Wellington Museums Trust Annual Report 2006

ANNUAL 

REPORT 

2006

WHO WE ARE 

The Wellington Museums Trust is 

a centrally managed and uniquely 

diverse group of arts and heritage 

experiences located within the heart 

of New Zealand’s “cultural capital”. 

CONTENTS 

Governance statement ................. 2 

Chairman’s report ........................ 3 

Chief executive’s report ................ 5 

The year’s highlights ................... 8 

Statement of performance .......... 18 

Audit report ............................. 23 

Financial statements ................. 24 

Our facilities comprise the city’s 

largest grouping of cultural and 

heritage attractions and we are 

key contributors to Wellington City 

Council’s directions of creativity and 

innovation. The trust acknowledges 

the council as its major funder. 

Our supporters .......................... 31 

Directory ................................. 33 

OUR MISSION 

TO LEAD THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 

OF WELLINGTON BY MAINTAINING 

AND ENHANCING ITS STATUS AS 

NEW ZEALAND’S ULTIMATE ARTS AND 

HERITAGE CITY TO LIVE IN AND VISIT. 

Cover: Into The REM-Zone, a collaboration between Capital E National Theatre 

for Children and Footnote Dance, was workshopped earlier this year and opens 

in August | Photo by Dean Zillwood 

Right: The new extension to the Wellington Cable Car Museum 

Photo by Mark Coote

HIGHLIGHTS 

Wellington Cable Car Museum doubled in size, 

another historic grip car restored and put on display, and museum 

goes on to win a New Zealand Tourism Industry Award 

for visitor activities and attractions: 

culture and heritage tourism 

Record number of visitors – over 236,000 – 

for City Gallery Wellington thanks to major exhibitions such as 

Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

Capital E National Theatre production Hinepau confirmed for 

Australian tour in October, with performances at Sydney 

Opera House and the Arts Centre, Melbourne 

Partnership with Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa sees 

Museum of Wellington City & Sea develop exhibition 

Innocents Abroad – touring the Pacific through a colonial lens 

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE 

VISITORS 2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 

Total number of visitors to all Wellington 

Museums Trust facilities and events 

705,267 662,340 626,994 

FINANCIAL 

Generated revenue ($000) 1,760 2,169 2,110 

Wellington City Council core funding grant ($000) 4,053 3,993 3,993 

Wellington City Council rental grant ($000) 1,472 1,077 1,077 

Total operating costs excluding WCC rent ($000) 5,825 6,262 6,057 

Total operational costs ($000) 7,297 7,340 7,135 

Operating expenditure per visitor $10.35 $11.08 $11.38 

Public subsidy per visitor $7.83 $7.66 $8.09 

Public subsidy per visitor excluding rental grant $5.75 $6.03 $6.37 

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GOVERNANCE 

STATEMENT 

Governance structure 

The Wellington Museums Trust is a Council Controlled 

Organisation (CCO). It was established in 1995 by the 

Wellington City Council to develop and manage Wellington 

museums, galleries and arts facilities. 

Role of the board 

The trustees are responsible for setting the strategic 

direction for the trust and for approving the statement of 

intent and annual business plan. The board monitors the 

organisational performance and ensures that the ongoing 

viability of the organisation is maintained. The board 

delegates the day to day operation of the trust to the 

chief executive and the management team, who report 

regularly to the board. 

As part of the ongoing relationship with the Wellington 

City Council, the chair meets with the mayor and chief 

executive on a monthly basis and the chief executive 

meets regularly with officers of the CCO unit and other 

council management when appropriate. The chair and 

chief executive attend the CCO performance subcommittee 

as required. 

Personnel subcommittee: this reviews the terms 

and conditions of the chief executive and monitors 

performance. 

Meeting attendance 

TRUSTEE 

NUMBER OF 

MEETINGS 

ELIGIBLE TO 

ATTEND 

NUMBER OF 

MEETINGS 

ATTENDED 

Bill Brien 10 10 

Viv Beck 8 6 

Peter Blades 10 8 

Helene Ritchie 8 3* 

Simon Marsh 8 8 

* Helene Ritchie was on leave of absence due to illness from 

November 2005 to May 2006 

Board membership 

APPOINTED 

TERM EXPIRES 

Bill Brien, chairman 30 April 1999 31 December 2007 

Viv Beck 1 January 2005 31 December 2007 

Peter Blades 1 May 2001 31 December 2008 

Helene Ritchie 5 November 2004 31 October 2007 

Simon Marsh 1 May 2001 31 December 2007 

Board operations 

The board meets no less than nine times per year, unless 

a lesser number of meetings is agreed by trustees. It 

operates the following subcommittees: 

Audit and finance subcommittee: this meets up to twice 

a year. It reviews and recommends the draft financial 

plan and annual report to the full trust. 

Clockwise from left: Helene Ritchie, Simon Marsh, Peter Blades, 

Viv Beck, Bill Brien 

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CHAIRMAN’S 

REPORT 

With over 700,000 

visitors to trust facilities 

and events this year, 

there is no doubt that 

we have once again made 

a strong contribution to 

Wellington’s deserved 

reputation as the 

country’s cultural capital. 

Our success is, as always, a direct result of the energies, 

enthusiasms and talents of all those involved with the 

trust and reflects the continued support from our major 

funder, the Wellington City Council. 

Our trustees are currently reviewing the trust’s strategic 

plan; work which should be completed by September and 

which will chart our strategies for the next five years. 

Some key opportunities and challenges that we have 

already identified are: 

• Funding: continued contraction of some services and 

inability to reach our potential across all facilities 

• Collections: the need to re-house the Museum of 

Wellington City & Sea’s collections in a storage facility 

that meets national and international standards 

• Conservation: relocation and long-term plan for the 

conservation and display of the Inconstant 

• Gallery enhancement: maximising opportunities 

to develop a Maori and Pacific Island gallery and the 

relocation of the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery within an 

extension to City Gallery Wellington; and 

• Capital E sponsorship: securing long-term funding 

for the Capital E National Arts Festival and Capital E 

National Theatre for Children. 

Funding 

Last year we reported that we would undertake a 

benchmarking review in partnership with the Wellington 

City Council to compare the trust’s overall performance 

with other similar organisations and institutions. It was 

expected that this review would assist both the council 

and ourselves to establish funding and service levels for 

the future. The trust completed much of the preliminary 

research in early February and the council is in the 

process of finalising its portion of the report. This will 

be completed in time to be considered as part of the 

council’s next Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) 

development. Initial feedback from the benchmarking 

data demonstrates that our trust delivers quality services 

and programmes in a cost-effective and efficient manner 

when compared to other similar organisations and 

institutions. The trust is pleased to note that allowance 

has been made within the recently published LTCCP for 

inflation in future years. However, that alone will not 

satisfactorily resolve the operational deficits that the 

trust has run to fund recent years’ activities. 

Collections 

Following an independent review by leading conservator 

Detlef Klein, a specialist in the care and management 

of museum collections, it was confirmed that the 

Museum of Wellington City & Sea’s rented collection 

store at Ngauranga was inadequate and could never 

meet national or international standards for long-term 

collection storage. This review was sent to the Wellington 

City Council, which acknowledged the importance of the 

museum implementing best practice for its collection 

management. As a result, the trust’s chief executive has 

initiated discussions with other Wellington institutions 

to explore the feasibility of providing a regional solution 

for collection management. This concept could provide a 

unique opportunity to raise the standards of collection 

care across all institutions as well as to support the 

regional strategy promoted by Wellington’s local 

authorities. We have identified that it will take three 

years from initial discussions to the creation of a new, 

purpose-built facility. 

Conservation 

During the year the trust provided the council with three 

options for the continued conservation of the Inconstant 

(Plimmer’s Ark) and for its display once conservation is 

complete. The project is currently located between the 

Events Centre and Shed 6 on Queens Wharf, space which 

will be required by Positively Wellington Waterfront when 

this area is developed further. New research confirmed 

by our conservator Jack Fry has identified that the 

Inconstant’s conserved remains will need to be housed 

in a fully climate-controlled environment. This alone 

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CHAIRMAN’S 

REPORT 

will incur significant and previously unidentified costs: 

further capital expenditure to construct a suitable 

building and additional ongoing operating costs. As the 

trust manages this project on behalf of the council, it 

will require the council’s decision (in consultation with 

the trust) on the best option for the future. 

Gallery enhancement 

The council has promoted an upgrade to City Gallery 

Wellington that will see its cinema/lecture theatre 

relocated. This will allow the current foyer to be 

increased in size and turned into the Hancock Gallery, 

which will feature work from the city collection. The 

gallery’s director has also promoted a second level to 

the extension to house a Maori and Pacific Island gallery 

and the relocation of the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery. It 

is hoped that this can also be funded, as it will provide 

a considerable enhancement to the gallery and to the 

programme it offers. 

Capital E sponsorship 

There remains a challenge: to put in place long-term 

funding to enable the biennial Capital E National Arts 

Festival to be further enhanced as a signature event for 

the city. This festival, which is part of an international 

network and which operates in alternate years to the New 

Zealand International Arts Festival, will be presented for 

the third time in March 2007. The trust is also seeking to 

find a national sponsor to support the Capital E National 

Theatre for Children for its touring programme. In addition 

to Creative New Zealand, this has been supported by 

gaming machine and local trusts. However, we do not see 

this as sustainable in the longer term, particularly with 

the pressures on these funding sources. 

People 

During the year, we have once again benefited from a 

huge network of sponsors, supporters, benefactors and 

volunteers, all of whom recognise what we are trying 

to achieve for the benefit of the city and its visitors. 

A special thank you to Dr Roderick Deane for his role 

in establishing and then chairing the City Gallery 

Wellington Foundation and for his unstinting support of 

gallery director Paula Savage and the gallery itself. Dr 

Deane retired from this role at the end of June and we 

welcome Nigel Williams as the new chair. 

I would like to acknowledge our hard-working trustees, 

who contribute their expertise in so many spheres for 

our benefit. We are delighted to have councillor Helene 

Ritchie back with us after a leave of absence due to 

illness. On a sadder note, I would like to pay a particular 

tribute to former trustee Erenora Puketapu-Hetet, who 

died recently. Erenora was a trustee from mid 2001 until 

last year. A practising artist (an example of her tukutuku 

weaving is on display in the Museum of Wellington City 

& Sea) and skilled businesswoman, Erenora brought a 

unique blend of creativity, intuition and warmth to the 

trust and is sorely missed. 

