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==Welcome / nau mai==
[[File:Louise cake slices (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Help:Getting started|'''Welcome / nau mai''']] with the official WANZ [[Louise cake]]!]]
On behalf of [[m:Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand|Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand]] (WANZ), [[kia ora]], hello, kia orana, nǐ hǎo, talofa lava, bula vinaka, guten Tag, hola, malo e leilei, fakalofa atu, namaste, salâm, see tahay. '''[[Help:Getting started|Welcome to Wikipedia]]'''! I hope you like the place and decide to stay.  Here are some pages you might find helpful.
;General:
* [[Help:Introduction|Introduction]]
* [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The five pillars of Wikipedia]]
* [[Help:Editing|How to edit a page]]
* [[Wikipedia:Article development|How to write a great article]]
* [[Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style|Simplified Manual of Style]]
* [[Help:Your first article|Your first article]]
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community]]
* Feel free to [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|make test edits in the sandbox]]
* and check out the [[Wikipedia:Task Center|Task Center]], for ideas about what to work on.

;Specific to Aotearoa New Zealand:
* Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand runs local in person meetups in some cities and has a regular series of events where you can find people to help you on your editing journey or just hang out with like-minded people. [[Wikipedia:Meetup/New Zealand|Check out local Meet Ups and online editathons]]. We organise an annual conference. See [https://www.wikimedia.nz/wikimedia-events/ our website] for the next date.
* Join our [https://www.facebook.com/groups/833075710196955 Facebook group] and [https://twitter.com/wikiprojectnz follow us on Twitter]
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* Think about [https://www.wikimedia.nz/membership/ becoming a member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand]

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]!  Please [[Wikipedia:Signatures|sign your name]] on [[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|talk pages]] using four [[tilde]]s (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>); this will automatically produce your name and the date.  If you need help, please see our [[Help:Contents|'''help pages''']], and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on [[User talk:Schwede66|my talk page]] or place '''{{Tlc|Help me}}''' on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome!<noinclude>