Creative New Zealand Review
A review of Creative New Zealand’s governing legislation was promised in the National Party’s arts culture and heritage policy in the 2008 election. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage, working with Creative New Zealand, Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, carried out the review, as well as targeted consultation with the arts sector.
The review recommends the creation of a single board responsible for policy, strategy and funding allocation, replacing the current more unwieldy division of responsibilities between four separate councils and committees including the Arts Council, the Arts Board, Te Waka Toi and the Pacific Arts Committee.
The proposed streamlined board would have up to thirteen members, including a minimum of four members with knowledge of Māori arts and at least two with knowledge of Pacific arts. Under the existing structure there are 28 board and committee members.
It is estimated that the governance reforms will also result in direct cost savings of approximately $200,000 per annum and will free staff up to concentrate on core responsibilities to the arts sector, rather than servicing bureaucracy.
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill effecting the proposed changes was introduced into the House on 25 June 2010. The public will have an opportunity to make submissions once the bill is referred to a select committee for consideration. This is expected to occur in 2010.
For more information email cnzreview@mch.govt.nz
Further information
- Read the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill
- Read the press release from the Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage, Christopher Finlayson
- Read the press release from Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand, Alastair Carruthers