The trustees sincerely thank all the directors and staff. 

My special thanks to chief executive John Gilberthorpe, 

finance manager John McCormick and the administrative 

team, who are the backbone of the trust and all its 

endeavours. 

W A Brien E.D. 

Chairman 

Paper Shaper | Photos by Mark Coote 

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S 

REPORT 

This has been the 11 th 

year of the trust’s 

operation and I am 

delighted to report 

that we have gone 

from strength to 

strength. Some of our 

key successes were: 

• Record visitor numbers of over 236,000 at City Gallery 

Wellington 

• A major exhibition at the gallery celebrating the 

work of internationally acclaimed Australian artist 

Patricia Piccinini, which spearheaded the visual 

arts component of the most recent New Zealand 

International Festival of the Arts 

• The Museum of Wellington City & Sea’s New Zealand 

International Festival of the Arts exhibition, Innocents 

Abroad – touring the Pacific through a colonial lens, 

developed in partnership with the Museum of New 

Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 

• Completion of the extended Wellington Cable Car 

Museum, opened on the museum’s fifth birthday 

(December 5) by Mayor Kerry Prendergast and 

supported by Minister of Tourism Hon Damien 

O’Connor 

• This museum was a winner in the prestigious New 

Zealand Tourism Industry Awards (for visitor activities 

and attractions: culture and heritage tourism) and 

was a finalist in the Wellington Region Gold Awards 

• New work Paper Shaper developed by Capital E 

National Theatre for Children and premiered to local 

audiences in March 

• Confirmation of Capital E National Theatre for 

Children’s tour to Australia this October of Hinepau, 

for performances at the Arts Centre, Melbourne and 

Sydney Opera House; and 

• A highly successful combined free open day at the 

Colonial Cottage Museum and New Zealand Cricket 

Museum in February. 

More details of our year’s achievements are given later in 

this report. 

Financial 

The trust’s overall financial performance was generally in 

line with budget. The trust made an overall deficit after 

fully funding depreciation and an $86,000 loss on the 

transfer of landlord improvements (WCC) relating to the 

Wellington Cable Car Museum redevelopment. 

Expenditure: Major capital expenditure this year related 

to the redevelopment of the Wellington Cable Car Museum. 

This included an extension to the building, restoration 

and conservation of the historic Grip Car 3, upgrade of 

the winding room experience, and interpretation and 

installation of the museum’s two new galleries. The 

building extension was primarily funded by the Wellington 

City Council with a contribution from the trust. The 

balance of the funding was from fundraising and from 

the trust’s own capital expenditure budget. Other capital 

expenditure related to asset replacement and the upgrade 

of the Information Technology (IT) network. 

Overall expenditure was in line with budget, but it should 

be noted that personnel costs increased by $190,000 over 

the previous year. Half of this increase relates to the 

reallocation of most “front of house casual staff” costs at 

City Gallery Wellington from security to personnel expenses. 

There were also two adjustments in the hourly rate paid to 

casual staff to reflect the upward movement in the minimum 

wage and to ensure that the trust maintained a differential 

between these rates. These adjustments brought the casual 

rates more in line with the market. The balance was due 

to the creation of a new position of IT manager to develop 

and maintain the trust’s new IT network, and some small 

adjustments to salaries. 

The trust maintains only a small core team in its corporate 

office, and contracts legal, HR and other specialist services 

as needed. Professional fees this year were higher than 

budgeted due to the full review of our HR policies and 

procedures, legal costs related to the renewal of leases 

and work being undertaken on strategic planning. 

Income: Income was in line with budget. The Ministry 

of Education income reflects changes to the level of 

services contracted, which were reduced from previous 

years. The reason for the reduction in income from 

grants/sponsorships and donations relates to there being 

no call on the City Gallery Wellington Foundation during 

this financial year and it being a non-festival year at 

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REPORT 

Capital E. Both of these projects generated significant 

income during the previous year. The Creative New 

Zealand income, which relates to the theatre, reflects 

the timing of projects that have been completed by the 

theatre. Grants in excess of $225,000 were received for 

the Wellington Cable Car Museum project. 

The trust continues to operate with a very small cash 

reserve, which now provides little support for risk 

mitigation. 

IT network 

In May 2005, following an extensive review of our IT 

capability which highlighted varying levels of service 

across the facilities, we decided to commit to networking 

our sites. The full network linking five sites was 

successfully completed this April. Other new initiatives 

have included the installation of a new point-of-sale 

system at the Wellington Cable Car Museum which will 

enable better stock management by the museum’s 

manager and his team. 

Our people 

Brett Mason was appointed director of the Museum of 

Wellington City & Sea following the resignation of Paul 

Thompson. Brett was previously the museum’s marketing 

and public programmes manager and was instrumental in 

developing the highly successful winter public programme 

season. He also conceived and curated Innocents Abroad – 

touring the Pacific through a colonial lens in collaboration 

with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 

I would like to acknowledge the significant contribution 

that Paul Thompson made to the development of the 

Museum of Wellington City & Sea, bringing greater 

engagement with our community and successfully 

putting in place strategies that saw the first professional 

assessment of its collections. Paul’s creative and 

innovative ideas on the presentation of exhibitions and 

stories also brought a new vibrancy to the museum. 

In October, we farewelled Kim Townley as manager of 

the Colonial Cottage Museum. Kim had worked with the 

trust for more than seven years and was responsible for 

the development of the museum’s visitor centre and the 

enhancement of the visitor experience. 

Emmanuel Makarios has had management of the Colonial 

Cottage Museum added to his responsibilities as Wellington 

Cable Car Museum manager. 

Also during the year, City Gallery Wellington director 

Paula Savage was invited to become a member of CIMAN 

– International Council of Museums (ICOM) International 

Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art. 

The skill and excellence of Capital E National Theatre for 

Children’s staff was acknowledged with artistic director 

Peter Wilson awarded the prestigious UNIMA award in 

recognition of his significant contribution to puppetry 

arts in Australia. General manager Stephen Blackburn 

was awarded a scholarship from Creative New Zealand for 

professional development, as part of the government’s 

objective to target arts leadership. 

Customer awareness 

Awareness of trust facilities measured by WCC residents satisfaction surveys 

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80 

70 

60 

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City Gallery Wellington Museum of Wellington City & Sea Wellington Cable Car Museum Capital E 

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REPORT 

and professional practices and systems now overhauled 

to good effect”. The review also identified a number of 

challenges and opportunities that included “institutional 

focus” and “the experience” that should be considered as 

part of the next strategic plan scheduled for development 

in 2006. 

Prime Minister the Rt Hon Helen Clark and Museum of Wellington City 

& Sea director Paul Thompson at the opening of Innocents Abroad 

Photo by Mark Coote 

New accounting system 

The trust is currently reviewing its accounting needs and 

is planning an upgrade of the accounting system that will 

be implemented on 1 July 2007. With all of the trust’s 

business units now networked, this brings opportunities 

to make this upgrade. 

Understanding our visitors 

While we collect visitor information at each of our 

facilities to varying degrees, we are proposing to develop 

improved and more comprehensive surveying methods 

over the coming year. We can already report that there 

is a high level of public recognition of the trust’s main 

institutions as measured in the WCC residents satisfaction 

surveys and that there is a high level of satisfaction 

with all the trust’s offerings, as measured by in-house 

surveying, with targets met. 

Following discussions with the council, it was decided 

to review the Colonial Cottage Museum operation with 

the objective of reducing the public subsidy per visitor. 

Following the analysis of visitor patterns over several 

years, it was concluded that the museum would continue 

to open at weekends throughout the year but with daily 

opening only from Boxing Day to Easter. Schools and 

other groups would only be accommodated during the 

week should suitable casual staff be available. While this 

approach will see overall visitor numbers decrease, the 

public subsidy per visitor will now be at a level acceptable 

to our principal funder. 

Acknowledgments 

The trust continues to enjoy the support of many 

individuals and organisations throughout Wellington 

and beyond. Our core funder remains the Wellington 

City Council and we acknowledge the excellent working 

relationship that we have with council officers. 

I should like to extend my thanks to Bill Brien and to 

our trustees, whose interest and support is valued by all 

staff. 

Finally, thanks to our highly talented and creative team 

of hard-working staff who continue to deliver such a 

range of quality visitor experiences for Wellingtonians 

and for visitors to our city. 

Reviews 

As part of our ongoing policy of peer reviewing in our 

main institutions every three to four years, the trust 

commissioned a review of the Museum of Wellington City 

& Sea’s activities. This was undertaken by independent 

museum specialist Ken Gorbey and by Gisella Carr, 

who had previously participated in a Capital E review. 

The review noted that “considerable progress had been 

made achieving the 2003-2006 strategic plan, with 

significant progress having been made with managerial 

John Gilberthorpe 

Chief Executive 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Museum doubles in size 

NEW INITIATIVES 

The project to extend the Wellington Cable Car Museum 

and to restore and display another historic cable car 

was completed on time and within budget, with the 

building extension officially opened on 5 December (the 

museum’s fifth birthday) by Mayor Kerry Prendergast and 

supported by Minister of Tourism Hon. Damien O’Connor. 

The two storey extension has doubled the size of the 

museum and houses the restored Grip Car 3, improved 

audiovisual facilities and information on the surrounding 

area, recognising the museum’s key location at the top 

of the cable car route and at the upper entrance to the 

Wellington Botanic Garden. 

The Wellington Cable Car Museum welcomed its millionth 

visitor in April and remains very popular with tourists 

(international tourists make up 70% of its visitor 

numbers). It has attracted more repeat visits from 

Wellingtonians since the extension was completed. 

The museum (through the trust chief executive) and 

Wellington City Council officers have been instrumental 

in the development of the Cable Car Precinct Group, 

which is comprised of neighbouring attractions that will 

work together to promote the upgrade of the precinct as 

one of the city’s premier tourist sites. 

