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Executive SummaryIn 2012, it would be an overly simplistic misrepresentation to define the orchestral sector in New Zealandas comprising one national touring orchestra and four regional orchestras. The reality is that NewZealand's orchestral sector comprises two professional fulltime symphony orchestras (namely the NewZealand Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra), as well as part‐timeprofessional orchestras and smaller community orchestras. Nevertheless, current New Zealand orchestralfunding arrangements focus on one national entity receiving 80% while 20% is distributed to four"regional" orchestras in New Zealand's four major cities.The appropriateness of this nearly 70‐year‐old model for modern New Zealand needs to be reconsideredin light of New Zealand’s developing population: the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra was establishedin 1946 to entertain a country whose total population was 1.78m, while the Auckland region was about250,000, just over 12.5% of the country’s population as a whole.Today the population of Auckland is near to that of all of New Zealand when the NZSO was established.In 2012 the Auckland region accounts for 31% of the population of New Zealand. By 2050 New Zealand’spopulation is predicted to be 20% greater than at present ‐ 5,350,000 people. With northward domesticpopulation drift and immigration, 50% of New Zealand’s population will live in the Auckland city‐region in2050. What does this mean for the city's fulltime symphony orchestra?1. Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) is regarded as an essential component in makingAuckland the world's most liveable city. APO plays to a significant number of full houses annually,and its symphonic output is in balanced harmony with its grassroots educational and communityoutreach programmes. APO is an intrinsic part of Auckland, and represents city orchestralexcellence. It has reach, depth, courage and energy.2. Measured against any comparable orchestra in the Australasian region, APO is significantlyunderfunded by central government. Performing as New Zealand's only fulltime city‐basedsymphony orchestra, APO is the only Australasian orchestra to be funded in equal amounts bycentral government and by local/regional government (1:1 ratio) when the average funding ratiois 3:1 for fulltime professional orchestras. This is unsustainable for APO.Looking ahead, local government reforms of the type that reshaped Auckland as a "super city" since 2009are now rolling out across New Zealand. APO is ahead of the curve, and the issues it faces now are yet tobe faced by other "regional" or city‐1based orchestras. On one hand APO receives increased localgovernment funding revenue and local political support, but correspondingly higher expectations areplaced upon it by civic leaders and audiences.To fulfil its mandate as Auckland’s full time professional orchestra, to meet increasing demandespecially with its education and outreach programmes and to be able to continue its artistic growthtrajectory with excellence, the APO seeks the 3:1 ratio of central: state/local funding enjoyed bycomparable Australasian orchestras.For APO the timing and scope of the 2012 review of New Zealand's orchestral sector is very appropriate.APO hopes a modern, collaborative, cohesive and forward‐looking approach to New Zealand orchestrascan be achieved which will be harmonious, world class and encourage the development of the art formand audiences.Contextualising Auckland and the NZ orchestral sector Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Page 2
Part One: Contextualising Auckland and the orchestral sector1 Auckland economy and culture1.1 Population, diversity and liveabilityAuckland is, by definition, New Zealand's only metropolis. Today Auckland’s population is 1.5 million(34% of the total 4,412,000 NZ population) and the region is the country’s economic powerhouserepresenting more than 37% of all New Zealand economic activity. Auckland is home to the country'shighest‐ranked University (in the top 200 in the world), and the head offices of most largecorporates. Auckland dominates business in the New Zealand economy.At the same time, Auckland is the third most culturally and ethnically diverse city in the world,behind Toronto and Vancouver. It has the largest Polynesian population in the world and mostpopulous concentrations of Europeans/Pakeha, Maori and Asians in New Zealand. Most newimmigrants to New Zealand start and stay in Auckland. The composition and the programming of theAPO reflect this diversity ‐ it is of the place, by the place, for the place.In 2010, Auckland was classified as a Beta World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory byLoughborough University. (Melbourne is an Alpha ‐, Wellington is a Gamma ‐). Auckland is settingout to be "the world's most liveable city". The 2011 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Auckland3rd in the world (behind Vienna and Zurich), while The Economist's World's Most Liveable Citiesindex of 2011 ranked Auckland in 10th place. Cultural institutions that contribute to and belong inplaces as the Auckland Philharmonia does are essential components of the cultural milieu ofsuccessful modern 'liveable' cities.1.2 Auckland's cultural milieuIn the 21st century New Zealand's cultural centre of gravity and cultural energies are shiftingnorthwards in line with population trends. Auckland is New Zealand's most significant cultural hub,dominating northern New Zealand and expanding its influence beyond New Zealand's shoresthrough the Asia‐Pacific region.Auckland is the country’s cultural powerhouse, encompassing the peerless Maori and Pacificcollections of Auckland Museum, the country’s most active art market, a world ranked universitywith schools of music and fine arts, and, in the APO, New Zealand's only metropolitan symphonyorchestra. Most of New Zealand's film and television industries are in Auckland, as is the advertisingindustry and more than 55,000 creative and cultural workers of what Richard Florida would call NewZealand's "creative class". The reopening of the Auckland Art Gallery, on 3 September 2011,established that facility as New Zealand’s premier art museum.Anomalies exist in the cultural sector funding not just for the APO but also for other key culturalinstitutions. Auckland Museum receives no regular operational funding from central government yetit houses the finest collection of Maori and Pacific artefacts in the world. Likewise, the recentlyexpanded and modernised Auckland Art Gallery receives no central government regular operationalfunding though it is unquestionably New Zealand's foremost art museum. There is a long history ofunder‐funding of Auckland's cultural institutions, which helps to contextualise the APO and itspresent situation.Contextualising Auckland and the NZ orchestral sector Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Page 3
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