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:

Topic	Article new	Article expanded	Commons new	upload photos	WD new	WD impr.	DYK
Mohua editathon					yes
Collingwood Area School		expand		yes
Mussel Inn	yes			yes			yes
Richard Washbourn	yes		yes	yes	yes		yes
Parapara Inlet				yes
Cobb Power Station		expand					yes
Onekaka Power Station	yes		yes	yes	yes		yes
Onekaka Ironworks	yes		yes	yes	yes
Kehu	yes		yes	yes	yes
Langford Store	yes
Milnthorpe Park and Arboretum						yes
Milnthorpe Park Society					yes
Man, Slasher, Wheelbarrow: the story of Milnthorpe Park Arboretum					yes
Unit 10			yes	yes	yes
Pillar Point Lighthouse				yes
Pillar Point			yes
HealthPost	yes		yes
Anatoki Salmon	yes		yes	yes	yes
New Zealand King Salmon	yes
visitor attractions in Tasman			yes
Fifeshire Foundation	yes				yes
Tākaka marble	yes		yes	yes	yes
Kairuru					yes
Herbert Henderson					yes
Jim Henderson						yes
Anatoki River suspension bridge			yes	yes	yes
One Spec Creek			yes	yes
Farewell Spit Tours			yes	yes	yes
Bulmer Cavern			yes
Nettlebed Cave			yes
Robert Jenkin					yes
Strangers in Mohua: Abel Tasman’s Exploration of New Zealand					yes
Farewell Spit		yes
Kahurangi National Park		yes
total	11	4	15	14	17	2	4

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.

Programme

Mohua programme (24-hr clock)
Day	Time	Activity	Notes
Fri	11:00–16:00	WANZ committee meeting	at Axel's place
Fri	18:00	Dinner	Mussel Inn in Onekaka; if others are already in the Bay, please feel free to join us
Sat	10:00–16:00	edit-a-thon	at Collingwood Area School (hall)
Sat	18:00	Informal dinner	Rootsbar
Sun	10:00–16:00	edit-a-thon	at Collingwood Area School (hall)

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 Wikipedia: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 (William Lightband (Q114834698), 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

Communities

Other

Mussel Inn, Mussel Inn (Q110526190), a local institution
East Tākaka Church, East Tākaka Church (Q79301006), Category I heritage listed
Anatoki Salmon, (tourism business)
Farewell Spit Tours, (tourism business)
New Zealand King Salmon, New Zealand King Salmon (Q111046687), aquaculture company with a hatchery next to Pupū Springs
Bainham Store, Langford Store (Q76925243)
Tākaka dairy factory, Fonterra Tākaka (Q111046484)
Collingwood Courthouse, Collingwood Courthouse (Q77993530), Category II heritage listed
St Cuthbert's Church, Collingwood, St Cuthbert's Church (Q79304048), Category I heritage listed
Collingwood Post Office, Collingwood Post Office (Q79310288), Category I heritage listed
Westhaven Retreat – one of the country's top luxury lodges
HealthPost HealthPost (Q111678097) – the largest employer in Golden Bay
Unit 10 one of the earliest radar stations in the world^[3]

Expand

biographical

Enga Washbourn – New Zealand artist, painter, writer and model (1908–1988)
Pérrine Moncrieff – New Zealand ornithologist, conservationist, writer (1893–1979)
Leo Bensemann – NZ artist, printer, typographer, publisher and editor (1912–1986)
Jack Cropp – New Zealand sailor (1927–2016)
Yvonne du Fresne – New Zealand writer (1929–2011)
John Mitchell – New Zealand historian (1941–2021)
Terry Mitchell – New Zealand rugby union player (born 1950)
Te Pūoho – New Zealand Māori leader (died 1836 or 1837)
Allister Nalder – New Zealand weightlifter (born 1957)
Jenny Rose – New Zealand triathlete (born 1964)

physical

Abel Tasman National Park – National park in New Zealand
Kahurangi National Park – National park in New Zealand
Aorere River – River in New Zealand
Anatoki River – River in Tasman District, New Zealand
Tākaka River – River in New Zealand
Tōtaranui – Beach in New Zealand
Te Waikoropupū Springs – Spring in New Zealand
Wharariki Beach – Beach in New Zealand
Collingwood (New Zealand electorate) – former parliamentary electorate
Wainui Bay – Bay in Tasman Region, New Zealand
Patons Rock – Locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
Pūponga – locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
Cobb Power Station – Hydroelectric power station in New Zealand
Tākaka Aerodrome – airport in New Zealand
Collingwood Area School – State composite school in New Zealand
Golden Bay High School – State secondary (year 7–13) school in New Zealand
Awaroa Inlet – Inlet in Tasman Region, New Zealand

People

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

Attending

Hoping to come / thinking about it

Unable to come

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

Things done

Wikidata entry for the edit-a-thon: 2024 Golden Bay / Mohua editathon (Q124499907)
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 Onekakā Ironworks (Q124473053) 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 Onekaka Power Station (Q124482176)
New article for Langford's Store
Improved Milnthorpe Park and Arboretum (Q111648651), creating Milnthorpe Park Society (Q124482606) and Man, Slasher, Wheelbarrow: the story of Milnthorpe Park Arboretum (1st ed.) (Q124482226)
New Wikidata entry for Unit 10 (Q124481354) 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 Anatoki Salmon (Q124486435) and Commons)
New article for New Zealand King Salmon
New Commons category for visitor attractions in Tasman
New article for Fifeshire Foundation and Fifeshire Foundation (Q124487440)
New article for Tākaka marble (plus Wikidata Tākaka marble (Q124486361) and Commons)
New Wikidata entry for Kairuru (Q124505346) (where Kairuru marble was quarried)
New Wikidata entry for Herbert Henderson (Q124505058) (owner of Kairuru estate)
Improve Wikidata entry for Jim Henderson (Q107388904) (son of Herbert Henderson)
New Wikidata entry for Anatoki River suspension bridge (Q124499569) and Commons category
New Commons category for One Spec Creek
New Wikidata entry for Farewell Spit Tours (Q124500011) and Commons category

Media coverage

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

References

^ "Onekakā Ironworks". Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ Lash, Max. "Tyree, Fred and Tyree, William". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ Hindmarsh, Gerard (7 September 2019). "Top secret World War II base not really under radar in Golden Bay". The Nelson Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[1] "Onekakā Ironworks". Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[2] Lash, Max. "Tyree, Fred and Tyree, William". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[3] Hindmarsh, Gerard (7 September 2019). "Top secret World War II base not really under radar in Golden Bay". The Nelson Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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