Minister of Tourism Hon. Damien O’Connor and Wellington Mayor 

Kerry Prendergast at the official opening of the Wellington Cable 

Car Museum extension in December | Photo by Mark Coote 

Manoeuvring the restored Grip Car 3 into the new museum 

extension | Photo by Mark Coote 

Developing partnerships 

The Museum of Wellington City & Sea has been working 

closely with Wellington Waterfront Limited on the 

cultural and recreational opportunities for enhancement 

of the waterfront. It also developed strong ties with the 

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa during its 

collaboration on Innocents Abroad, an exhibition that 

draws on a significant aspect of Te Papa’s photography 

collection. The museum was selected as an exemplar for 

a resource on volunteers produced by Te Papa National 

Services Te Paerangi. 

City Gallery Wellington also further strengthened its links 

with Te Papa, mounting an exhibition of contemporary 

New Zealand artworks from the museum’s collections titled 

Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa. 

From left: Wellington Museums Trust chief executive John Gilberthorpe, 

communications adviser Ann Cunninghame and Wellington Cable Car 

Museum manager Emmanuel Makarios receiving the museum’s tourism 

award | Photo courtesy of Tourism Industry Association New Zealand 

Michael Stevenson’s This is the Trekka, from the exhibition Small World, 

Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Across the Tasman 

Capital E National Theatre for Children is planning 

to include Australia in its successful regular touring 

programme. This will only be undertaken on the basis 

that it is an “add-on” to the existing touring programme 

and provided it can provide a financial return for the 

trust. To date, the theatre company has contracted three 

Australian performances, with another set for 2007. 

Capital E has established a circus school to provide a 

training framework for children. The school has evolved 

out of public workshops and operates in partnership with 

the Wellington Circus Trust, which provides the tutors 

and training curriculum. 

PERFORMANCES, EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS 

Blockbuster year for the gallery 

The popularity of the Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

and Michael Smither: The Wonder Years exhibitions, which 

jointly attracted more than 100,000 visitors, boosted 

gallery visitor numbers to their highest level ever at 

236,406 and attracted enthusiastic media coverage. 

Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life was the first significant 

solo showing of this Australian artist’s work in New 

Zealand. Curated by gallery director Paula Savage 

and senior curator Heather Galbraith, this exhibition 

of sculpture, photography and video examined the 

ACHIEVEMENTS 

Theatre success 

Capital E National Theatre for Children was again 

recognised as a respected member of Wellington’s 

professional theatre industry with two awards for Hinepau 

at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. Jennifer Lal won 

lighting designer of the year, while Stephen Gallagher 

won outstanding composer of original music. 

Museum a winner 

On its first-ever time of entering, the Wellington Cable Car 

Museum won an award at the 2006 New Zealand Tourism 

Industry Awards for visitor activities and attractions: 

culture and heritage tourism. The museum was also a 

finalist in the 2006 Wellington Region Gold Awards in 

the vibrant gold category. 

Annual report awards 

The trust was a finalist in the New Zealand Institute of 

Chartered Accountants’ 2006 annual report awards in the 

service organisation/volunteer sector category. 

Top: Catalogue Cover: Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

Bottom: City Gallery Wellington director Paula Savage (left) with artist 

Patricia Piccinini at the opening of Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

Photo by Justine Hall 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

uncomfortable overlaps between art, science and daily 

life. Michael Smither: The Wonder Years was a major 

touring exhibition from Auckland Art Gallery of one of 

this country’s best loved painters and was also extremely 

popular with Wellingtonians. 

Another highlight was Yuk King Tan: Overflow, a gallerycommissioned 

project by an artist described as one of 

New Zealand’s hottest young talents. This installation 

explored ideas about cultural identity, global politics, 

trade, power and consumption. 

Contrasting in style, Jane Pountney: Wade in the Water 

paid tribute to one of Wellington’s foremost landscape 

artists of recent decades, the late Jane Pountney (1949- 

2004). Meanwhile Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life was 

another gallery-commissioned project and was curated 

by Gregory O’Brien. This explored various notions of 

home through paintings and sculptural works, including 

McKenna’s ceramics which were inscribed with poetry by 

Wellingtonian Jenny Bornholdt. 

Partnership with Te Papa 

In a groundbreaking partnership, the gallery and 

the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa gave 

audiences the chance to see many contemporary New 

Zealand artworks from Te Papa’s visual art collections. 

Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa 

was curated by Gregory O’Brien, Emma Bugden and 

Natasha Conland. A key feature of the exhibition was 

the first New Zealand showing of Te Papa’s recent major 

acquisition, Michael Stevenson’s This is the Trekka. 

This installation project was originally produced for 

the New Zealand pavilion at the 2003 Venice Biennale, 

for which City Gallery Wellington (in partnership with 

Creative New Zealand) was the organising gallery. 

Wellington art on show 

Another lively year for City Gallery Wellington’s Michael 

Hirschfeld Gallery celebrated established local artists 

as well as emerging talent. Highlights were Designs on 

Antarctica, for which Raewyn Atkinson created a selection 

of ceramics featuring scenes of Antarctic history and 

landscape. In Muttonbirds - part of a story, a poetic sequence 

of 30 photographs, Bruce Connew documented the yearly 

migration of the muttonbirds to their nesting sites and 

the muttonbirders who follow them there. Connew’s photoessay 

was given a rare two-page review by Time. 

Diversity at Capital E 

Capital E’s vibrant events programme included everything 

from live music concert DMV and Battle of Young Wits to 

The Big Halloween. A new event, Taste Capital E, opened 

the whole facility free to the public as part of the wider 

Wellington Big Look See arts open day in May. 

Wellington school children paraded their own artistic 

‘“body props” live on stage in the first Capital E Excessive 

Accessories Showcase Evening, as part of last year’s 

Montana WOW® Awards Show celebrations. A new annual 

event offered to schools, this was produced by Capital E in 

partnership with WOW® in Wellington and the Wellington 

City Council, and proved extremely popular. 

On Our Street | Photo by Mark Coote 

BOXES | Photo by John Nicholson 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Capital E also hosted a range of child-focused cultural 

events including two new festivals, Loy Krathong (the 

Thai moon festival) and an Indonesian culture festival, 

as well as annual events Sin Nian (Chinese New Year) and 

Diwali (the Indian festival of lights). 

Capital E National Theatre for Children 

The theatre company celebrated its first-ever export 

performance with an Australian season of BOXES at 

Terrapin Theatre, Tasmania. It also confirmed contracts 

with the Sydney Opera House and The Arts Centre in 

Melbourne for Hinepau, another of its original productions. 

The Sydney school season was quickly booked out with 

a waiting list. 

At home, the theatre premiered new work Paper Shaper 

with its superbly crafted origami, and music by top New 

Zealand composer Gareth Farr. It presented four original 

productions to Wellington children and families and to 

school audiences nationally while continuing to expand 

and strengthen partnerships with nationwide festivals. 

The company enjoyed ongoing support for its successful 

national touring programme from Creative New Zealand. 

The theatre also maintained its development programme, 

with an exciting international collaboration in the 

pipeline for 2007 that will link artists from New Zealand, 

Australia and Indonesia, as well as continuing to 

develop a commission from award-winning playwright 

Gary Henderson. 

Innocents Abroad at the museum 

Undoubtedly the highlight for the Museum of Wellington 

City & Sea was the launch of Innocents Abroad – touring 

the Pacific through a colonial lens, an exhibition 

developed by marketing and public programmes manager 

(and now museum director) Brett Mason in collaboration 

with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The 

Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Helen Clark, officially opened 

this exhibition in February as part of the New Zealand 

International Arts Festival. Te Papa has developed a 

two-year nationwide tour to nine venues for Innocents 

Abroad beginning in August and is also considering an 

international touring programme. 

Innocents Abroad comprises 74 images from Dunedin 

photographer Alfred Burton’s trip to the Pacific Islands in 

1884, shown in a critically acclaimed installation. Most 

images were drawn from Te Papa’s Burton Bros collection, 

with the rest coming from Canterbury Museum, Alexander 

Turnbull Library and the museum’s own collection. 

Maritime art was also to the fore during the year with 

A Shepherd and his Ships – maritime art by Frank 

Barnes. With 70 paintings, this was the most significant 

exhibition of maritime works by one artist ever shown in 

Wellington. Curated by collection curator Laureen Sadlier, 

this drew on the museum’s own collection of Barnes’ work 

and documented the changes in New Zealand shipping 

during the early 20th century. The exhibition went 

on to a successful season at the New Zealand National 

Maritime Museum. 

SS Waiwera leaving Wellington with 2nd New Zealand contingent 

for South Africa, Frank Barnes, c1899-1902 

The world champion fire dancers of Hawaii at the opening of Innocents Abroad 


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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Cricket highlights 

The New Zealand Cricket Museum installed a new wallmounted 

exhibition during the year titled Start of Play: 

The Origins of Cricket. It also developed a showcase display 

installation of New Zealand cricket test and first-class 

history/her-story highlights and lowlights in the 1970s 

and 1980s. 

Specialist museums team up 

A well-attended free public open day was held in February 

for the Colonial Cottage Museum and New Zealand Cricket 

Museum. The cottage came to life with craftspeople 

and musicians in residence and also offered tours of its 

heritage garden with organic gardener Hannah Zwartz. 

Vanessa James at the Colonial Cottage Museum open day in February 

Across town at the Basin Reserve, cricket aficionados 

enjoyed guided tours of the museum, visits to the Long 

Room in the RA Vance Stand and activities for young 

cricketers arranged by Cricket Wellington. 

Cottage celebrations 

The Colonial Cottage Museum celebrated its 25th year 

as a museum with an afternoon tea for Wallis family 

descendants (William Wallis built the cottage for his 

family in 1858), supporters, councillors and trust 

staff. The museum has been under trust management 

since 1997. 

EDUCATION 

Andrew Robson and his son Richard at celebrations for the Colonial 

Cottage Museum’s 25th year as a museum. Andrew’s great-greatgrandfather 

William Wallis built the cottage in 1858. 

Other exhibitions at the museum and in the community 

included: Wellingtonia – photographs by Julian Ward; 

Re-Telling Tales, a collaboration with the Victoria 

University International Institute of Modern Letters as 

a creative response to the museum’s own Telling Tales 

– Wellington’s 20th century exhibition; and Embroidered 

Badges, a joint exhibition of the von Kohorn collection 

of badges, crests and patches with a whimsical reply by 

Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild members. 

The trust has a strong commitment to presenting 

curriculum-linked programmes, with more than 35,500 

children enjoying these last year at its Wellington 

facilities and another 25,000 through the national touring 

programme of Capital E National Theatre for Children. 

