GLAM/Newsletter/March 2026/Contents/New Zealand report

This Month in GLAM – Volume XVI, Issue III, March 2026

New Zealand report

New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute Wikimedian in Residence update, a letter published in Nature & Architecture + Women NZ

Update on the NZ Bioeconomy Science Institute WiR

In March Ambrosia10 published several documents outlining the data models for both type specimen Wikidata items and the structured data for Wikimedia Commons specimen image files. The documentation also included crosswalks to Darwin Core, an excel spreadsheet showing an example upload via OpenRefine, and two "how to" documents supporting the use of these data models. This documentation was created as part of the Wikidata:WikiProject Natural History Specimen Data Model, a collaboration with Dactylantha from the Auckland Museum and is linked to on that project page. These documents have also been published in a Zenodo community to broaden access to the same.

Letter in Nature

Stitchbird2 and Ambrosia10 (both members of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand) and their international colleagues TiagoLubiana and S.v.Mering have had a letter published in the scientific journal Nature. In this letter they advocate for biodiversity knowledge experts to contribute not just to Wikipedia but also to Wikidata and WikiCommons.

Architecture + Women NZ Walking Tour & Edit-a-thon

On Sunday 22 March Architecture + Women NZ hosted a walking tour and edit-a-thon, facilitated by GButtersnaps & SusieJWiki from A+W, Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand members, Avawatson03 & CuriosityKat33 and Winnieswikiworld from Auckland Museum.

The walking tour, led by architect Julie Stout, took participants through category I historic building, Lopdell House and the neighbouring Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery.

The edit-a-thon focused on improving, enriching and creating content that celebrates women in architecture, design and art with links to West Auckland. Winnieswikiworld led an introduction to editing then the group of experienced and new editors contributed to articles; Lett Thomas, Jasmax, Judy Millar, Zena Abbott, Andrea Bell, The Yandall Sisters, Heather Straka, Pauline Yearbury, Teuane Tibbo, Ioane Ioane, Ilse von Randow and Ruth Castle. As well as creating an article for Megan Edwards! A collection of images of the walking tour were also added to Wikimedia Commons.