Wikipedia:Meetup/Mohua / Golden Bay

An in-person meetup was held in Mohua / Golden Bay during the second weekend in February 2024 (10 and 11 Feb). Wikipedians and Wikimedians, both new and experienced, from throughout New Zealand were invited to attend this event. The focus of this meetup was Mohua / Golden Bay.

Outcomes
Eleven Wikimedians attended the weekend. They were from Golden Bay (the host), Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, and Sydney. The event mainly focussed on content creation as opposed to presentations and seminars, apart from spontaneous interludes – dashes and uploading videos were two topics that did get discussed, and the finer details of MOS:DASH caused some hilarity.

Mohua is hard to get to, and many Wikimedians who would usually turn up couldn't make it, but joined in remotely. It was clear that the area was getting a lot of attention prior to the event, with many editors focussing their energies on it. As such, the table below is an incomplete reflection of what really happened.

During the event and immediately afterwards, we created 11 articles, significantly improved 4 articles, created 15 categories on Wikimedia Commons, uploaded photos to 14 Commons categories, created 17 Wikidata entries, and significantly improved 2 Wikidata items. Thus far, 4 of the articles have been nominated for "Did you know?" that is featured on the homepage. Those articles are Mussel Inn, Richard Washbourn, Onekaka Power Station, and Cobb Power Station. The table below shows the event details:

Most of the attendees stayed at the host's property, which made the edit-a-thon different in character to previous events. Many of the editors got to know each other much better as a consequence. Everyone said that it was a great weekend. Attendees especially enjoyed the personal connections and informal idea-sharing that happened throughout the weekend.

Logistics
The meetup is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, 10 and 11 February 2024. The executive of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) will hold a planning retreat on the Friday prior.

Mohua / Golden Bay is one of the most beautiful areas of New Zealand. It is a holiday hotspot, and the usual population of the area grows threefold during January, with February still reasonably busy. Mohua is also tucked away in the north-west corner of the South Island and not just round the corner from Nelson; it's two hours by car from there. The Tākaka Aerodrome is signposted as "Tākaka Airport" but the planes leaving here are tiny. Wikipedians and Wikimedians interested in attending should therefore give consideration to their logistics. Flights may book out long before and accommodation can be scarce. It pays to arrange logistics early. And Golden Bay is definitely worth a visit, so why not make this part of your 2024 summer holidays? Collingwood Area School provides us with the weekend venue, hence don't book a spot on the Pōhara campground and think that you'll be close by. Nearby campgrounds are in:
 * Collingwood (Collingwood Holiday Park, 6 William Street, Collingwood 7073) – 8.9 km from the local host's house and 850 m from Collingwood Area School
 * Tukurua (Golden Bay Holiday Park, 99 Tukurua Road, Parapara) – 3.7 km from the local host's house and 10.5 km from Collingwood Area School

You need to bring a laptop, or a camera if you just want to take photos, and maybe reference books if you have a certain topic in mind that you'd like to write about.

Event registration and grants
To register go to the Aotearoa New Zealand Events page. To help offset costs, we will be charging a nominal $20 for the event to be payable beforehand via our website; this will be put towards venue hire and catering. The committee has made $200 travel grants available on request; these will be paid out after the meetup. To apply please email info@wikimedia.nz.

 Before you start editing please add yourself to the Dashboard by clicking this link and authorising it . This tracks the progress of the group and will help the organisers report back to the funder and supporters of the event.

Suggested activities
Anything Golden Bay. Here are some suggestions for new articles or things to do.
 * Go on photo excursions and upload your work to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Work the te reo translations of place names into existing articles.
 * Expand the existing place articles especially history section, including links to mana whenua (local Māori nations) / hapū and iwi. The GLAM/Auckland Museum/Suburbs has a good guide and suggestions of where to find this type of information.

Goldrush

 * Aorere Goldfields and Golden Bay goldrush (the first goldrush in the South island)
 * William Lightband (, son of George Lightband, who qualified for the £500 bonus for the discovery of the goldfield, but never received the money)
 * Ferntown, which was the "boomtown" during the goldrush

Mining history



 * Langford's Store
 * Onekaka Wharf
 * Onekaka Power Station
 * (Axel will take photos on 21 February 2024)
 * Onekaka Ironworks (Axel has heaps of photos of the ruins, some of which are in good condition; not uploaded to Commons yet)
 * Tākaka marble (used for Parliament House and the National War Memorial
 * Golden Bay Cement Works (user-space draft)
 * Port Tarakohe (split off from Tarakohe)
 * Druggans Dam
 * Parapara Dam
 * Fred Tyree (lived in Collingwood and left an incredible photographic library of Golden Bay)
 * Henry Chaffey and Annie Chaffey  (hermits)