The trust currently employs six qualified teachers and 

contracts further educational support as required. 

Music, TV and more at Capital E 

School groups from throughout the country experienced 

the newly developed OnTV Studio format, which allows 

for more performance elements in student television 

production. Meanwhile, Capital E SoundHouse New 

Zealand computers were upgraded to ensure the ongoing 

provision of the latest music technology and software. 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

In June and July, more than 2,000 American visitors also 

enjoyed the Capital E OnTV Studio and SoundHouse 

New Zealand experience; the most successful year so far. 

Capital E National Theatre for Children published a series 

of education resources for this year’s shows, including 

new resources specifically focusing on the Ministry of 

Education’s new early childhood curriculum, Te Whariki. 

Capital E now offers a fixed year-round community 

education programme of weekend and after-school 

courses for children thanks to generous support from 

the Winton and Margaret Bear Charitable Trust. This 

allows children to develop skills in television and sound 

production, drama and circus performance. It has also 

produced the OnTV kids crew, an on-call TV crew which 

records Capital E events and whose services are also being 

requested by television show Studio 2. 

Trip kit for Museum of Wellington City & Sea 

The museum’s education service launched a new resource 

for Telling Tales – Wellington’s 20th century. This is a trip 

kit that provides teachers with all the information they 

need to make a safe and well-planned visit. The museum 

continued to develop innovative, curriculum-based tours 

for both primary and secondary schools and this approach 

paid off with an increase in the number of secondary 

school visits. 

Gallery’s bicultural focus 

Exhibition-linked education programmes at City Gallery 

Wellington included artist talks and workshops, while 

the successful outreach programme also saw education 

staff taking art activities to Wellington schools. A unique 

feature of the gallery’s education programmes is the 

bicultural focus for teaching and learning using Te ao 

Maori/Maori belief systems. This involved programmes 

comparing the work of exhibiting artists to reproductions 

of the work by Maori artists, and discussing the links 

between artist or exhibition themes and Maori ideas. 

Special education events were run during Te wiki o te reo 

Maori (Maori language week) relating to selected artworks 

from Small World Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa. 

Students took part in contemporary dance workshops 

using the Maori legend of Ngake and Whataitai as their 

inspiration, and Maori weaving workshops provided 

students with an exciting and interactive introduction to 

a traditional Maori art practice. 

Specialist museums popular 

The New Zealand Cricket Museum attracted visits from 

25 education groups during the year. These included 

primary, intermediate, secondary and tertiary students 

as well as rest home residents. 

The Colonial Cottage Museum continued to offer themed 

programmes to education groups. Meanwhile, the 

Capital E Soundhouse New Zealand 

Visitors to the New Zealand Cricket Museum view the 1970s and 1980s 

showcase display | Photo by Michael Hall 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Wellington Cable Car Museum attracted a large number 

of school groups on casual visits and, once the building 

extension was complete, began work on developing 

curriculum-linked resources. 

PUBLIC PROGRAMMES 

Action-packed programmes at City Gallery Wellington and 

Museum of Wellington City & Sea stimulated, informed 

and entertained a wide range of audiences. Both facilities 

regard public education as a core activity and aim to 

complement their exhibitions with a diverse programme 

of associated events. With Capital E’s strong performance 

and event focus, there was no shortage of activities 

there either for the enjoyment of young people and their 

families. The New Zealand Cricket Museum embarked on 

its second year of public programmes, with a presentation 

on Chris Cairns’ career to 2002 by biographer Hamish 

McDouall. 

Art and beyond 

While artist talks formed the backbone of the gallery’s 

public programme, events spanned guided tours, curator 

talks, lectures, dance performances, poetry readings and 

much more. Highlights included: 

• The Young at Art children’s music and colour workshop, 

devised by artist Michael Smither to encourage 

children to “compose colour”. Children created their 

own composition from coloured squares of paper on 

card. This was then notated by Smither and played 

by students from Te Köki The New Zealand School 

of Music. 

• A keynote lecture, Extrahuman: The New Organic 

Order Of Patricia Piccinini, by Juliana Engberg, artistic 

director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary 

Art in Melbourne. 

• A late night session: Music for Dreamers, Believers 

and Late Night Creatures. This was a Friday night 

event combining the Patricia Piccinini and Michael 

Smither exhibitions with live music, food and drinks. 

This popular event drew a crowd of 500 spilling all 

over the gallery, with visitors arriving right up until 

the late closing time of 11pm. 

On the waterfront 

At the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, exhibitionlinked 

public programmes included curator talks as well 

as poetry readings, book launches and music events. Prime 

Minister the Rt. Hon Helen Clark launched Revolution at 

the museum, which was a book published by Canterbury 

University Press and the Trade Union History Project on 

the 1913 waterfront strike (the museum’s exhibition 

Strike 1913 opens in August). The museum also took 

part in the Arts Wellington-arranged weekend The Big 

Look See. 

Following on from the success of last year’s nine-week 

public programme Telling Tales Live, the museum ran a 

similar season titled Wellingtonia Live. This was launched 

with an electrifying performance by one of Wellington’s 

leading bands, Rhombus, and included screenings of the 

film Wellingtonia, a display of photographs by Julian 

Ward and a range of performances. 

Artist Michael Smither at his Young at Art workshop | Photo by Stephen Gibbs 

Murray Henderson gives a talk on the Pamir for Wellingtonia Live 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

production, drama and robotics as well as new sessions 

linked to the holiday theatre shows. The facility also 

hosted and co-produced seven shows as part of the 

Wellington City Council Dance Your Socks Off event. 

RESEARCH & COLLECTIONS 

Bell donated by the San Francisco Cable Car Museum 


As mentioned in the chairman’s report, the Museum of 

Wellington City & Sea commissioned an independent 

review of its collection store. As a result of this report, 

which confirmed that the storage was inadequate, the 

museum placed a moratorium on new acquisitions, carried 

out some remedial work on the store and is now working 

with other institutions to identify regional needs for 

collection management. 

The museum also took part in Audit New Zealand’s 

preparation and consultation process for its report 

Management of heritage collections in local museums and 

galleries. The final report highlighted many of the points 

made about best care and practice of collections already 

identified in the independent review. 

Focus on collection management 

Volunteer Peter Ross in the New Zealand Cricket Museum library 

Photo by Michael Hall 

The museum continued to enjoy public programmes offered 

by the Maritime Friends, the Maritime Archaeological 

Association of New Zealand and the Wellington Historical 

and Early Settlers’ Association. 

Enjoying the seasons 

Children and families enjoyed interactive fun throughout 

Christmas as well as the summer break with Capital 

E’s traditional Christmas event and its new Summer 

at Capital E, which provided a playground of themed 

summer activities for the entire holiday period. Holiday 

workshops were offered in television, sound and music 

Near the end of the year, the museum was unsuccessful 

in its application for funding to provide a library and 

information service within the museum building. Given 

the decline in funding and mindful of the two reports 

referred to above, the focus over the next period will be 

on collection management ahead of other related services 

such as research. 

The museum is now nearing completion in the hand-over 

of its Union Steam Ship Company and Wellington Harbour 

Board archives to the Wellington City Archives, a process 

which began in 2004 to provide better public access to 

these historically significant archives. 

During the year, the museum purchased a major painting 

of the Pamir by artist Frank Barnes, adding to an already 

significant collection of his work. The painting’s purchase 

and restoration were made possible by a donation from 

the Maritime Friends of the Museum. The museum also 

acquired 34 photograph works by Alison Jones depicting 

life on the Wellington railways in the 1980s and 1990s. 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Spotlight on the audience 

Capital E National Theatre for Children was awarded a 

Creative New Zealand grant to work with Colmar Brunton 

to assess audience developments in the education sector. 

Stage one of this research was completed in June. 

Cricket donations 

A significant number of cricket treasures and archive 

material were gifted to the New Zealand Cricket Museum. 

This ranged over a number of collections including 

photography, ephemera, costumes and textiles, paper 

and books. Work began on streamlining and reorganising 

the museum’s collections and good initial progress was 

made. This process will be substantially advanced over 

the coming year. 

Gripping tales 

A donation of an early gripman’s manual to the Wellington 

Cable Car Museum prompted manager Emmanuel Makarios 

to obtain an oral history from the donor. The museum 

has appealed for more items and memorabilia relating to 

the cable car system and the surrounding Kelburn area to 

boost its collection. 

The museum was also privileged to receive a genuine 

brass cable car bell as a donation from the San Francisco 

Cable Car Museum. This bell, which is now mounted on 

the recently restored Grip Car 3, is virtually identical to 

the original. 

SIGHT & SOUND 

Art in print 

The gallery produced three major exhibition-linked 

publications: Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life, which included 

a major essay by curator Gregory O’Brien and tracked the 

Sydney-based artist’s ongoing fascination with ideas 

of home and the interior life; Yuk King Tan: Overflow, 

which carried extensive photographic documentation of 

the exhibition, an essay by curator Sarah Farrar and an 

interview with the artist; and Patricia Piccinini: In Another 

Life, the first publication produced in New Zealand on 

her work. This included new writing about Piccinini’s 

work and the current context of genetic research and 

engineering by artist/writer/lecturer Stella Brennan and 

Professor Ingrid Winship, a Melbourne-based clinical 

geneticist. 

The Museum of Wellington City & Sea produced a 

catalogue for Innocents Abroad which included essays by 

exhibition curator Brett Mason, New Zealand’s leading 

maritime historian Gavin McLean and poet/performance 

artist Tusiata Avia. The catalogue was supported by a 

grant from the Maritime Friends of the Museum. 

Artist Noel McKenna (middle) with curator Gregory O’Brien and 

Wellington poet Jenny Bornholdt at the opening of Sheltered Life 

Catalogue Cover: Yuk King Tan: Overflow 

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THE YEAR’S 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Podcasts for Piccinini 

Visitors to Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life at the gallery 

enjoyed the additional benefit of an author’s talk which 

they could listen to before, during or after the exhibition. 

A special website and podcast (audio file) designed by 

Saatchi & Saatchi allowed visitors to download a talk by 

the artist onto their own portable media players or onto 

a gallery iPod. This provided a wonderful opportunity to 

link into today’s technologies and generated some very 

positive feedback. 

