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Creative Commons provides a range of copyright licences, freely available to the public, which allow those creating intellectual property – including authors, artists, educators and scientists – to mark their work with the freedoms they want it to carry.

Digital technologies offer new opportunities for making and accessing creative work of all kinds, and digital self-publishing is rapidly expanding across the world - from musicians, filmmakers and designers to universities, museums and libraries.

From this site you can find out about Creative Commons New Zealand 3.0 Licences, read about other Kiwi CC users, join the CC community and promote your work, keep up to date with news and events and share your thoughts.

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  1. Creative Commons Meetup: Open Research and OER in Tertiary

    This July Creative Commons Aotearoa, with the support of InternetNZ and the NetHui conference is holding a Meetup to discuss Open Access to research outputs and Open Education Resources in New Zealand's tertiary sector.

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  2. OER in the Asia Pacific

    UNESCO Asia and the Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Commonwealth of Learning and Thai Teachers TV recently held a policy forum on Open Educational Resources. Creative Commons projects from this region showcased success in the Open Educational Resources movement.

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  3. NZTA Remix

    The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has launched a competition for Year 9 - 13 secondary students and NZ schools to use creative remix or data mashup as a way to explore the theme of road safety.

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