Appendix 6 - International Music Council

necessary to accord more favourable treatment to Mâori in respect of matters
covered by this Agreement including the fulfilment of its obligations under the
Treaty of Waitangi.
• Bring to light those good practices and actions that need to be strengthened
and
widely practised in this field
• This will follow from the previous analysis. Please write this section according to your
percep tions of the situation. The following ideas are intended only as suggestions.
• The study could list the states that actively support musical diversity within their own
borders. It might develop a typology of approaches, considering inter alia support to
musical diversity within the school music education curriculum, in music subsidies,
in
music broadcasting, in special support to indigenous music, in measure to encourage
cultur al production by non-profit and for-profit organisations, in support to public
cultural
institutions and broadcasters?
• You might
seek examples of initiatives such as these:
o programs to support local at-risk
indigenous music;
- See toi iho com
TM ; see question 4 above; also www.toiiho. .
- Te Waka Toi’s Indigenous Links programme; see question 4 above, and
Appendix 1, attached to this survey response.
- A New Zealand delegation of Māori and New Zealand-based Pacific
artists is supported by Creative New Zealand to attend the quadrennial
Festival of Pacific Arts (which is held around the Pacific); see
www.festival-pacific-arts.org.
The Festival of Pacific Arts brings peoples of the Pacific together in a
welcoming and social gathering to exchange cultures for mutual
understanding and appreciation of one another's
culture.
The idea of a Festival of Pacific Arts was conceived by the Conference of
the Pacific Community in an attempt to combat the erosion of traditional
customary practices. This concept was an expression
by Pacific leaders
for the peoples of their region to share their cultures
and establish deeper
understanding and friendship between countries.
The traditional arts of each of the participating countries, including
music, are represented.
- New Zealand’s attendance at the 2005 Australian International Music
Market; see www.c reativenz.govt.nz/news/archive.html?record=1716.
Young New Zealand musicians, an acclaimed singer/songwriter and an
exponent of traditional ancient Māori music were showcased at the 2005
Australian International Music Market with Creative New Zealand
support.
New Zealand’s inaugural presence at the market in Brisbane included
performances by Nesian Mystik, Tha Feelstyle, Hinewehi Mohi and James
Webster.
New Zealand’s participation in the market was part of Creative New
Zealand’s push to build international audiences and markets for New
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