On air at Capital E 

Capital E OnTV Studio worked with CWA New Media on 

a new web television channel for the education sector. 

The OnTV Studio provided regular content for webcasting 

from April. 

Two young Capital E SoundHouse New Zealand 

scholarship performers, Angelique MacDonald and Meghan 

Glue, prepared for the release of their own CD albums in 

the New Year. 

DMV performer 

At the opening of Patricia Piccinini – In Another Life | Photo by Justine Hall 

City Gallery Wellington director Paula Savage (right) tours Patricia 

Piccinini – In Another Life with Edward de Bono | Photo by Amy Schulz 

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STATEMENT OF 

PERFORMANCE 

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON 

KEY OBJECTIVES 

Attract 130,000 gallery visitors 

Attract 7,000 students to education programmes 

ACHIEVEMENT 

236,406 visitors 

[No charged admissions in 2005-06] 

8,646 students 

90% awareness by residents in Wellington City Council surveys 92% awareness recorded in the May 2006 WCC residents 

satisfaction survey 

95% of visitors to the gallery rate their experience as very good, 

good or satisfactory 

Hold a total of 15 exhibitions in main galleries and Michael 

Hirschfeld Gallery 

Present a series of public programmes to support all main gallery 

exhibitions 

Publish three exhibition catalogues 

Initiate partnerships with other national and international 

institutions 

97% of visitors to the gallery rated their overall satisfaction 

as very good, good or satisfactory (March – June 2006 visitor 

satisfaction survey TNS) 

18 exhibitions: 

› Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa 

› Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life 

› Jane Pountney: Wade in the Water 

› Jeffrey Harris 

› Gretchen Albrecht: Returning 

› Yuk King Tan: Overflow 

› Michael Smither: The Wonder Years 

› Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

› David Cross: Closer 

› In The Neighbourhood: recent designs for community spaces 

› Jo Torr: Tupaia’s Paintbox 

› Bruce Connew with Dean Tiemi Te Au: Muttonbirds – part of 

a story 

› How To Be a Friend: New Wellington Artists 

› Raewyn Atkinson: Designs on Antarctica 

› Smoke Signal: Murray Hewitt, Gavin Hipkins and Terry Urbahn 

› Daniel du Bern: Protection 

› Painted Faces 

› Martin Basher: Blackwater 

› 7,368 visitors to public programme events 

› 621 visitors to weekend tours 

› 206 visitors to school holiday programmes 

› Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life 

› Yuk King Tan: Overflow 

› Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

› Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa 

presented in partnership with the Museum of New Zealand 

Te Papa Tongarewa 

› Yuk King Tan: Overflow curated and toured by City Gallery 

Wellington to Te Tuhi – The Mark, Pakuranga, Auckland 

› Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life curated and toured by City Gallery 

Wellington to Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia 

› In the Neighbourhood: recent designs for community spaces 

presented in partnership with the Wellington City Council’s 

Urbanism Down Under Conference on urban design as 

part of the 2006 schedule of festivities for the Year of the 

Built Environment 

[continues next page] 

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STATEMENT OF 

PERFORMANCE 


Friends of City Gallery Wellington membership of 500 

High positive media profile maintained 

ACHIEVEMENT 

322 members 

[Subscriptions have been increased and the membership is under 

review. A lower target is being set for 2006/07.] 

Local, national and international unpaid media received for 

exhibitions was exceptionally strong 

Financial performance 

Visitation trends 

2005 ($000) 2006 ($000) 

2,046 Actual cost of activities 1,795 

2,071 Budgeted cost of activities 1,760 

525 Actual revenue 261 

570 Budgeted revenue 230 

1,521 Net cost 1,534 

1,501 Budgeted net cost 1,530 

Note: excludes WCC rental costs 

155,337 

115,066 

100,879 

135,548 

236,406 

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Note: 2004 

and 2005 

included 

seasons of 

charged 

exhibitions 

COLONIAL COTTAGE MUSEUM 


Attract 4,700 visitors to the museum 

ACHIEVEMENT 

2,989 visitors attracted 

[The museum’s operation was restructured in October 2005, 

with the full-time manager’s position being disestablished. 

The museum is now open weekends only throughout the year and 

daily from Boxing Day to Easter and is managed jointly with the 

Wellington Cable Car Museum.] 

Hold free public open day Free public open day held in February 2006 

40 volunteer hours undertaken 60 hours undertaken 



2005 ($000) 2006 ($000) 

106 Actual cost of activities 63 

96 Budgeted cost of activities 76 



96 Net cost 55 

81 Budgeted net cost 63 

4,713 

5,020 

4,077 

3,413 

2,989 

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

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STATEMENT OF 

PERFORMANCE 

CAPITAL E 


Attract total of 85,000 visitors to Capital E programmes, events 

and performances 

Attract 5,600 students to OnTV programmes 

Attract 5,600 students to Capital E SoundHouse New Zealand 

programmes 

95% of visitors to Capital E rate their visit as very good, 


Achieve 85% awareness in Wellington City Council residents 

satisfaction survey 

Present or host seven events on the main floor 

Stage three productions in the McKenzie Theatre and tour two 

productions nationally 

ACHIEVEMENT 


[excludes on-sold theatre shows] 

7,771 students attended 

6,640 students attended 

96% of visitors surveyed rated their experience as very good or 

excellent 

83% in Wellington City Council May 2006 

Fifteen events presented or hosted on main floor: 

› Massive DMV –showcase of new musical talent 

› Halloween 

› The Big Look See 

› Summer of The Plops 

› Diwali (with WCC) 

› Sin Nian (with Asia Events Trust) 

› Excessive Accessories (with WOW® and WCC) 

› Christmas at Capital E 

› The Improv Factor 

› Summer at Capital E 

› Battle of Young Wits 

› Loy Krathong – Thai Moon Festival 

› Celebrate Indonesia Festival 

› Keep Safe Expo (with ACC) 

› New Zealand Drummers’ Day 

Six seasons of four productions staged in the McKenzie Theatre: 

› Farm at the End of the Road 

› On Our Street 

› BOXES 

› Paper Shaper 

Two shows toured: 

› Farm at the End of the Road (South Island) 

› On Our Street (North Island) 



2005 ($000) 2006 ($000) 




1,083 Budgeted revenue 821 



Note: excludes WCC rental grant 

88,514 

133,023 

103,669 

118,830 

93,426 

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Note: Capital E 

National Arts 

Festival was 

presented in 

2003 and 2005 

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STATEMENT OF 

PERFORMANCE 

MUSEUM OF WELLINGTON CITY & SEA 


Attract 85,000 visitors to museum 

Attract 100,000 visitors to Plimmers Ark Gallery 

Attract 8,000 students to education programmes 

95% of visitors to the museum rate their visit as very good, good 

or satisfactory 

90% awareness by residents in Wellington City Council residents 

satisfaction surveys 

Mount a total of two temporary exhibitions 

Achieve 600 members for Foundations Club 

Complete transfer of archives to City Council Archives and receive 

object collection from City Council Archives 

ACHIEVEMENT 



[Visitation was impacted by the regular closure of the gallery for 

Events Centre activities such as WOW®] 

7,402 students 

[Additional teacher support not available this year; new lower 

target agreed for 2006/07] 

100% of visitors rated their visit as very good, good or 

satisfactory in museum survey conducted in March 2006 

85% awareness in Wellington City Council survey May 2006 

› A Shepherd and His Ships – maritime art by Frank Barnes 

› Innocents Abroad – touring the Pacific through a colonial lens 

› Wellingtonia – photographs by Julian Ward 

581 members 

Transfer of archives continues and more appraisal is being 

undertaken. The whole process is expected to be completed 

during the next financial year. 

2,000 volunteer hours achieved 1,986 hours achieved 

[Volunteers not used at collection store in April due to upgrade 

work taking place] 



2005 ($000) 2006 ($000) 





1,119 Net cost 1,199 

1,155 Budgeted net cost 1,131 

Note: excludes WCC rental grant 

50,738 

50,191 

89,387 

78,863 

85,435 

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Note: admission 

charges removed 

July 2003. 

Figures exclude 

Plimmers Ark 

Gallery 

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STATEMENT OF 

PERFORMANCE 

WELLINGTON CABLE CAR MUSEUM 


Attract 220,000 visitors to the museum 

76% awareness of museum by Wellington residents in Wellington 

City Council residents satisfaction survey 

95% of visitors to the museum rate their visit as very good, 


ACHIEVEMENT 


[Visitation was impacted by building construction (and partial 

closure of the museum for a period) and Wellington’s loss of the 

large Sapphire cruise ship visits. The previous year had been a 

peak because of the Lions Tour visitors.] 

84% awareness in Wellington City Council survey May 2006 

100% in UMR survey February 2006 

Open redeveloped museum by December 2006 Extended museum opened December 5 2006 



2005 ($000) 2006 ($000) 

204 Actual cost of activities 284 

181 Budgeted cost of activities 209 




(surplus) 


Note: reflects income generated for the redevelopment project and new 

exhibit development 

154,155 

182,144 

207,321 

226,135 

186,782 

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Note: 2006 

partial museum 

closure for 

redevelopment, 

softening in 

international 

tourism numbers 

NEW ZEALAND CRICKET MUSEUM 


Attract 3,500 visitors 

ACHIEVEMENT 



95% of visitors to the museum rate their visit as very good, good 

or satisfactory 

100% of visitors rated their visit at 

very good/good in only a limited 

survey conducted in March 2006 

1,000 volunteer hours achieved 1,230 volunteer hours 

Develop and produce two newsletters to be circulated nationally 

Winter/Spring and Summer/ 

Autumn newsletters produced and 

circulated nationally 

There are no financial performance measures to report for the New Zealand Cricket Museum as its accounts 

do not form part of the Wellington Museums Trust. 

2,198 

2,134 

2005 2006 

Note: only 

one test 

match at the 

Basin Reserve 

during the 

2005/06 

season 

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AUDIT REPORT 

TO THE READERS OF WELLINGTON MUSEUMS TRUST 

INCORPORATED’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND 

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 

30 JUNE 2006 

The Auditor-General is the auditor of Wellington Museums Trust 

Incorporated (the Trust). The Auditor-General has appointed me, 

Godfrey Boyce, using the staff and resources of KPMG, to carry out 

the audit of the financial statements and performance information 

of the Trust, on his behalf, for the year ended 30 June 2006. 

