Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Content task force

If you want to help WikiProject New Zealand with creating content, here are some suggestions.

Scope
The intent of this task force is to identify material we would like to use in Wikipedia and related projects and approach holders about getting it released under a license compatible with Wikipedia.

Material could include photos, geographical information, video, written material

Suggested material

 * Photographs of politicians
 * Aerial or satellite photographs
 * Photographs of historical events
 * Geographical material and data

54th New Zealand Parliament (2023-present)

 * Labour
 * All have good quality photos


 * National
 * All have good quality photos


 * Greens
 * All have good quality photos


 * Te Pati Maori
 * 4/6 definitely have photos (as of 3 June 2024)
 * Mariameno Kapa-Kingi - only one without a photo at all
 * Rawiri Waititi - photo has been found but pending confirmation on license from Office of the Clerk


 * ACT
 * 10/11 have photos (as of 3 June 2024)
 * Mark Cameron missing photo


 * New Zealand First
 * All have photos
 * Tanya Unkovich is pretty bad quality though

53rd New Zealand Parliament (2020-2023)

 * National (checked 24 December 2022)
 * Joseph Mooney
 * Tama Potaka
 * Sam Uffindell


 * ACT (checked 24 December 2022)
 * Brooke van Velden
 * Nicole McKee
 * Chris Baillie
 * Simon Court
 * James McDowall
 * Karen Chhour
 * Mark Cameron
 * Toni Severin
 * Damien Smith


 * Te Pāti Māori (checked 24 December 2022
 * Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
 * Rawiri Waititi

52nd New Zealand Parliament (2017-2020)

 * National (checked 1 January 2019)
 * Simeon Brown
 * Andrew Falloon
 * Denise Lee
 * Erica Stanford
 * Hamish Walker


 * New Zealand First (checked 24 September 2017)
 * Jenny Marcroft
 * Mark Patterson

51st New Zealand Parliament (2014-2017)

 * National (checked 1 January 2019)
 * Mahesh Bindra
 * Matthew Doocey
 * Brett Hudson
 * Alastair Scott
 * Stuart Smith


 * New Zealand First (checked 16 December 2014)
 * Darroch Ball
 * Clayton Mitchell

50th New Zealand Parliament (2011–2014)
Listed here are only those new MPs who haven't got a photo yet.


 * National (checked 1 January 2023)
 * Ian McKelvie
 * Simon O'Connor
 * Mike Sabin


 * New Zealand First (checked 1 January 2023)
 * Richard Prosser

49th New Zealand Parliament (2008-2011)
Remove (or strike out) any article where a "Free" (license compatible with Wikipedia Commons) is available and the person is fairly recognisable.


 * National (checked 1 January 2019)
 * Shane Ardern
 * Katrina Shanks
 * Cam Calder


 * ACT (checked 1 January 2019)
 * David Garrett


 * Māori Party (checked 23 October 2012)
 * Rahui Katene

48th New Zealand Parliament (2005-2008)

 * National (checked 1 January 2023)
 * Chris Auchinvole
 * David Bennett
 * Bob Clarkson
 * Jacqui Dean
 * Colin King
 * Allan Peachey

47th New Zealand Parliament (2002-2005)

 * ACT
 * Deborah Coddington


 * National
 * Brian Connell
 * Sandra Goudie


 * New Zealand First
 * Brent Catchpole
 * Bill Gudgeon
 * Craig McNair
 * Edwin Perry
 * Barbara Stewart


 * United Future
 * Paul Adams
 * Marc Alexander
 * Larry Baldock
 * Bernie Ogilvy
 * Jim Peters
 * Murray Smith

Photos of current and previous politicians

 * User:SimonLyall contacted Speaker's Office in April 2009 but they were unable to help.
 * For sufficiently old politicians (before 1905) the NZETC has many photos under a CC licence from the The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Be away that the work is vanity press so shouldn't isn't a prefered factual source where alternatives are available.
 * kiwiteen123 had an email from Phil Goff's Communications Director, who seems to be reasonably supportive. he said that the Labour Party's Flickr account was now free. kiwiteen123 (talk)
 * Perhaps that will apply to new photos, but the existing ones, including those uploaded on 1 October 2009, are marked as "All rights reserved".- gadfium 23:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Adabow contacted the National Party via their Flickr account in October 2010, but they could not change a photo to a Wikipedia-compatible license.
 * Anon contacted the Green Party in February 2010 and got them to confirm that their photos are free for modifications/commercial use. Letter listed at commons:User:Sir_Anon/Green_Party_NZ (should really be logged with OTRS, but they've failed to respond)
 * Anon contacted the ACT party in March 2008, no repy
 * Anon 18:01, 16 November 2011 (UTC) has emailed the Labour party office regarding photos of their MPs. Following up on the response. November 2010.
 * User:SimonLyall talked to PM's office on July 2011 but were unable to help with any photos from National party flickr feed or anywhere else. However I did ask here and was pointed to the parliamentary library. Have not followed up yet.
 * User:SimonLyall asked the Parliamentary libary/Parliamentary Information Service in March 2012 but were unable to help We have no library of photographs available for general access and use and currently have no policy/procedures in place that can be applied to what is proposed . They suggested the Turnbull Library Pictures Collection.
 * User:Ballofstring noticed (August 2014) that the new New Zealand Government portal (https://www.govt.nz/) is all licensed CC-BY (3.0 NZ), and they have a number of photos of ministers under the pages for ministries which I'm working through and uploading. Unfortunately they are quite low resolution, but they are better than nothing (I think?).
 * Low res is "better than nothing" as you say. I note, though, that each page also displays a copyright notice, and I have written to them pointing out that they cannot show CC BY 3.0 and a copyright notice at the same time, as that doesn't make sense.  Schwede 66  21:18, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah right yeah I hadn't noticed that copyright message previously. From my very basic understanding of copyright vs CC, I thought they were consistent? The difference is between Copyright all rights reserved and Copyright with CC licensing. I.e. even when you issue something under a CC license my understanding is that you still retain copyright - you're just waiving certain rights? I need to read up on it more though :) --Ballofstring (talk) 22:17, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * This explains the situation further and the way I understand it, a CC licence means that you retain copyright, but you offer certain usage rights to the public. But I further understand that once you display a copyright logo, none of those usage rights apply. Maybe others who have a deeper understanding of the issues could chip in.  Schwede 66  00:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)


 * User:Ballofstring wrote a blog post about "politicians and openly-licensed photography" – might be useful in trying to convince political parties or politicians in the future. — Ballofstring (talk) 01:02, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I've contacted the Māori Party and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (who has some images on her site) about the copyright status of photos and whether they could be used for Wikipedia. Will keep you posted on the response. MerrilyPutrid (talk) 02:06, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * So noticed something interesting on the Governor-General website that is allows photos free to be copied, distribute and adapted as long as Government House is attrributed and we abide by other licence terms. It allows it under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. So there is an image gallery as well as an image search which could be used to find/crop photos of polications that still need one on here (or could use a better one). I haven't taken the time to go through it yet to look myself, was hoping I may have some time tonight. NZFC  (talk) (cont)  01:50, 5 October 2020 (UTC)