Template:PD-NZ

This New Zealand work is in the public domain in New Zealand, because its copyright has expired or it is not subject to copyright (details). According to the New Zealand Copyright Act of 1994 as elaborated on by the Standing Committee on Copyright of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA), as of May 2011:

Type of material		Copyright has expired if ...	As of URAA date material was PD in US if...
A	For photographs, manuscripts, archives, music scores, maps, paintings, and drawings published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown:	photo taken or work published prior to 1 January 1975 (50 years ago)	photo taken or work published prior to 1 January 1946
B	Any works by the Crown (see Crown copyright)	dated 1944 or earlier	dated 1944 or earlier
C	Published works¹ by the Crown after 1945	No works¹ until 2045
D	For photographs, manuscripts, archives, music scores, maps, paintings, and drawings (except A-C)	Creator died before 1 January 1975 (50 years ago)	Creator died before 1 January 1946
E	For oral histories, music, computer-generated work and spoken word sound recordings	Released before 1 January 1975 (50 years ago)	Released before 1 January 1946

¹ Some government publications are not subject to copyright, including bills, acts, regulations, court judgments, royal commission and select committee reports, etc. See references [1] or [2] for the full list. Such works should use {{PD-NZSection27}}.

This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:

if it entered the public domain in New Zealand prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.

Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.

If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in New Zealand an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.

If the media is in the public domain in both New Zealand and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from }} to |commons}}.
This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.

This template adds the image Category:Images in the public domain in New Zealand if the image is PD in both the US and New Zealand.