Northland trip to visit Te Hiku Media and record 150 words in Te Reo Māori for Commons, as well as meet and give a presentation on Wikipedia for the Kerikeri heritage community.
Visit to Massey University in Palmerston North to run a workshop and prepare for a series of Wikipedia events in March
Running four "Edit for Equity" edit-a-thons, organised by Kelly and Anna Pendergrast of Antistatic, supported by the Suffrage 125 anniversary fund.

Meetings

1 Oct: Keoni Mahelona and Peter Lucas-Jones at Te Hiku Media, Kaitaia
4 Oct: Spent a day at Honey House Cafe, Kerikeri, meeting with local historians, Wikipedians, and members of Heritage New Zealand
19 Oct: Met Linda Palmer, Librarian, Massey University and discussed Wikipedia events to happen in March
29 Oct: Geoff Ford, Digital Humanities Group, University of Canterbury, Christchurch re WiR placement in May
29 Oct: Max Reeves, Ashburton Museum, to organise a five-day residency in May
30 Oct: Jeanette King, University of Canterbury linguist, on the macron issue in NZ Wikipedia

Presentations

4 Oct: How Wiki Works • History and heritage community members, Honey House Cafe, Kerikeri
18 Oct: How Wiki Works • Two separate sessions for Horizons Regional Council research and communications teams, Palmerston North
22 Oct: How Wiki Works • Archives New Zealand, Wellington
23 Oct: How can the Ministry for the Environment make use of Wikipedia? • MfE, Wellington
24 Oct: How Wikipedia Works • U3A lecture series, Kilbirnie Community Centre, Wellington

6 Oct: Art Week Wikipedia Tutorials • Auckland Museum • Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland/Art Week 1
9 Oct: Edit for Equity: STEM • Sustainability Trust, 2 Forresters Lane, Wellington • WP:E4E1
11 Oct: Edit for Equity: Film, TV, Music • Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, 84 Taranaki St, Wellington • WP:E4E2
13 Oct: Edit for Equity: Art & Literature • Adam Art Gallery, VUW campus, Wellington • WP:E4E3
14 Oct: Edit for Equity: Politics & Social Change • Internet NZ, lvl 11, 80 Boulcott St, Wellington • WP:E4E4
17 Oct: Wikipedia Science Workshop • AgHort Computer Lab, Massey University, Palmerston North • Wikipedia:Meetup/Palmerston North/Science

21 Oct: Wellington Wikipedians Meetup • Loretta, 181 Cuba St, Wellington • WP:WGTN3

Northern Advocate (3 Oct 2018). "Wikipedia wants to hear your Northland stories". Northland Advocate
Macdonald, Nikki. (20 Oct 2018). "National Portrait: Mike Dickison, conservationist and Wikipedian". Dominion Post, p.C3
Quade, Victoria. (21 Oct 2018). "Educating for Social Change 21-10-2018" (audio). Wellington Access Radio. (Radio interview)