Website terms and conditions
By accessing and viewing the pages of wikimedia.nz (the Website), and/or any services offered through the Website, you agree that you have read and accepted the following terms and conditions (terms). We reserve the right to make changes to these terms from time to time.
When we make changes, we will update the terms on the Website and specify the date of the last update. If you are a frequent visitor to the Website, please review these terms regularly. By continuing to access or use the Website, you agree to be bound by the amended terms.
Copyright and intellectual property
Unless noted otherwise, all content on the Website falls under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
The licence to share and reproduce material on the Website does not extend to any material that is identified as being protected by copyright owned by a third party, including material on websites you may access via links from the Website.
The licence to share and reproduce material also does not extend to any work or material on the Website that is derived from or directly contains mātauranga Māori. Any written material or infographics and the mātauranga Māori contained within them must not be used out of the context as presented. Their use must always adhere to the original intent and narrative of the material.
We cannot grant permission to reproduce such material: you must obtain permission directly from the copyright owner(s).
Privacy
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand’s Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, disclose and store your information, including information obtained via the Website. By becoming a member, donating, or joining our mailing list, you consent to us using your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
To maintain privacy, WANZ will refer to editors by their Wikimedia username only, and will not link usernames with personal information unless the user has given permission or already shares this information on their User page.
Communications and social media
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) is committed to good behaviour practices in all our communications, including social media. These practices respect the public giving feedback and making enquiries about WANZ and to WANZ about Wikipedia and related projects and topics. The good behaviour practices have clear boundaries to enable a safe and healthy environment for WANZ representatives undertaking communications.
We welcome all contributions to WANZ and look forward to hearing from you. It is expected that all communications with WANZ representatives will be undertaken in a respectful manner, in accordance with our Safe spaces policy (currently in development). Unreasonable conduct will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and while all efforts will be made to resolve the matter accordingly, WANZ reserves the right to limit and/or cease communications should they no longer support a safe and healthy environment.
It is important to note that many WANZ representatives are volunteers or work limited hours, and all have significant commitments of their own. As such, communications will occur based on the availability of WANZ representatives.
We administer social media accounts to communicate our research, activities and other relevant research to our audiences. Please refer to our Social media terms of use.
Social media terms of use
We administer social media accounts to communicate our activities and other relevant information to our audiences.
Currently, they are:
- Twitter/X
- Bluesky
We welcome all contributions to our channels and look forward to joining the conversation. However, there are a few things we’d like you to keep in mind. When using and/or engaging with any of our social media accounts please don’t:
- harass, insult or be abusive toward others
- make defamatory, libellous, false or misleading comments
- use obscene, insulting, racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory or offensive language
- post personal information about yourself or others such as private addresses or phone numbers
- violate the intellectual property rights of others
- violate any laws or regulations
- post multiple versions of the same view to any of our accounts or make excessive postings on a particular issue.
Engagement with our social media channels is regularly monitored. In the interest of ensuring our audience can participate in a safe, respectful environment, we will hide and/or remove any posts that we feel breach these terms of use. Repeat offenders may be blocked from our social media accounts.