Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Local Histories Wikipedia Project
05/08/2025
24/08/2025
$6,750.00 - $6,750.00
Internship
Auckland
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Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Tui tui hono tangata, whenua me te moana.
Auckland War Memorial Museum: Connecting through sharing stories of people, lands and seas
Auckland Museum is a much-loved culture and heritage organisation at the heart of Auckland's identity, committed to outstanding management of its world-class collections, developing and sharing engaging content through its galleries, exhibition, events, educational programmes and the permanent and volunteer staff who tell the Museum's stories. We are Auckland's home of commemoration as well as the country’s oldest research institution and a major tourist destination.
Job Description
Auckland Museum’s Summer Student Programme is open to promising undergraduate students from a range of disciplines. Students will join a cohort-style programme for ten weeks over the summer to gain career-relevant experience and have the opportunity to train alongside Museum professionals and to gain an insight into the culture and heritage sector. Our Summer Studentships provide an opportunity to undertake a project tailored to your interests and aspirations.
About the programme:
Summer studentships will run over 10 weeks from 17 November 2025 to 13 February 2026 (with a 3-week break over the Christmas and New Year period)
Cohort-style programme, with tours and talks from staff at Tāmaki Paenga Hira
A wide-range of interesting and unique research projects
A stipend of $6,750 will be awarded to each successfully selected student
Project Description:
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Local Histories Wikipedia Project
The Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Local Histories Wikipedia Project will train a cohort of Wikipedia interns to undertake the creation, editing and enhancement of Auckland local history and suburb pages on Wikipedia. This work will contribute resources to teachers and students across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland for use in the Aotearoa NZ Histories Curriculum. The project is based on previous research the Museum has undertaken around the viability of Wikipedia as a learning resource and contributes to the work done as part of the Wikimedia Foundation Funded project, Understanding our past: using Wikipedia as a tool to support local history in Tāmaki Makaurau. There are opportunities to participate in the Wikipedia project at four organisations, each with a different focus:
Auckland Museum (two students) - Social history, human history, Māori and Pacific history
MOTAT (one student) - Transport, technology, aviation history
New Zealand Maritime Museum (two students) - Migration history, military history, NZ maritime history
The Fletcher Trust Archives (one student) - Engineering, architecture, built history, commerce, business
When submitting your cover letter, please ensure that you start by introducing your top three preferences for locations.
Please note that you may not get your top preferences due to number of applicants.
Successful applicants for MOTAT, NZMM, and The Fletcher Trust Archives will be based these organisations 2 days a week (Wednesday and Thursday), and at Auckland Museum 2 days a week (Monday and Tuesday).
Desired Skills and Experience
This project will be best suited to a student with:
Ability to work independently and take initiative
Good problem solving and attention to detail
Research skills and ability to work alongside and handle archival records
An interest in Archives, architecture, building, engineering, or commercial history
Closing Date: 24 August 2025
You must be currently eligible to study in New Zealand to apply for this student training opportunity.
Auckland Museum offers a rich and fulfilling environment where we embrace diversity and nurture our bicultural capability as demonstrated in our Teu le Va and He Korahi Maori strategies. We also offer a range of great benefits including an award-winning wellbeing programme.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to be part of a fabulous New Zealand organisation committed to telling our national and Auckland stories, reflecting our unique place in the South Pacific.
He Oranga Tangata ka ao
Enriching lives. Inspiring discoveries
