training and editing opportunities.

Contributions

  • Avocadobabygirl investigated analytics data-driven storytelling about the impact of open GLAM collections and projects, and GLAM staff who edit. This has been used internally to demonstrate the strategic alignment of GLAMs being active on Wiki and to support staff in having their Wiki work recognised by Te Papa.
  • Avocadobabygirl supervised Science in Society Master's student Livelydog49 in a placement to develop a resource for tertiary educators who want to incorporate Wikipedia into their lesson planning and assessments. The draft resource is aimed at science educators in Aotearoa, and forefronts this educational and social context. This resource has been published.
  • Livelydog49 ran a session for her Master's class to demonstrate the value of Wiki in the scientific information landscape and introduce them to editing. All students and the course supervisor are now able to edit and motivated to continue.
  • Avocadobabygirl organised a 1Lib1Ref event for Te Papa staff in June 2026.
  • Te Papa continues to maintain roundtripped links between Wikidata items for people significant to the collections and their own collections management system, with monthly checking for new or updated connections in both directions.

Contributions from Aotearoa Wikimedians

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Ambrosia10

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Work done by this Aotearoan Wikimedian in 2025/2026 included continuing to facilitate the Biodiversity Heritage Library's (BHL) engagement with the Wikiverse and the wider Wiki community. Ambrosia10 regularly attends cataloguing and community meetings assisting with Wiki queries and requests for support or assistance from the many BHL affiliate organisations. She was funded by BHL to the BHL Annual Meeting in April/May 2026 and at the public BHL Day 2026 gave a Wikidata related presentation.

Ambrosia10 collaborated with Dactylantha from Auckland War Memorial Museum on Wikidata WikiProject Natural History Specimen Data Model to produced data models for type specimen Wikidata items and the Structured Data on Commons for natural history specimen images.

She and her colleagues, including lead author Stitchbird2, had a letter published in Nature encouraging experts to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. She had a paper outlining a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), which included training on Wikidata, published in the Natural Sciences Education journal. She also had a research paper related to Wikidata published in the Plants, People, Plant journal.

AxonsArachnida

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Good articles:

Featured articles:

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Jonathanischoice

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Good articles (see list):

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User:Chocmilk03

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Work done by this Aotearoan Wikimedian in 2025/26 includes a new article on Waahine Toa (a series of paintings by Robyn Kahukiwa), extensive improvements and expansion to the article for Fleur Adcock, and a new article on Grete Tartler (a Romanian poet translated by Adcock).

Beeswaxcandle

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Work done by this Aotearoan Wikmedian in 2025/26 has principally been on Wikisource and includes proofreading Bevis: the story of a boy (3 volumes); The Adventures of Kimble Bent (non-fiction account of the NZ land wars in Taranaki); Maori Folk-tales of the Port Hills (LibriVox recording of this also made); and six children's books published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. They have made LibriVox recordings of several other works hosted by Wikisource and are working on some more. They are also working on several other projects for Wikisource, including theoretical works on music, the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, and several more Stratemeyer Syndicate books.

Paora

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Work done by this Aotearoan Wikimedian in 2025/26 includes regular (usually daily) scanning of death notices nationally, and updating and creating Wikidata entries for all those deceased who are notable, or have received New Zealand honours, have higher degrees (as part of the NZ Thesis Project), or have otherwise contributed to public, cultural or sporting life in New Zealand. Other activities include creating articles for New Zealand honours lists when they are released and uploading photographs from the subsequent investiture ceremonies to Commons, and being guided by WikiShootMe to photograph and upload missing images to Commons, particularly in relation to the Auckland area. New articles created include Commonwealth Poet Laureate, Helen Hogan, Ewan Smith, lan Gilkison, New Zealand at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and Susan Hassall.

Einebillion

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Work done by this Aotearoan Wikimedian in 2025/26 includes continuing with the Wikidata Project New Zealand Women Photographers and establishing the Wikidata Project Provenance Research: The clients of W. O. Oldman and W. D. Webster. This second project supports the work of the Australian National University academic Professor Cressida Fforde.[1]

DrThneed

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The Wikifying a conference poster at Wikimania

Work done by this Aotearoan Wikimedian (and not already covered under the University of Otago residency or the New Zealand thesis project) includes:

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Work done by this Aotearoan Wikimedian in 2025/26 includes:

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  1. ↑ https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/projects/london-commercial-outlets-and-the-provision-of-oceanic-cultural-o-3/
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