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 00:20, 19 January 2026 NZDT [refresh]

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

As of 18 January 2026, there are 60,035 articles within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, of which 96 are featured and 364 are good articles. This makes up 0.84% of the articles on Wikipedia, 0.83% of all featured articles and lists, and 0.84% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 165,226 pages in the project.

Closely related projects and sub-projects include:

• Māori sub-project
• Music sub-project
• Politics sub-project
• Law sub-project
• Critter of the Week task force
• New Zealand – Content task force
• New Zealand task force of the military history project
• New Zealand railways project
• Oceania Highways task force
• New Zealand cinema task force
• West Coast task force
• WikiProject Auckland
• New Zealand meetups and edit-a-thons
• New Zealand Wikipedian at Large
• Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject
• Pacific Arts Aotearoa
• Women in Architecture Aotearoa WikiProject
• National parks collaboration project
• Christchurch Taskforce
• WikiProject Migrants of Colour Stories Aotearoa

Projects with some geographical overlap include:

• WikiProject Polynesia
  • WikiProject Polynesia/Tokelau work group
• WikiProject Antarctica

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (New Zealand)
• List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations for use of "New Zealander" as a demonym but "New Zealand" as an adjective
• A guide to writing articles on New Zealand plants (User Essay)

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Note that you can watchlist these alerts: Today's featured articles

• 29 Jan 2026 – Opifex fuscus (talk ·  · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

• 13 Jan 2026 – Walsh brothers (aviation) (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by Roobee11 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jan 2026 – Group Architects, New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by CuriosityKat33 (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Jan 2026 – Patricia Allan (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by DrThneed (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Jan 2026 – Dawn McMillan (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by DrThneed (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Dec 2025 – Dorothy Spotswood (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by DrThneed (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Dec 2025 – Coral Shaw (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by DrThneed (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Dec 2025 – Nigel Bluck (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jeraxmoira (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Dec 2025 – Auckland Women's Suffrage Memorial (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by CuriosityKat33 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 14 Jan 2026 – Land districts of New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
• 13 Jan 2026 – Tessa Huntington (talk ·  · hist) was AfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
• 04 Jan 2026 – Brian Finlay (talk ·  · hist) was AfDed by 4meter4 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
• 09 Jan 2026 – Manawatū Plains (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by 4meter4 (t · c) was closed as keep by Mojo Hand (t · c) on 16 Jan 2026; see discussion (7 participants)
• 06 Jan 2026 – Nathan Garrow (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c) was closed as keep by Thilio (t · c) on 14 Jan 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 06 Jan 2026 – List of international rugby union tries by Will Jordan (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by Cloventt (t · c) was closed as merge by Kelob2678 (t · c) on 15 Jan 2026; see discussion (9 participants)
• 30 Dec 2025 – Village Radio 1XT (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by Ajf773 (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 13 Jan 2026; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
• 30 Dec 2025 – Auckland Adventist Hospital (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by IllustriousIce2472 (t · c) was closed as merge by Svartner (t · c) on 14 Jan 2026; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
• 29 Dec 2025 – 1368 AM (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by Cloventt (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 13 Jan 2026; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 16 Jan 2026 – Timothy Carter (field hockey) (talk ·  · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was redirected to Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#New Zealand (talk ·  · hist)
• 16 Jan 2026 – Ernest Barnes (field hockey) (talk ·  · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was redirected to Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#New Zealand (talk ·  · hist)
• 16 Jan 2026 – Grantley Judge (talk ·  · hist) PRODed by Aneirinn (t · c) was deproded by BeanieFan11 (t · c) on 17 Jan 2026

Categories for discussion

• 15 Jan 2026 – Category:Deaths from pneumonia in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2026 – Category:Culture by city in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Jan 2026 – Category:New Zealand people of Indo-Fijian descent (talk ·  · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

Templates for discussion

• 15 Jan 2026 – Template:Use New Zealand English (talk ·  · hist) was TfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jan 2026 – Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/New Zealand medical cases chart (talk ·  · hist) was TfDed by WikiCleanerMan (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Jan 2026 – Template:New Zealand English (talk ·  · hist) was TfDed by HouseBlaster (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 15 Jan 2026 – Nouvelle-Zelande (talk ·  · hist) →New Zealand was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2026 – Leki Halasima (talk ·  · hist) →Leka Halasima was RfDed by KyleSirTalksAlot (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