Unqualified Opinion 

In our opinion: 

The financial statements of the Trust on pages 24 to 30: 

› comply with generally accepted accounting practice in 

New Zealand; and 

› fairly reflect: 

- the Trust’s financial position as at 30 June 2006; and 

- the results of its operations and cash flows for the 

year ended on that date. 

The audit was completed on 10 August 2006, and is the date at 

which our opinion is expressed. 

The basis of our opinion is explained below. In addition, we 

outline the responsibilities of the Trustees and the Auditor, and 

explain our independence. 

Basis of Opinion 

We carried out the audit in accordance with the Auditor-General’s 

Auditing Standards, which incorporate the New Zealand Auditing 

Standards. 

We planned and performed the audit to obtain all the information 

and explanations we considered necessary in order to obtain 

reasonable assurance that the financial statements and performance 

information did not have material misstatements, whether caused 

by fraud or error. 

Material misstatements are differences or omissions of amounts 

and disclosures that would affect a reader’s overall understanding 

of the financial statements and performance information. If we 

had found material misstatements that were not corrected, we 

would have referred to them in our opinion. 

The audit involved performing procedures to test the information 

presented in the financial statements and performance information. 

We assessed the results of those procedures in forming our 

opinion. 

› verifying samples of transactions and account balances; 

› performing analyses to identify anomalies in the reported data; 

› reviewing significant estimates and judgements made by the 

Trustees; 

› confirming year-end balances; 

› determining whether accounting policies are appropriate and 

consistently applied; and 

› determining whether all required disclosures are adequate. 

We did not examine every transaction, nor do we guarantee 

complete accuracy of the financial statements and performance 

information. 

We evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of 

information in the financial statements and performance 

information. We obtained all the information and explanations we 

required to support our opinion above. 

Responsibilities of the Trustees and the Auditor 

The Trustees are responsible for preparing financial statements 

in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in 

New Zealand. Those financial statements must fairly reflect the 

financial position of the Trust as at 30 June 2006. They must also 

fairly reflect the results of its operations and cash flows for the 

year ended on that date. The Trustees’ responsibilities arise from 

the Trust Deed. 

We are responsible for expressing an independent opinion on the 

financial statements and performance information and reporting 

that opinion to you. This responsibility arises from section 15 of 

the Public Audit Act 2001. 

Independence 

When carrying out the audit we followed the independence 

requirements of the Auditor-General, which incorporate the 

independence requirements of the Institute of Chartered 

Accountants of New Zealand. 

Other than the audit, we have no relationship with or interests 

in the Trust. 

Audit procedures generally include: 

› determining whether significant financial and management 

controls are working and can be relied on to produce complete 

and accurate data; 

Godfrey Boyce 

KPMG 

On behalf of the Auditor-General 

Wellington, New Zealand 

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FINANCIAL 

STATEMENTS 

WELLINGTON MUSEUMS TRUST INCORPORATED 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006 


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 

AS AT 30 JUNE 2006 

2006 2005 

note $ $ 

Revenue 4 7,285,122 7,240,606 

Less Expenses 4 6,854,321 6,915,449 

Operating Surplus for the 

Year before Depreciation 

and transfers 430,801 325,157 

Less Depreciation 6 443,023 425,102 

Less Loss on transfer of 

Landlord Improvements 2 86,055 – 

Net Deficit for the Year (98,277) (99,945) 


note $ $ 

Total Equity 3 4,925,997 5,024,274 

Represented by: 

Current Assets 

Bank 5 52,007 164,401 

Other Current Assets 8 363,054 480,724 

415,061 645,125 

Fixed Assets 6 5,476,188 5,551,222 

Total Assets 5,891,249 6,196,347 


STATEMENT OF MOVEMENTS IN EQUITY 


Equity at the beginning of 

the Year 


note $ $ 

5,024,274 5,124,219 


Total recognised gains and 

Losses (98,277) (99,945) 

Current Liabilities 

Bank Overdraft 5 13,270 1,735 

Creditors 10 174,153 99,184 

Accruals and Provisions 11 423,369 648,230 

Current Portion of 

Term Loan 12 74,925 68,753 

685,717 817,902 

Term Liabilities 

Term Loan 12 279,535 354,171 

Total Liabilities 965,252 1,172,073 

Net Assets 4,925,997 5,024,274 

Equity at the end of 

the Year 3 4,925,997 5,024,274 

TRUSTEE: 

TRUSTEE: 

DATE: 10 August 2006 DATE: 10 August 2006 

The notes to the financial statements form part of, and should be read in conjunction with, these financial statements. 

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FINANCIAL 

STATEMENTS 


STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 


Cash Flows from Operating 

Activities 

Cash was provided from: 

Receipts from Clients 

and Customers 

Receipts from Related Parties 

Interest Received 

Cash was applied to: 

Payments to Suppliers 

and Employees 


$ $ 

1,835,745 1,943,042 

5,525,075 5,070,701 

74,703 81,216 

(5,516,229) (5,582,541) 


$ $ 

Cash Flows from Financing 

Activities 


Term Loan Repayments (68,464) (64,256) 

Net Cash Outflow from Financing 

Activities (68,464) (64,256) 

Net Decrease in Cash (123,929) (56,783) 

Opening Cash brought forward 162,666 219,449 

Closing Cash carried forward 38,737 162,666 

Payments to Related Parties 

Purchase of Fixed Assets 

- transferred to Wellington 

City Council 

(1,472,070) 

(86,055) 

(1,089,388) 

– 

Closing cash comprises Bank Deposits and Bank Overdraft 

(note 5). 

Interest Paid 

(36,253) 

(37,928) 

Net GST (paid)/received 

(12,391) 

12,704 

Net Cash Inflow from Operating 

Activities (note 15) 312,525 397,806 

Cash Flows from Investing 

Activities 


Purchase of Fixed Assets (367,990) (390,333) 

Net Cash Outflow from Investing 

Activities (367,990) (390,333) 

The notes to the financial statements form part of, and should be read in conjunction with, these financial statements. 

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FINANCIAL 

STATEMENTS 


NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 


1. Statement of Accounting Policies 

Reporting Entity and Statutory Base 

The Wellington Museums Trust Incorporated (the Trust) is 

registered under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957. It is a Council 

Controlled Organisation (CCO) in terms of the Local Government 

Act 2002. 

The financial statements of the Trust include the activities of 

the following business units – the Wellington Museums Trust, 

the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, City Gallery Wellington, 

Capital E, the Colonial Cottage Museum and the Wellington Cable 

Car Museum. 

The principal activity of the Trust is to manage the Trust facilities 

and to operate them for the benefit of the inhabitants of Wellington 

and the public generally. 

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the 

Financial Reporting Standards of the Institute of Chartered 

Accountants of New Zealand. 

Measurement Base 

The measurement basis adopted is that of historical cost except for 

the valuation of collection and artefacts. 

Accounting Policies 

The following accounting policies which have a material effect on 

the measurement of results have been adopted. 

a) Recognition of exhibition costs and collected income 

Income is recognised as the service is provided (exhibition run). 

Where exhibitions are not scheduled to run until the following 

fiscal year, revenue is deferred and amortised to income 

throughout the period of the exhibition. Related expenditures 

are also deferred as they are deemed to provide future service 

potential. 

b) Accounts Receivable 

Accounts receivable are stated at expected realisable value 

after providing against debts where collection is doubtful. 

c) Depreciation 

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. 

Depreciation is provided on a straight line basis at rates that 

will write off the cost of the assets, less their estimated residual 

values, over their estimated useful lives. The depreciation rates 

of the major classes of assets are as follows: 

Computer equipment 33% SL 

Office equipment 25% SL 

Computer software 33% SL 

Motor Vehicles 20% SL 

Museum Fittings 5% SL 

Leasehold improvements 5%-25% SL 

d) Valuation of Collection & Artefacts 

The Collection and Artefacts are carried at cost. A substantial 

amount of the collection was acquired on 29 February 1996 

from the Wellington Maritime Museum Trust. All subsequent 

purchases are recorded at cost. The Trustees obtained a 

valuation on specific items to support the carrying value at 30 

June 2004. The Trustees reconfirmed that the carrying value at 

30 June 2006 is appropriate and that no impairment event has 

occurred. Collections and Artefacts have not been depreciated 

in the year to 30 June 2006, and the impact on the Statement 

of Financial Performance is not significant. 

e) Merchandise 

Merchandise is stated at the lower of cost and net realisable 

value. 

f) Taxation 

The Trust is registered as a Charitable Trust and is exempt 

from income tax. The Trust is not exempt from indirect tax 

legislation such as Goods and Services Tax, Fringe Benefit Tax, 

PAYE or ACC and accordingly it is required to comply with these 

regulations. 

g) Availability of Future Funding 

The Trust is reliant on the Wellington City Council (the Council) 

for a large part of its income and operates under a Funding 

Deed with the Council. 

The Funding Deed is for a period of three years and is 

extended annually for a further year subsequent to the initial 

3 year term. 

If the Trust were unable to continue in operational existence 

for the foreseeable future, adjustments may have to be made 

to reflect the fact that assets may need to be realised other 

than at the amounts stated in the statement of financial 

position. In addition the Trust may have to provide for further 

liabilities that might arise, and to reclassify fixed assets as 

current assets. 

h) Comparatives 

If appropriate, certain comparative information has been 

reclassified in order to provide a more appropriate basis for 

comparison. 

i) Differential reporting 

The Trust qualifies for differential reporting because it is not 

publicly accountable and the owner is a member of the Trust’s 

governing body. All available differential reporting exemptions 

allowed under the framework for differential reporting have 

been adopted, except for SSAP (Related Party Disclosure) and 

FRS-10 (Statement of Cash Flows). 

In regards to related party disclosure, WMT either complies 

with full reporting disclosure requirements or very closely 

complies. 

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j) Goods and Services Tax 

All amounts are shown exclusive of Goods and Services Tax 

(GST), except for receivables and trade creditors, which are 

stated inclusive of GST. 

k) Annual budget figures 

Annual budget figures included in Note 4 to these financial 

statements are for the Trust. The annual figures are those 

approved by the Trustees at the beginning of the year following 

a period of consultation with the facilities as part of the annual 

planning process. The cost categories included in the Annual 

budget figures have been prepared in accordance with generally 

accepted accounting practice and are consistent with the 

accounting policies adopted by the Trust for the preparation of 

these financial statements. 

l) Cash and Cash Equivalents 

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash comprises 

cash balances (net of bank overdrafts) and short term 

deposits. 

