Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand

WikiProject New Zealand
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Some Wikipedians have formed a WikiProject to better organise information in articles related to New Zealand. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please enquire on the talk page.

The current time in New Zealand is 21:10, 26 October 2026 NZDT [refresh]

Scope

This WikiProject covers all subjects closely related to New Zealand, including its history, geography, people, biodiversity, and many other topics.

As of 26 October 2026, there are 61,241 articles within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, of which 105 are featured and 393 are good articles. This makes up 0.84% of the articles on Wikipedia, 0.88% of all featured articles and lists, and 0.87% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 170,494 pages in the project.

Wikidata

We also have an active group over on WikiData, at d:WikiData:WikiProject New Zealand.

English Wikipedia

Closely related projects and sub-projects on English Wikipedia include:

Pages for Wikipedia:GLAM initiatives in New Zealand are listed at:

Projects with some geographical overlap include:

Article guidance

Members and meetups

Add your name to the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Members

Member identification

Members of WikiProject New Zealand should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject New Zealand participants.

Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject New Zealand participants]] none linked pages
{{User WikiProject New Zealand}}
This user is a participant in
WikiProject New Zealand.
 linked pages
{{User WP New Zealand}}
This user participates in
WikiProject New Zealand.
 linked pages
{{User WP New Zealand|invite}}
This user invites you to join
WikiProject New Zealand.
 linked pages

New editors

For welcoming users who have contributed to New Zealand articles, add {{subst:welcome-nz}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page.

For other New Zealand userboxes see Category:New Zealand userboxes.

Kiwi admins

Who are the Kiwi admins? Here's an attempt to list all the Kiwis who have ever been an admin on the English Wikipedia. Many of them have been desysoped. Some are listed as semi-active (as of May 2026). There's one honorary Kiwi in the list as he is Australian, but has done heaps of work on New Zealand topics.

UserRfAEndReasonStatus
TristanbOct 200320-Nov-17inactivitylast edit on 9 April 2022
DavidcannonJul 2004––semi-active
Robin PattersonAug 2004––semi-active
Gadfium11 Dec 2004––active
Grutness15 Feb 2005––active
Evil Monkey21 May 200519-Jun-11inactivitylast edit on 27 April 2008
Moriori20 Jul 20051-Jun-22diedlast edit on 1 June 2022 (the day of his death)
Master Thief Garrett22 Jul 20051-Apr-17inactivitylast edit on 15 March 2016
Glen23 Aug 2006––active; lives in Dubai and no longer edits NZ articles
Brian17 Dec 20061-Feb-19inactivitylast edit on 1 January 2018
Nick-D29 Dec 2007––active; he's Australian but has edited heaps of NZ articles
Good Olfactory29 Jul 20081-Sept-24inactivitylast edit on 1 July 2026
Schwede667 Jan 2017––active

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38 Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2026–27 Start
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Requested articles

If you create an article and it meets the criteria, please consider nominating it at Did you know.

Specific articles

Requests for New Zealand related articles can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Requested articles. Please add any articles you would like created, or believe are missing to the list there.

NZ biographies

Many New Zealand biographies are yet to be written, including for many people who have an entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. The Women in Red project which supports the creation of biographies about women, has developed a Wikidata list of red linked women from New Zealand based on articles in other language versions of Wikipedia. Please note the guideline for notability of New Zealand people.

Requested images

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If an article needs an image add {{Image requested|in=New Zealand}} to the articles' talk page.

Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in New Zealand lists all pages for which an image has been requested. Suitable historic photos may be found on the website of the National Library; please follow these instructions.

Opportunities to contribute

Stubs

Stub categories

more items may be found in:

and its subtypes

(Note that stub templates and categories are organised by Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting – new stub types should not be created without first being proposed and debated at WP:WSS/P). A list of existing New Zealand stubs can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types/New Zealand.)

Larger

|- class="vcard" ! style="color:inherit;background-color: #F8F9FA; width: 5px;" | | class="org" style="width: 130px" style="background-color:#CFF" | [[{{{party}}}|{{{party}}}]] | colspan=2 class="fn" style="background-color:#CFF" | {{{candidate}}} | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{votes}}} | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{percentage}}} | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{change}}} | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{party votes}}} | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{party percent}}} | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{party change}}} |- ; see Hamilton East (New Zealand electorate) for an example. Am now creating stub articles for the remaining historic electorates without an article; see redlinks in e.g. Wellington Suburbs – (in progress - user:Hugo999).

Year in New Zealand

The articles (see Category:Years in New Zealand) have quite a few updates needed. Please add suggestions below and mark which years are complete or cross them off when done.

The categories for each year need to be populated with things other than election results and cricket.

Big items.

Music

Notes: country music awards rianz History nzmusicawards ARIA Triple J Triple_J

Radio

Film / Movies

Economy

New section. Determine what stats to incorporate.

Government

Other suggested work

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

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New Zealand articles needing attention
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Wikipedia requested photographs in New Zealand
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New Zealand articles needing infoboxes

Templates

Project banner

Place {{WPNZ|class=|importance=}} onto any new New Zealand article's talk page for it to be recognised and assessed under the project's scope. An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters and helps organise relevant articles for improvement. When assessed, the class and importance parameters are filled in, like this:

{{WPNZ|class=Start|importance=Mid}}

and the banner looks like this:

WikiProject iconNew Zealand Mid‑importance
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand
MidThis article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

For more information visit the assessment page: Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Assessment

Welcome

To welcome a new editor interested in New Zealand topics, place {{subst:Welcome-nz}}~~~~ on their user talk page.

Invitation

To invite a user to the WikiProject, place {{subst:WikiProject New Zealand invitation}} ~~~~ on their user talk page.

Barnstar

The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
{{{1}}}
this WikiAward was given to WikiProject New Zealand by ~ on ~~~

Usage

To use this, simply add {{subst:The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit|message}} to the talk page of the user you wish to reward. Make sure you include a message which indicates why they are receiving the award.

New Zealand COTM

The current New Zealand collaboration is None.
Every month a different New Zealand-related topic, stub or non-existent article is picked.
Please read the nomination text and improve the article any way you can.

NZ Standard time

Use {{Time|NZST}} to produce:

21:10, 26 October 2026 NZDT [refresh]

It will switch between NZST and NZDT at the appropriate times

Categories

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New Zealand