Wikipedia:GLAM/Ashburton

This is the project page for a collaboration between Ashburton District Council and Wikipedian at Large Mike Dickison (User:Giantflightlessbirds) Wikipedian-at-Large project based in Ashburton, New Zealand, December 2024 to mid-2025.

Articles to create

Ashburton Museum and Heritage Centre, with photo galleries and coverage of collection highlights. This would replace Ashburton Art Gallery and Ashburton Museum articles. Both institutions moved into the new Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre in February 2015 and merged three years ago. See Ashburton District Council info on the museum and the Museum blog.

To create
Wikipedia	Wikimedia Commons	Comments
Ashburton Lakes	Category:Ashburton, New Zealand	Need an article for the district Ō Tū Wharekai, which includes Lakes Camp and Clearwater. 1 Part of Hakatere Conservation Park 2 3, which currently redirects Ashburton Lakes to Lake Clearwater.
Lake Camp		And all the other Ashburton Lakes.
Ashburton Aviation Museum
Trott's Gardens		Two books: 1, 2
Harris Scientific Reserve

Relevant model articles would be Rangitata Diversion Race () and Methven, New Zealand ().

Target articles
Wikidata	Wikipedia	Quality	Wikimedia Commons	Comments
Ashburton (Q724923)	Ashburton, New Zealand		Category:Ashburton, New Zealand	In 19 languages. See Talk page for suggestions. Can be improved to a GA. Needs extensive coverage of points of interest and improved photos
	Mid Canterbury			See Ashburton Talk Page for divisions of Canterbury. To C class.
	Ashburton District			To C class.
	Ashburton Central			To C class.
	Tinwald
Ashburton Domain (Q4804667)	Ashburton Domain		—	A "cricket ground"? Very cricket-focussed stub!
Ashburton Guardian (Q4804670)	Ashburton Guardian		—	Needs Wikidata work and photos, and refs like Ian Grant's Lasting Impressions and Pressing On and Scholefield's Newspapers in NZ. Digital subscription. 1 2
Lake Heron (Q6476154)	Lake Heron		Category: Lake Heron, New Zealand (23)	Very brief!
Lake Hood (Q6476203)	Lake Hood		Category:Lake_Hood_(New_Zealand) (2, both terrible)	Needs more info and some good photos.
	Lake Clearwater			Lake not village
Mount Sunday (Q31683747)	Mount Sunday	—	Category:Mount Sunday (25)	Currently just a redirect to Mt Potts, which has almost no refs. Needs extensive coverage of Lord of the Rings construction and filming, plus a Fair Use image from the movie.
	David Elliot		—	Needs a photo of Elliot, more sources including profiles of him, and release of some sample images under an open licence so we can add a gallery to the page.

v t e Ashburton River / Hakatere
Source: Southern Alps (Arrowsmith Range) (south), Canterbury Foothills (Palmer Range) (north) Flows into: Canterbury Bight
Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Ashburton District
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Lake Clearwater Mount Somers Ashburton Forks Ashburton Tinwald Huntingdon/Lake Hood Wheatstone
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Stour River Bowyers Stream
Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Lake Clearwater Lake Camp Lake Emma Maori Lakes Lake Hood
Other features (upstream to downstream)	Ashburton Gorge
Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha / Mata-Au 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitīkei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Ōreti 11: Rangitaiki 12: Manawatū