• 15 Jan 2026 – File:Roy Harford 1967.jpg (talk ·  · hist) (on Roy Harford) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Jan 2026 – File:Upper Hutt City Council Coat of Arms.png (talk ·  · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Traumnovelle (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 14 Jan 2026 – Macroscytus australis (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by AxonsArachnida (t · c); start
• 09 Jan 2026 – Hedycarya arborea (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Alexeyevitch (t · c); start
• 04 Jan 2026 – Metrosideros umbellata (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Alexeyevitch (t · c); start
• 24 Dec 2025 – Ripogonum scandens (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Alexeyevitch (t · c); start
• 24 Oct 2025 – New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Carolina2k22 (t · c); start
• 27 Sep 2025 – Bruce Cathie (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Very Polite Person (t · c); start
• 19 Sep 2025 – 2023 Rugby World Cup final (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Family27390 (t · c); start
• 16 Sep 2025 – Austrosimulium ungulatum (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by AxonsArachnida (t · c); start
• 23 Aug 2025 – Prolasius advenus (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by AxonsArachnida (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Aug 2025 – Sovereign citizen movement (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Gommeh (t · c); start

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Good article reassessments

• 11 Jan 2026 – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 12 Jan 2026 – Dredge (video game) (talk ·  · hist) has been put up for PR by Vacant0 (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Jan 2026 – Katipō (talk ·  · hist) has been put up for PR by AxonsArachnida (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 15 Jan 2026 – Pipipi (talk ·  · hist) is requested to be moved to Pīpipi by Jonaslamarche (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Jan 2026 – The Strand Station (talk ·  · hist) is requested to be moved to Auckland Strand railway station by Tomiĉo (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Jan 2026 – Motor sport in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) move request to Motorsport in New Zealand by Eurohunter (t · c) was moved to Motorsport in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) by Amakuru (t · c) on 12 Jan 2026; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 18 Jan 2026 – Moonshine, New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to Moonshine Valley, New Zealand by Gadfium (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Dec 2025 – List of Modern NZIA Gold Medal Recipients (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to NZIA Gold Medal by Cloventt (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Dec 2025 – Eden Garden (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to Mount Eden by Duncnbiscuit (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Dec 2025 – List of New Zealand urban areas by population (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to List of populated places in New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Dec 2025 – List of towns in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to List of populated places in New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Dec 2025 – List of functional urban areas in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to List of populated places in New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Dec 2025 – List of cities and towns in the South Island by population (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to List of populated places in New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Dec 2025 – List of cities and towns in the South Island (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to List of populated places in New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Dec 2025 – List of cities in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to List of populated places in New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Dec 2025 – Community boards in New Zealand (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to Territorial authorities of New Zealand by TheLoyalOrder (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 19 Nov 2025 – Wellington North (New Zealand electorate) (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for splitting by Polonius (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Dec 2021 – Horopito railway station (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for splitting by Schwede66 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Mar 2021 – Westland County (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for splitting by Schwede66 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 13 Jan 2026 – Draft:Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (talk ·  · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-26126-5 (t · c)
• 11 Jan 2026 – Draft:Fiona Wiremu (talk ·  · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pointoange13 (t · c)
• 10 Jan 2026 – Draft:Lindsay Sangster Rogers (talk ·  · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ArgusFloss (t · c)
• 04 Jan 2026 – Draft:Bill Moore (physicist) (talk ·  · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Carrie Hynds (t · c)
• 27 Dec 2025 – Draft:Linn Lorkin (talk ·  · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MaxBrowne2 (t · c)
• 14 Jan 2026 – User:LadyGrocks/sandbox (talk ·  · hist) submitted for AfC by LadyGrocks (t · c) was moved to Draft:Enzo Nutraceuticals (talk ·  · hist) by DoubleGrazing (t · c) on 14 Jan 2026
• 11 Jan 2026 – Draft:David Thexton (talk ·  · hist) submitted for AfC by ~2026-22871-0 (t · c) was declined by MangoMan11 (t · c) on 17 Jan 2026
• 07 Jan 2026 – Draft:Christchurch Supercars round (talk ·  · hist) submitted for AfC by SchueyFan (t · c) was accepted to Christchurch Supercars round (talk ·  · hist) by Ecourter (t · c) on 12 Jan 2026
• 01 Jan 2026 – Draft:Taupo Totara Timber Company (talk ·  · hist) submitted for AfC by Kbwc56 (t · c) was moved to Taupo Totara Timber Co. (talk ·  · hist) by MurielMary (t · c) on 17 Jan 2026
• 24 Dec 2025 – Draft:Julius Halaifonua (talk ·  · hist) submitted for AfC by Cabes610 (t · c) was accepted to Julius Halaifonua (talk ·  · hist) by Ortizesp (t · c) on 16 Jan 2026

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

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.