Changes in Accounting Policies 

There have been no changes in accounting policies. 

2. Loss on transfer of Landlord Improvements 

Landlord improvements relate to costs incurred in building the 

Wellington Cable Car Museum extension. Although the Trust has 

paid for the improvements, the Wellington City Council owns the 

buildings. Following discussions with the Wellington City Council 

the Trust agreed to transfer these improvements to the Wellington 

City Council at $nil value thus incurring a loss on the transfer in 

the year ended 30 June 2006. 

3. Equity 2006 

$ 

2005 

$ 

Capital Reserve 

Balance at start of Year 2,122,962 2,122,962 

Balance at end of Year 2,122,962 2,122,962 

Colonial Cottage Museum 

Collection Reserve 

Balance at start of Year 23,895 23,895 

Balance at end of Year 23,895 23,895 

City Gallery Wellington 

Development Fund 

Balance at start of Year – 50,000 

Transferred to Retained Earnings – (50,000) 

During the year ended 30 June 2004 the Trustees decided to transfer 

$50,000 from retained earnings into the City Gallery Development 

Fund to assist with the funding of future international exhibitions. 

During 2005 the $50,000 transferred back to retained earnings as 

it was used in funding the Bridget Riley exhibition. 


$ $ 

Museum of Wellington City & 

Sea Collection Reserve 

Balance at start of Year 3,839 1,494 

Transferred from 

Retained Earnings 1,263 2,345 

Balance at end of Year 5,102 3,839 

During the year ended 30 June 2005 the Trustees decided to place 

all donations received from the Museum Foundation membership 

into a Collection Reserve for future Museum acquisitions. A total 

of $1,263 was received by way of donations from members during 

the year ended 30 June 2006 (2005 $2,345). 

Capital E 

Development Fund 

Balance at start of Year – – 

Transferred from Retained 

Earnings 80,000 – 

Balance at end of Year 80,000 – 

During the year ended 30 June 2006 the Trustees decided to transfer 

$80,000 from retained earnings into the Capital E Development 

Fund to assist with the funding of next year’s Arts Festival. 

Retained Earnings 

Balance at start of Year 2,873,578 2,925,868 


Transferred from City Gallery 

Development Fund – 50,000 

Transferred to Museum 

of Wellington City & Sea 

Collection Reserve (1,263) (2,345) 

Transferred to Capital E 

Development Fund (80,000) – 

Balance at end of Year 2,694,038 2,873,578 

Total Equity 4,925,997 5,024,274 

Balance at end of Year – – 

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4. Revenue and Expenses 

Actual 

2006 

$ 

Budget 


$ 

Actual 

2005 

$ 

note 

Revenue includes: 

Wellington City Council Operational Grant 4,053,000 4,053,000 3,993,000 

Wellington City Council Rental Grant 1,472,075 1,472,075 1,077,701 

Ministry of Education Contracts for Service 208,889 207,625 295,111 

Creative New Zealand Grant 194,500 260,000 252,788 

New Zealand Lottery Grants Board 129,364 – 18,570 

Ministry of Tourism 75,333 – – 

Other Grants, Sponsorship & Donations 16 223,821 191,601 500,165 

Admissions Income & Sales 618,206 664,500 757,334 

Interest 74,703 76,000 81,217 

Other Income 235,231 264,000 264,720 

Total Revenue 7,285,122 7,188,801 7,240,606 

Expenses include: 

Personnel 2,756,148 2,727,357 2,581,277 

Exhibitions & Programmes 1,063,998 1,161,337 1,583,670 

Rent Paid 1,543,070 1,544,575 1,160,383 

Marketing & Promotions 419,281 419,481 499,590 

Other Occupancy Costs 580,503 541,710 602,362 

Other Administration Expenses 127,452 135,750 133,340 

Communication Costs 91,709 111,250 102,375 

Trustee Fees & Expenses 60,080 71,000 66,242 

Technology Costs 82,405 96,800 96,366 

Professional Fees 69,762 16,091 33,768 

Interest Paid 36,253 36,000 37,928 

Auditors Remuneration 23,660 21,500 18,148 

Total Expenses 6,854,321 6,882,851 6,915,449 

5. Bank 

The following bank accounts and balances were held by the Trust. 


$ $ 

Non interest bearing overdraft 

account & cash (13,270) (1,735) 

Short term deposits 52,007 164,401 

Total Bank 38,737 162,666 

All accounts and deposits are held with the Wellington branch of 

the National Bank of New Zealand. 

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6. Fixed Assets 2006 

$ 

Cost 


$ 

Depreciation 

Charge 


$ 

Accumulated 

Depreciation 


$ 

Net Book Value 

2005 

$ 

Net Book Value 

Collections and Artefacts 2,333,073 – – 2,333,073 2,177,599 

Computer Equipment 390,316 36,558 340,852 49,464 63,627 

Computer Software 249,229 15,207 223,064 26,165 24,777 

Office Equipment 1,236,141 167,021 890,990 345,151 464,218 

Leasehold Improvements 789,586 54,234 345,486 444,100 507,105 

Motor Vehicles 23,334 – 23,334 – – 

Museum Fittings 3,645,152 170,003 1,366,917 2,278,235 2,313,896 

8,666,831 443,023 3,190,643 5,476,188 5,551,222 

Leasehold improvements relate principally to the development of Capital E, which opened on 29 June 1997. 

Museum fittings relates to the Museum of Wellington City & Sea and the Wellington Cable Car Museum extension. 

7. Restriction over Title to Assets 

As stated in the Transfer of Assets Agreement, the Trustees of 

the Wellington Museums Trust are unable to part with possession 

of Unclassified Assets without the consent of the Wellington City 

Council. Unclassified Assets are defined as those items within the 

Collection and Artefacts that were obtained by the Wellington 

Harbour Board or the Wellington Maritime Museum Trust between 

26 April 1972 and 2 February 1996. 

8. Other Current Assets 


$ $ 

Accounts Receivable 67,438 50,737 

Prepayments 84,069 35,305 

Merchandise 178,197 206,621 

Sundry Receivables 10,589 177,692 

GST Receivable 22,761 10,369 

363,054 480,724 

9. Related Party 


$ $ 

For the year from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 the Trust received 

amounts from related parties totalling: 

Wellington City Council 

– operational grant 4,053,000 3,993,000 

Wellington City Council 

– rental grant 1,472,075 1,077,701 

5,525,075 5,070,701 

The Trust is not related to the Wellington City Council (“the 

Council”) by shareholding. The Trust was established by, and is 

reliant upon, the Council for a large part of its income which 

indicates sufficient reliance on the Wellington City Council, by the 

Trust, for a related party relationship to exist. Additionally the 

Council consolidates the financial results of the Trust for its own 

reporting purposes. 

The Trust operates under a Funding Deed Agreement with the 

Council which requires the Trust to deliver museum services in 

accordance with the provisions of the Trust Deed, the Funding 

Agreement and the Statement of Intent, agreed with Wellington 

City Council on an annual basis. 

The Funding Deed was for a period of three years and is extended 

annually for a further year subsequent to the initial 3 year term. 

The rental grant is paid back to the Wellington City Council as rent 

on properties owned by the Wellington City Council and occupied 

by the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, Capital E and the City 

Gallery Wellington. 

10. Creditors 


$ $ 

Trade creditors 174,153 99,184 

174,153 99,184 

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11. Accruals and Provisions 


$ $ 

Included in accruals and provisions are the following: 

Provision for holiday pay 95,787 81,803 

Provision for ACC 9,684 10,550 

12. Term Liabilities 

The term loan with the National Bank was taken out on 8 July 

2000 for a period of ten years. The current interest rate is 9.39% 

and is reviewed quarterly based on the 90 day commercial bill rate. 

The next review is in July 2006. This loan is guaranteed by the 

Wellington City Council. 

13. Capital Commitments 

Capital commitments which are not included within the normal 

accruals and provisions were $nil (2005: $141,787). 

14. Commitments under Building Lease 

On 8 June 1999, the Wellington Museums Trust signed a 12 year 

lease agreement with a further 12 year right of renewal with the 

Wellington City Council for the rental of the Bond Store premises. 

The current and non-current lease commitments under this 

agreement are for $1,538,120 (2005: $322,466) and $1,656,685 

(2005: $1,612,330) respectively. Under the funding deed between 

the Wellington Museums Trust and the Wellington City Council, the 

Trust is reimbursed for these costs. 

15. Reconciliation of Operating Surplus to Net Cash Flows 

from Operating Activities 


$ $ 

Operating Deficit for the Year (98,277) (99,945) 

Adjustments: 

Add Non-Cash Items: 

Depreciation 443,023 425,102 

Movements in Working Capital: 

Decrease/(Increase) in Other 

Current Assets 117,670 (58,585) 

(Decrease)/Increase in 

Trade Creditors 74,969 (39,603) 

(Decrease)/Increase in 

Accruals and Provisions (224,860) 170,837 

(32,221) 72,649 

Net Cash Inflow from 

Operating Activities 312,525 397,806 

16. Other Grants, Sponsorship & Donations 

Included in other grants, sponsorships and donations are the 

following grants towards Capital E National Theatre for Children’s 

visit to the following centres, during the year ended 30 June 2006, 

as part of the national tour: 


$ $ 

Eastern & Central Community 

Trust (Gisborne, Palmerston 

North and Napier) 3,000 3,000 

The Community Trust – 8,000 

The Community Trust of Otago – 3,000 

Trust House Charitable Trust 1,462 1,067 

The Community Trust of 

Southland – 4,274 

The Southern Trust 2,163 10,000 

New Zealand Community Trust 5,000 15,000 

Pub Charity 22,541 – 

Pelorus Trust 2,000 – 

Century Foundation 3,786 – 

17. Events after Balance Date 

There have been no significant events after balance date that have 

affected the accuracy of these financial statements. 