Geography

 * Golden Bay, New Zealand split off the land area from the Golden Bay / Mohua article (reverse the 2012 merger; there's consensus for it on the talk page) and restrict the existing article's scope to the water body
 * Aorere Caves
 * Ruataniwha Inlet
 * Parapara Inlet
 * Aorere
 * Clifton, Tasman
 * Ligar Bay
 * Pākawau
 * Pākawau Inlet
 * Port Pūponga
 * Rockville
 * Seaford
 * Waikato – that surely needs an article!
 * Waitapu
 * Mangarākau
 * Mangarakau Wetland (the largest remaining wetland in the Nelson/Marlborough/Tasman region)
 * Westhaven Lodge (luxury retreat)
 * Uruwhenua
 * Archway Islands (split off from Wharariki Beach)
 * Devil's Boots C:Category:Devil's Boots

Tangata whenua

 * Nelson Tenth (at 180 years, New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case?)
 * Manawhenua ki Mōhua
 * Wakatū Incorporation
 * Anaweka waka (see talk page)
 * Tāmati Pirimona Marino
 * Kehu (Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri, guided colonial explorers) – currently redirects to Thomas Brunner

Communities

 * Rainbow Valley (community)
 * Tui (community)

Other

 * Mussel Inn,, a local institution
 * East Tākaka Church,, Category I heritage listed
 * Anatoki Salmon, (tourism business)
 * Farewell Spit Tours, (tourism business)
 * New Zealand King Salmon,, aquaculture company with a hatchery next to Pupū Springs
 * Bainham Store,
 * Tākaka dairy factory,
 * Collingwood Courthouse,, Category II heritage listed
 * St Cuthbert's Church, Collingwood,, Category I heritage listed
 * Collingwood Post Office,, Category I heritage listed
 * Westhaven Retreat – one of the country's top luxury lodges
 * HealthPost – the largest employer in Golden Bay
 * Unit 10 one of the earliest radar stations in the world

Expand

 * biographical


 * physical

People
Add your name to the list by adding an asterisk and three tildes like this:  * 

Attending

 *  Schwede 66  (local host)
 * MurielMary
 * Paora
 * CopperAlchemy (talk)
 * Giantflightlessbirds
 * Pakoire
 * Einebillion (talk)
 * Marshelec
 * Birdbabe
 * Avocadobabygirl
 * Kowhaiarewhana
 * MargaretRDonald

Hoping to come / thinking about it

 * TimClicks
 * Midstrath (talk)
 * Alexeyevitch (talk)

Unable to come

 * Chocmilk03 (talk)
 * Polskiwi (talk)
 * Gertrude206
 * Carolina2k22 • (talk)  •  (edits)
 * Ruggalicious
 * Prosperosity (talk)
 * Ambrosia10 (talk) 17:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Quilt Phase
 * David Nind
 * Turnagra (talk)
 * Paulpat99 (talk)
 * Andykatib (talk)
 * Herewhy
 * DrThneed

Things done

 * Wikidata entry for the edit-a-thon:
 * New photos for Collingwood Area School and article explanded
 * New article for Mussel Inn with lots more photos—and video
 * Has been submitted for DYK Editing Template:Did you know nominations/Mussel Inn
 * New article for Onekaka Ironworks (plus Wikidata and Commons)
 * Photos uploaded to Category:Parapara Inlet
 * Substantially expanded Cobb Power Station
 * Created Kehu (Hone Mokehakeha)
 * New article for Richard Washbourn
 * New article for Onekaka Power Station and created
 * New article for Langford's Store
 * Improved, creating and
 * New Wikidata entry for and Commons category
 * New photos for Pillar Point Lighthouse
 * New Commons category for Pillar Point
 * New article for HealthPost (basically a copy of the simple English version)
 * New article for Anatoki Salmon (plus Wikidata and Commons)
 * New article for New Zealand King Salmon
 * New Commons category for visitor attractions in Tasman
 * New article for Fifeshire Foundation and
 * New article for Tākaka marble (plus Wikidata and Commons)
 * New Wikidata entry for (where Kairuru marble was quarried)
 * New Wikidata entry for (owner of Kairuru estate)
 * Improve Wikidata entry for (son of Herbert Henderson)
 * New Wikidata entry for and Commons category
 * New Commons category for One Spec Creek
 * New Wikidata entry for and Commons category

Media coverage
Story in GB Weekly of 16 February 2024 here. Turn to page 6.