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.

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.

• Culture of New Zealand this high importance article needs work - please jump into the talk page with thoughts / anaylsis
• New Zealand Indoor Bowls Base of article is there, needs some grammatical issues fixed and any other helful edits please
• Women's suffrage in New Zealand – this has a very negative spin on it towards NZ, maybe less about the fact NZ was not the first 'independent' nation to give woman the vote (according to the article) and more on the actual movement?
• Crown Fibre Holdings
• British Empire – very little mention of New Zealand in here
• NZX – needs much expansion
• Rakino Island – Needs cleaning up and referencing
• ANZAC Day – Needs to have more NZ related information – biased towards AUS.
• Socialist Unity Party of New Zealand – add few edits in last 2 years and needs references.
• Refugees in New Zealand – needs expanding
• European New Zealanders – needs urgent expanding.
• Aotearoa Music Awards – 'Tui_award_winners_YEAR' page slowly being deleted, information needs moving to 'YEAR in New Zealand' pages and formatting.
• Rūnanga – a major concept in Māori politics and culture. Currently a stub.
• Professor and Reader (academic rank) need work.
  • Some of the stuff doesn't describe the situation in NZ very well IMHO. For example, Professor used to suggest that NZ universities use Reader not Associate Professor. I don't know which universities use Reader instead of Associate Professor but I know UoA doesn't and from a quick Google; Massey, Waikato, Victoria, Otago and Canterbury all use Associate Professor so I fixed the article to say most NZ universities use AP. The reader article doesn't really describe this well and I haven't fixed it. 203.109.240.93 00:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • I believe the University of NZ used to use the British system but as time goes on more academics are using the American system. In the 1990s Lincoln University allowed its lecturers to choose.
    • That wouldn't make sense in general, as a Professor is a much higher rank in New Zealand than it is in the US, if lecturers could simply "choose" to be full professors (skipping senior lecturer and associate professor ranks) it would be too confusing. No university I know of does that.CoronaryKea (talk) 10:47, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    IP presumably means they allowed them to choose between the British or American systems, i.e. "reader" or "associate professor", etc. Furius (talk) 22:20, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Clint Brown – needs expanding – career details added
• New Zealand local elections, 2004 – only 4 regions done in detail
• New Zealand local elections, 2007 – I have just added the region but only 4 done Whakaoriori (talk) 11:58, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Current general and Māori electorates linked from New Zealand electorates require details of population centres and history as most are section stubs
• Lance Adams-Schneider – Needs expansion, focusing on his stint as NZ ambassador to the US
• Parliaments of New Zealand – i.e. 3rd Parliament of New Zealand, 4th etc. – needs detail of Members, maybe going through other articles most of the information could be scraped together. Also early General elections (i.e. New Zealand general election, 1884.
• HMNZS Kiama – the section on her 24 years in the RNZN is almost entirely unreferenced, and is a bit sparse given the length of service (1952–1976).
• Alcohol in New Zealand – needs expanding. I've taken a fair bit of material from other more complete pages, but needs more work.
• Tertiary education in New Zealand – I created this article by copying a whole lot of material from elsewhere. Needs more citations! Help would be appreciated! Ballofstring (talk) 00:51, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Brian Lochore – article on one of NZ's most prominent sportsmen is only slightly longer than stub length.
• Lyttelton, New Zealand - Article is messy, hard to read. Needs work as of 22/04/2020.--Violetnights (talk) 09:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• RBNZ - Needs much expansion
• Skiing in New Zealand - Article is very high level with no discussion on the history of skiing within New Zealand
• Sheep shearing relates almost entirely to Australia. Some NZ content would be welcome.

Stub categories

• Category:New Zealand stubs – {{NewZealand-stub}}
  • Category:New Zealand geography stubs – {{NewZealand-geo-stub}}
    • (this is now mainly divided by region – see the category for more details)
  • Category:New Zealand people stubs – {{NewZealand-bio-stub}}
    • Category:New Zealand academic biography stubs – {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub}}
    • Category:New Zealand politician stubs – {{NewZealand-politician-stub}}
    • Category:New Zealand musician stubs – {{NewZealand-musician-stub}}
    • Category:New Zealand sportspeople stubs – {{NewZealand-sport-bio-stub}}
      • Category:New Zealand cricket biography stubs – {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-stub}}
      • Category:New Zealand rugby league biography stubs – {{NewZealand-rugbyleague-bio-stub}}
      • Category:New Zealand rugby union biography stubs – {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}
      • Category:New Zealand association football biography stubs – {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub}}
  • Category:New Zealand musical group stubs – {{NewZealand-band-stub}}
  • Category:Mass media in New Zealand stubs – {{NewZealand-radio-station-stub}}
  • Category:New Zealand university stubs – {{NewZealand-university-stub}}
  • Category:New Zealand school stubs – {{NewZealand-school-stub}}
  • Category:New Zealand building and structure stubs – {{NewZealand-struct-stub}}
  • Category:New Zealand organisation stubs – {{NewZealand-org-stub}}

more items may be found in:

• Category: Oceania stubs – {{oceania-stub}}

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.)

