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Scope[edit]

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[edit]

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

Photos of current politicians[edit]

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Party Website Status / Notes
Labour Party labour.org.nz Copyright notice on site,
Initial Email sent (SL)
Several MPs with no photos.

Spoke with David Cunliffe during NZ Open Source awards. He is happy to forward a letter around to other MPs and willing to arrange for photo opportunity when they are all in one place. Have contact details for his private secretary. Karora 12:09, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

National Party national.org.nz Copyright notice on site,
No luck only willing to limited license (nocom or derive).
They have a Flickr Acct with lots - emailed but they are unwilling
Several MPs with no photos.
New Zealand First nzfirst.org.nz No copyright notice on site,
not contacted.
Several MPs with no photos.
Green Party greens.org.nz Website previously said "you are allowed to use any of the images in the photolibrary or any other photo (that is not copyrighted to anyone else) so long as there is a credit "Photo (c) the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand" and a link to our homepage." However, the current website no longer carries this notice. See Archived October 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine eg Image:JeanetteFitzsimons.png .
I have contacted the Green Party and they have confirmed that their photos can be used for any purpose as long as attribution is given. I've saved their response on commons.--Anon 22:48, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
All current and historic MPs done. Schwede66 21:33, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Te Pāti Māori maoriparty.com No copyright Notice on site
Initial Email sent (SL)
Resent email 9/4/2008 (SL)
No photos of members
Contacted in regards to using images of candidates 26/7/2020
ACT act.org.nz Strict copyright on site.
Not contacted.
Missing some images, One free one though for Heather Roy,

53rd New Zealand Parliament (2020-2023)[edit]

National (checked 24 December 2022)
ACT (checked 24 December 2022)
Te Pāti Māori (checked 24 December 2022

52nd New Zealand Parliament (2017-2020)[edit]

National (checked 1 January 2019)
New Zealand First (checked 24 September 2017)

51st New Zealand Parliament (2014-2017)[edit]

National (checked 1 January 2019)
New Zealand First (checked 16 December 2014)

50th New Zealand Parliament (2011–2014)[edit]

Listed here are only those new MPs who haven't got a photo yet.

National (checked 1 January 2023)
New Zealand First (checked 1 January 2023)

49th New Zealand Parliament (2008-2011)[edit]

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)
ACT (checked 1 January 2019)
Māori Party (checked 23 October 2012)

48th New Zealand Parliament (2005-2008)[edit]

National (checked 1 January 2023)

47th New Zealand Parliament (2002-2005)[edit]

ACT
National
New Zealand First
United Future

Photos of current and previous politicians[edit]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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.[reply]
  • 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 (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. Schwede66 21:18, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • 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. Schwede66 00:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Members[edit]

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