2010–13 Strategic Plan - Creative New Zealand

Figure 6. Mäori and Pacific arts projects, by regionNorthland7Waikato20Rotorua7Taranaki2Manawatu-Wanganui7Nelson-Marlborough2Auckland30Bay of Plenty14Gisborne11Wairoa3Taupo3Hawkes Bay2Wellington14Canterbury6National 3Total 131Notes1 Statistics on the regional coverage ofprojects completed through the CreativeCommunities Scheme have not beencollated.2 Improved monitoring and reportingprocesses will be introduced in 2010 sothat Creative New Zealand can betterunderstand the impact of the CreativeCommunities Scheme on participationin community arts.3 Funding under the CreativeCommunities Scheme is allocated tolocal authorities through a populationbasedformula.Our key partners inachieving Outcome 1As well as Creative New Zealand,a large number of otherorganisations are involved infunding local or community artsactivities. This includes communityand gaming trusts, territorialauthorities, iwi, and localbusinesses.The Creative CommunitiesScheme, which involves apartnership between CreativeNew Zealand and local government,is one of the key ways in whichwe support opportunities forNew Zealanders to participatein the arts. We reviewed thisscheme in 2008/09 andhave been working with localadministrators in 2009/10 tointroduce improvements, whichwill take effect from 1 July 2010.New funding criteria will beintroduced in 2010/11: these willencourage broad communityinvolvement and greater diversity,and will also specifically encourageyoung people’s participation incommunity arts.“Impacts” (short- tomedium-term goals)associated with Outcome 1Over the next three years, CreativeNew Zealand will work to increaseNew Zealanders’ participationin the arts by seeking to make adifference in the following ways:• Māori communities preserve,develop and transmit theircultural traditions and artistry• Pacific communities preserve,develop and transmit theircustomary artistic practices• New Zealand’s diversecommunities participate in anddevelop the arts.As those three impacts reflect,Creative New Zealand recognisesthat New Zealand is a vibrant,multicultural society with abroadening demographic profile.We are committed to supporting adiverse range of community artsacross the regions.Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Statement of Intent 2010–2013 35