18. Statement of Intent - Adoption of New Zealand 

International Financial Reporting Standards 

The Trust intends to adopt NZ IFRS for external reporting purposes 

for the accounting period commencing 1 July 2006. This is one 

year earlier than the 1 July 2007 deadline. This timeline is in 

accordance with the adoption date for the Wellington City Council, 

which the Trust is consolidated into for reporting purposes. As 

at balance date the Trust had not yet commenced a project to 

identify the differences between existing NZ GAAP and NZIFRS. 

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OUR 

SUPPORTERS 

The Trust and its facilities enjoy significant support from 

a wide range of individuals and organisations, whether 

through the partnerships, membership of friends or other 

interest groups, through volunteer service or through 

sponsorship, donations, financial grants and other 

assistance. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the 

following: 

Capital E McKenzie Theatre 

The Roy McKenzie Foundation 

Capital E National Theatre for Children 

Vehicle sponsor: Booker Spalding Limited 

Major national funding: Creative New Zealand 

Writers’ commission: Playmarket Inc 

National tour of Farm at the End of the Road 

and On Our Street 

CAPITAL E 

Pub Charity; Pelorus Trust; Southern Trust; Eastern & Central 

Community Trust; New Zealand Community Trust; Trust House 

Charitable Trust; Century Foundation 

Events and workshop programme 

Winton & Margaret Bear Charitable Trust; Asia New Zealand 

Foundation; Asia Events Trust; World of Wearable Art; Wellington 

Improvisation Troupe; Wellington Circus Trust; Wellington Fringe 

Festival Trust; Accident Compensation Corporation; Young & 

Hungry Arts Trust; Embassy of Indonesia; Teacher Direct 

Creative Technology at Capital E 

Ministry of Education; CanWest; Avalon Studios; Selecon Ltd; 

NZ Drummer 

CITY GALLERY WELLINGTON 

City Gallery Wellington Foundation 

Corporate principal benefactors 

Ernst & Young; Telecom New Zealand; Saatchi & Saatchi 

Corporate benefactors 

Montana Wines Ltd; Simpson Grierson; 

Designworks Enterprise IG 

Individual patrons 

John Allen and Janie Pack; Paul and Sheryl Baines; Deborah and 

Peter Cutfield; Dr Roderick and Gillian Deane; The Hon Justice 

Lowell Goddard and Christopher Hodson QC; Michael and Hannah 

Holm; Johan and Jenny Klisser; Lloyd Morrison and Julie Nevett; 

Bill Patterson and Robyn Hopkins, Patterson Hopkins Barristers 

& Solicitors; Richard Riddiford; Justin Smith; Justine Olsen; 

Nigel Williams and Rae-ann Sinclair 

Friends of City Gallery Wellington 

Exhibition sponsors, supporters and partners 

Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa 

Simpson Grierson; Te Papa; Saatchi & Saatchi 

Noel McKenna: Sheltered Life 

Australia Business Arts Foundation’s Australia Cultural Fund 

Jeffrey Harris 

Telecom New Zealand; Dunedin Public Art Gallery 

Gretchen Albrecht: Returning 

Telecom New Zealand; Dunedin Public Art Gallery 

Yuk King Tan: Overflow 

Telecom New Zealand; Asia NZ Foundation; Creative New Zealand; 

Sue Crockford Gallery; Chartwell Trust 

Patricia Piccinini: In Another Life 

Ernst and Young; Saatchi and Saatchi; Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery 

Michael Smither: The Wonder Years 

Ernst and Young; Auckland Art Gallery; Saatchi and Saatchi 

Events and openings 

Montana Wines 

Public programmes 

Principal sponsor: Montana Wines 

Te Papa; Muka Youth Prints; Designers Institute of New Zealand; 

British Council, New Zealand; Montana Wines Ltd; ARTSPACE; 

Creative New Zealand; Goethe Institut; The Physics Room; 

Litmus; Massey University of Wellington; Radio Active 89FM; 

Victoria University of Wellington Art History Department; 

Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of 

Modern Letters; Friends of City Gallery; Nikau Café; Wellington 

City Council Community Liaison Team; Wellington City Council 

Recreation Wellington; Wellington City Council Treaty Relations 

Team; Steele Roberts Publishers; Asia New Zealand; Asian Events 

Trust; Tawata Productions; Huia Books; Maori Writers Festival; 

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori; Ministry of Women’s Affairs; Mei Hill; 

Wingnut Films; New Zealand Film Commission; Roadshow nontheatrical, 

Sydney; Warner Bros. Pictures International; Palace 

Films, Australia; Morgan Creek Productions, Los Angeles; Aro St 

Video; Footnote Dance; Flight and Dutchman; Waiwhetu Cultural 

Centre; St Joseph’s Church; Te Koki New Zealand School of Music; 

New Zealand Oral History Archive; Alexander Turnbull Library; 

NZSL Interpreters; Oceania Audio 

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OUR 

SUPPORTERS 

Michael Hirschfeld Gallery 

Principal sponsor: Designworks Enterprise IG 

Colourcraft; Publication & Design, Wellington City Council; 

Labtec Photographic Processing, Auckland; Stresscrete, Otaki; 

Signwise, Wellington; Asia New Zealand Foundation; Creative 

New Zealand 

COLONIAL COTTAGE MUSEUM 

Volunteers and supporters of the cottage 

MUSEUM OF WELLINGTON CITY & SEA 

New Zealand Lottery Grants Board; Maritime Friends of the 

Museum of Wellington City & Sea; Wellington Photographics 

Ltd; New Zealand Ship and Marine Society; Wellington Historical 

and Early Settlers’ Association; New Zealand Community Trust; 

Meridian Energy; Museum of Wellington City & Sea Foundations 

Club; volunteers of the museum 

Telling Tales Live 

Wellington Waterfront Ltd; Landau Group Ltd; Toolbox; 

The Print Room 

A Shepherd and his Ships 

Maritime Friends of the Museum of Wellington City & Sea 

Innocents Abroad – touring the Pacific through a 

colonial lens 

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Imagelab; The Lion 

Foundation; Maritime Friends of the Museum of Wellington 

City & Sea 

Re-Telling Tales 

Victoria University Institute of International Letters 

Embroidered Badges 

Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild 

Public Programmes 

Maritime Friends of the Museum of Wellington City & Sea; 

Wellington Historical and Early Settlers’ Association; Maritime 

Archaeological Association of New Zealand; New Zealand 

Ship and Marine Society; New Zealand Film Archive; Tongan 

Congregation Choir of the Weslyan Church; Tusiata Avia; Lloyd 

Jones; Victoria University International Institute of Modern 

Letters; Canterbury University Press & the Trade Union History 

Project; Wellington Branch - New Zealand Post Book Awards for 

Children & Young Adults; DANZ Dance Aotearoa New Zealand; 

Acoustic Routes – Wellington Folk Centre; The Architectural 

Centre; Carter Observatory; Footnote Dance; Greater Wellington 

Citroen Car Club; Les Mills Gyms, The Central Band of the Royal 

New Zealand Air Force; New Zealand Poetry Society; Tinakori 

Handbell Association; Vincent’s Art Workshop; Walk Wellington; 

Wellington City Council Community Liaison Team; Recreation 

Wellington, Wellington City Council; Wellington Repertory 

Theatre; Wellington Waterfront Limited; Wellington Zoo 

NEW ZEALAND CRICKET MUSEUM 

New Zealand Cricket; The National Bank; New Zealand Community 

Trust; Pub Charity Inc; Century Foundation Ltd; Cricket 

Wellington; John Oakley; Anderson Design; New Zealand Cricket 

Museum Board and museum volunteers 

WELLINGTON CABLE CAR MUSEUM 

Wellington Cable Car Heritage; New Zealand Community Trust; 

New Zealand Lottery Grants Board: Environment and Heritage 

Committee; The Ministry of Tourism: Tourism Facilities 

Development Grant; Resene; San Francisco Cable Car Museum; 

LV Martin & Son 

MAJOR FUNDER 

Manifesto 

The Architectural Centre 

Wellingtonia and Wellingtonia Live 

Wellington Waterfront Limited; Landau Group Ltd 

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DIRECTORY 

Trustees 

Bill Brien, Chairman 

Viv Beck 

Peter Blades 

Simon Marsh 

Helene Ritchie 

Wellington Museums Trust 

John Gilberthorpe, Chief Executive 

Registered Office: c/o Simpson Grierson 

HSBC Tower, 195 Lambton Quay, Wellington 

Trust Office: level 2, The Bond Store 

Queens Wharf, PO Box 893, Wellington 

P: 471 0919, F: 471 0920 

E: trust@wmt.org.nz 

www.wmt.org.nz 

Auditors: KPMG, Wellington 

Bankers: National Bank of New Zealand, 

Wellington Commercial 

Legal advisers: Simpson Grierson, Wellington 

City Gallery Wellington 

Paula Savage, Director 

Civic Square 

101 Wakefield Street 

PO Box 2199, Wellington 

P: 801 3021, F: 801 3950 

E: citygallery@wmt.org.nz 

www.city-gallery.org.nz 

Capital E 

Stuart Grant, Director 

Civic Square 

101 Wakefield Street 


P: 913 3720, F: 384 8615 

E: capitale@wmt.org.nz 

www.capitale.org.nz 

Museum of Wellington City & Sea 

Brett Mason, Director 

Queens Wharf 


P: 472 8904, F: 496 1949 

E: museumofwellington@wmt.org.nz 

www.museumofwellington.co.nz 

Wellington Cable Car Museum 

Emmanuel Makarios, Manager 

1 Upland Road 


P: 475 3578, F: 475 3594 

E: cablecar@wmt.org.nz 

www.cablecarmuseum.co.nz 

Colonial Cottage Museum 

Emmanuel Makarios, Manager 

68 Nairn Street 


P: 384 9122, F: 384 9202 

E: colonialcottage@wmt.org.nz 

www.colonialcottagemuseum.co.nz 

New Zealand Cricket Museum 

David Mealing, Manager 

The Old Grandstand, Basin Reserve 

PO Box 578 


P: 385 6602, F: 384 3498 

E: cricket@wmt.org.nz 

www.nzcricket.co.nz

P: 04 471 0919 

F: 04 471 0920 

E: trust@wmt.org.nz 

www.wmt.org.nz 

Level 2 

The Bond Store 

Queens Wharf 

PO Box 893 

Wellington 6140 

New Zealand

Wellington Museums Trust Annual Report 2006

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