• Most of the Category:New Zealand electorates need just election results data transferred from election and Parliament websites, all results from 1999 should be on the pages in {{MMP election box}}; 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).
• Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand) – is in desperate need of re-write so that it will be consistent and re-formatting so it will be readable. There are section headers and difficult to follow information all over the page.

The article (see Category:Years in New Zealand) have quite a few updates needed. Please add suggestions below and mark which years 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.

• Reference everything – even though it links to another article which is referenced.
• Finish adding population section (between 1858 and 1926) (in progress – user:dramatic)

• There are still some gaps in the incumbents section between 1907 and 1927
• Fill out sports sections:
  • Remove competitions which didn't exist – or remove listings devoid of actual info completely.
  • Olympics and commonwealth/Empire – only in games years.
  • Rugby, Summarize All Black series, National championship results, Ranfurly Shield etc.
  • Cricket Same.
  • Golf – NZ Open, NZPGA
  • Horse racing – major races
  • Rugby league
  • netball
  • Soccer : Chatham cup now completed. Provincial league winners from 1891 – 1968 completed. Internationals complete from 1900-1960's
  • Basketball (post 1970)

• Events: make sure all articles under Category:History of New Zealand are linked.
• Create Summary for each year.

• Tui Awards History
• Tui removed prior to 1999
• APRA award inserted for appropriate years
• RIANZ award inserted from 1978 to 1998
• RIANZ winner inserted
• No award existed for 1977
• RATA award inserted for 1973 to 1976
• RATA award winner inserted
• Loxene Gold disc award from 1965 to 1972
• Loxene winner inserted
• ARIA award removed (ARIA is an AUSTRALIAN music award
• Triple J content removed from every page. Triple J is anAUSTRALIAN radio station.
• New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 19xx removed from inappropriate articles

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

• references to radio broadcasting checked to be accurate
• references to television broadcasting checked to be accurate

• See Category:19xx film awards of 19xx removed from inappropriate articles

New section. Determine what stats to incorporate.

• Ensure articles have coverage of major political events and government changes in each year

• Use Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Popular pages as a means of prioritising article improvements.
• Maintain and improve the featured Portal:New Zealand.
  • Add more points to Portal:New Zealand/Did you know
  • Add more articles to Portal:New Zealand/Selected article
• Looking at "What links here" for NZ-related articles can often turn up uncategorised NZ articles. Categorising them (even simply as Category:New Zealand for now) will put them somewhere where they can be accessed for improvement.
• View Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Assessment for articles that require assessment.
• Work on articles in categories below:

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• Add Module:Location map/data/New Zealand to all towns and communities in New Zealand. Just start somewhere and work your way through... Oakura, Oamaru, Oaonui, Oban, etc... See Template:Location map for instructions.
  • Module:Location map/data/New Zealand North Island and Module:Location map/data/New Zealand South Island are also available if you want a higher resolution map.
• Articles in Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives should be added to appropriate subcategories as well as to the main category; i.e. MPs by location and by party that they represent in Parliament. Note: this includes independents.
• Listeriabot page for recipients of New Zealand honours. First table (red list) can be used to see who might be notable enough for a Wikipedia page, second table can be used to see who should have an existing honour listed on their Wikipedia page.

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:

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This 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 Mid This 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

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

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• Government datasets online
• New Zealand Gazetteer of Place Names from Land Information NZ – searchable database of official (and some unofficial) place names
• Census data at Statistics NZ
• Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  • 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
  • Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Companies Office company and organisation registers, detailed records of all NZ companies with links to annual reports and other docs
• Papers Past scanned pages of NZ newspapers and periodicals, 1839 to 1990
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection, including many linkable photos
• Insolvency Register Details of New Zealanders in financial straits, including useful details
• Charities Register Details of all charities in New Zealand, with details.
• Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations) Maps and locations of iwi and Māori organisations
• Watchlist for WikiProject New Zealand^{[dead link]}
• New Zealand info at Wikivoyage, the Wikimedia travel guide