This is an informal Wikipedia project to expand content about Matike Mai: Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation and related areas of Māori self-determination, relationship to the New Zealand Government and Tangata Tiriti actions.
The intention of this page is that it is a gathering place of areas for improvement in Wikipedia and a central place for editors to join the project. The starting point was the lack of an article about Matike Mai Aotearoa and arose from a conversation between Barry McLernon and Lisa Maule in a Tauiwi mō Matiki Mai on-line forum. The project is being coordinated by Lisa (User:Pakoire). You can email me at lisamauleinfo@gmail.com to learn about Wikipedia and how to do it or to offer suggestions of notable gaps or errors in Wikipedia.
Articles about concepts, groups and organisations requiring action edit
These Wikipedia articles relate to Māori self-determination and relationship to the New Zealand Government / Crown and high importance Wikipedia articles that reflect how Māori are represented in this global, highly viewed and copied online encyclopedia.
| Editor | Article name | Initial action | Status | Further actions |
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| Māori protest movement | So many uncited passages. Needs references. | |||
| Pōwhiri | Its a bit shite. Could do with teasing out and some Māori pov | |||
| Wero | Is a stub artcile with a flag from 2026: This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. | |||
| Tangihanga | Could do with some Māori POV | |||
| Te Whiti o Rongomai | Needs citations - is pitiful for such a significant person in our history | |||
| Whakairo | Is rather a short article for something that is linked a lot (140 times 1 / 2 / 2024) | |||
| Matike Mai Aotearoa | Publish the draft after consulation |  Done
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Expand article to strengthen the relevance and significance to discussions about governance & society in Aotearoa. Find places (other articles) to link. More references needed. What PHD's, academic papers etc? | |
| Treaty of Waitangi Claims | Update table of settlements & expand the criticism section | Done
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See the talk page for improvement discussions | |
| Kāwanatanga | expand / edit this article with more references especially from Māori authors | |||
| Māori people | needs more current references to replace those from the 1960s. Also see the talk page 'Culture' vs 'Society | |||
| Māori culture | shifts in tone needed to more include Māori world views (see the talk page) | |||
| Māori renaissance | rubbish first paragraph / rather colonial perspective - find some Māori writers - also see talk page. need a more definitive timeframe for this phrase. (I think it is from the 1960s although maybe it was started by Ngata and others in the 1920s) | |||
| Native Lands Act 1865 | apart from the Land Wars, this was the key tool for the settler govt to get hold of land - needs an article
The Natives Lands Act, 1865 resulted in communally held land to be converted to individual titles and as a consequence Māori started to qualify as voters and that was why settlers started to lobby government to establish Māori electorates instead; otherwise Māori would soon outnumber settler voters in some electorates. This background isn't recorded in the relevant articles, e.g. Māori electorates and first Māori elections. |
Done
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| Tauiwi | important term without an article. | |||
| Tangata tiriti | there is a paragraph in Tangata whenua and it redirects there - does it need its own article? | |||
| Pakoire | National Iwi Chairs Forum | redlink - create article | Done
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| New Zealand Māori Council | needs a copy edit and more citations and then the banner removed |
Tiriti Workers' Movement edit
WikiProject: Tiriti Workers' Movement edit
Biographies edit
| Editor | Article name | Initial action | Status | Further actions |
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| Moana Jackson | Improve | Done
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Expand | |
| Veronica Tawhai | ask if she has any objections then create article |
Notability in Wikipedia edit
Guidelines for notability (eg. validity for a Wikipedia / encyclopedia article):
"An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. All content must be verifiable. If no independent, third-party, reliable sources can be found on a topic, then Wikipedia should not have an article on it."
See also:
Other edit
Environment of New Zealand - wouldn't it be wonderful if this article reflected some of the work of Māori over the decades. See one example: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2302/S00126/maori-leaders-meet-with-us-secretary-for-the-interior.htm?_gl=1*13wbxyr*_ga*MjA3NDk0NTk0My4xNjYwOTUzNDQ5*_ga_GGVMM3MB82*MTY5ODkwNTk1OS4zMy4wLjE2OTg5MDY4ODMuNjAuMC4w
Participants edit
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Ways to get in touch edit
Email - lisamauleinfo@gmail.com
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