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This is the project page for a Wikipedia collaboration between
Kaikōura District Council
Kaikōura Museum
, and Wikipedian
Mike Dickison
User:Giantflightlessbirds
) focussed on
Kaikōura
and the surrounding area.
After Mike visited Kaikōura Museum as a tourist in October 2024, he arranged with the museum manager to return for a weekend in July 2025 to give a public talk on Wikipedia and run a workshop for local heritage and tourism operators on working with Wikimedia platforms. The workshop gave rise to this project.
Scope
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The project begins in December 2025 and continues on a part-time (one day a week) basis until the end of March 2026. It is funded equally by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand and the Kaikōura District Council.
Participants
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Giantflightlessbirds
(project coordinator)
Marshelec
talk
Wainuiomartian
Panamitsu
(talk)
Rosarrob
David Palmer
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cloventt
talk
New users recruited at the Wiki Weekend in Kaikōura:
Treknfree
Alpacasouth
(Please add your username if you're keen to help with this project, and Mike will be in touch to discuss strategy and any help needed.)
Events
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Giantflightlessbirds and the workshop attendees
26 July 2025 • Kaikōura Wikipedia Workshop • Dolphin Encounter Boardroom. Presenting to seven participants, Mike went through slides on why Wikipedia matters, some statistics, notability criteria, vandalism prevention, Wikimedia Commons, and open Creative Commons licences.
January 2026 • planned visit to Kaikōura to work with the Museum collections and run a public editing event.
7–8 March 2026 •
Kaikōura Wiki Weekend
• Wikipedians invited to visit Kaikōura for an edit-a-thon, photo walk, and to work with the Museum's photo collections.
Media
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Ulisse, Ben. (28 January 2026). "Wiki weekend for Kaikoura."
Kaikoura Star
. p4.
References
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John McAra Sherrard (1966),
Kaikoura : a history of the district
(1st ed.), Kaikōura: Kaikoura County Council,
Wikidata
Q137382948
. The copyright for this seems to rest with the Kaikōura District Council, so they might be persuaded to release it.
Note: Second edition published 1998 states copyright to JM Sherrard estate
Kaikoura : a history of the district (2nd ed)
(Q138591974)
William John Elvy (1949),
Kaikoura Coast: The History, Traditions and Maori Place-names of Kaikoura
(1st ed.), Christchurch: Hundalee Scenic Board,
Wikidata
Q137266634
(and a later reprint with extended index:
William John Elvy (1996).
Kaikoura Coast: The History, Traditions and Maori Place-names of Kaikoura
(3rd ed.). Christchurch: Cadsonbury Publications.
ISBN
978-1-877151-00-2
Wikidata
Q137266759
) The first edition is out of copyright in NZ, but still copyrighted in the USA, so could not go into Wikisource unless the current holder (presumably Elvy's descendents) were happy to release it under an open licence.
Jim McAloon;
David Simmons
; John Robert Fairweather (September 1998).
"Kaikoura: Historical Background"
Tourism Research and Education Centre Report
Lincoln University
hdl
10182/105
ISSN
1174-670X
Wikidata
Q137397385
Now created in Wikidata for easy citation.
John McAra Sherrard
(Q137382736)
died in 1969 and
William John Elvy
(Q137266327)
in 1972, so both of those texts’ copyright has recently expired in NZ and they could be digitised and made available on the library or museum websites. One could also work through the
J. M. Sherrard Award
(Q137382893)
and add those publications to Wikidata.
Stephanie Lange at the Museum thinks there may be other local publications that could be digitised and made available: a history of the A&P show, of local hotels and accommodation houses, and so on.
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