Ministry for Culture and Heritage Annual Report 2006

Undertakings in 2005 Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Information from the Ministry’s cross-government Cultural Indicators project will be analysed and used, where possible, to monitor progress.

An assessment of data collected through the Cultural Indicators project will be analysed and used to monitor progress.

Once fully populated and updated over time, the indicators in the Ministry’s Cultural Indicators for New Zealand report will enable the health of the sector to be monitored and assessed.

Undertakings in 2005 Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Periodically evaluate the effectiveness of recent legislation that was supported by the Ministry in its passage through the House .

An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Radio New Zealand Act 1995 will be undertaken.

The evaluation was commenced. The five-yearly review of the Radio New Zealand Charter was undertaken by the Commerce Select Committee. This review took account of Radio New Zealand’s own review of the current charter and public consultation on proposed changes which was jointly analysed by RNZ and the Ministry.

The performance of funded agencies will be reviewed.

Two reviews will be conducted.

Reviews were completed of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, and the funding arrangements for Creative New Zealand’s recurrently-funded organisation (RFO) sector.

The effectiveness of government’s involvement in key areas of culture and heritage will be evaluated .

Evaluation will be undertaken in two selected areas.

The impact of the Ministry’s 2004/05 and 2005/06 Cultural Well-being programme has been evaluated by undertaking a comparative analysis of how Cultural Well-being has been treated in a large sample of local authority 2003/04 Long-Term Council Community Plans and their draft 2006 Plans. This comparative analysis, which is now going through a peer review process, provides an indication of whether the role of the Ministry has contributed to an increased understanding and recognition of Cultural Well-being.

The Ministry employed an independent contractor (Hexad Consulting Group Ltd) to provide a quality assurance report for its cultural portal project. The final report was received in August 2006.

Undertakings in 2005
Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Collect and monitor key quantitative data in respect of Ministry projects and services.

Key data collected and monitored will be:

Unique visitors to Ministry websites:

• www.Anzac.govt.nz
• www.NZHistory.net.nz
• www.TeAra.govt.nz
• www.mch.govt.nz

The numbers of unique visitors to Ministry websites are as follows:

• 51,896
• 639,096
• 748,837
• 275,436

Visitor numbers to the National War Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.

Official visitors to the National War Memorial were recorded as being 15,573. This does not include an estimated 2,000 visitors to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior who did not enter the National War Memorial, some of whom would have visited outside of the hours the Memorial is open to the public.

Applications for historical awards and grants.

There were 132 applications for historical awards and grants.

Approximate sales of history book publications.

Frontier of Dreams – approx 18,000

The Big Show – 1,200

Innovation and Independence – 1,000

New Zealand and the Vietnam War – 700

Hell or High Water – 1,700

More than Law and Order – 1,000

Undertakings in 2005
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Monitor the resources committed to contributing to other departments’ initiatives.

Data will be collected and analysed on the number of other departments’ Cabinet papers for which the Ministry’s input is sought.

The Ministry has contributed to 70 Cabinet papers from other departments during the 2005/06 year.

The effectiveness of the Ministry’s input and influence will be ascertained from periodic evaluation through interviewing selected government departments. Aspects that would be canvassed include soundness of input, constructiveness of method, and impact on perspectives held .

Interviews with at least two government departments will be undertaken.

Stakeholder interviews have been deferred for inclusion in the development of a comprehensive stakeholder management strategy. Further interviews may also be conducted as a result of the recommendations of the strategy.

Undertakings in 2005
Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Achievement against each key objective will be reported in the Ministry’s 2005/06 Annual Report.

Achievement against each key objective is reported on Pages 4 -5.

The level of confidence of Māori in the Ministry’s work will be ascertained through periodic interviewing of key informants.

Interviews with at least two key informants will be undertaken.

Informal discussions about the work of the Ministry with respect to M āori performance have been carried out with a group of Kaihautu in associated agencies. This work is ongoing.

The effectiveness of our input to the Cultural Well-being initiative will be ascertained.

The number of visitors to the Cultural Well-being website will be monitored.

There were 13,945 page views of the Cultural Well-being website in the financial year.

The effectiveness of our communications with other key stakeholders will be ascertained through periodic reviewing of key informants.

Interviews with at least three key informants will be undertaken.

Stakeholder interviews have been deferred for inclusion in the development of a comprehensive stakeholder management strategy. Further interviews may also be conducted as a result of the recommendations of the strategy.

Undertakings in 2005
Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Achievement against each key objective will be reported in the Ministry’s 2005/06 Annual Report.

Achievement against each key objective is reported on Pages 6-7.

The level of Ministerial satisfaction with advice provided will be ascertained by way of an annual survey questionnaire .

Feedback will be sought during the year.

Feedback received from Ministers on advice provided was rated very good or good in all cases.

Undertakings in 2005
Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Achievement against each key objective will be reported in the Ministry’s 2005/06 Annual Report.

Achievement against each key objective is reported on Page 7.

The impact of our work will be ascertained through periodic interviewing of key informants from the boards of funded agencies.

Interviews with at least three key informants will be undertaken.

In May and June an independent consultant undertook a review with the Chairs of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, NZ Film Archive, and the acting Chair of Creative New Zealand. The respondents were very positive in respect to the programme and made some practical observations that have been taken into account when formulating the 2006/07 Governance programme.

Undertakings in 2005
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Achievement against each key objective will be reported in the Ministry’s 2005/06 Annual Report.

Achievement against each key objective is reported on Pages 8 - 9.

Improvements in the services delivered will be ascertained through periodic surveying of recipients.

Feedback from funded agencies will be obtained regarding the value of information provided through the Shared Workspace, and public feedback will be obtained regarding the delivery of historical information in digital media.

A survey of users of the Exchange Shared Workspace was carried out at the end of the financial year with respondents giving the site high ratings for relevance of content and above average ratings for navigation and searchability. Some users gave lower ratings for layout and design and we are investigating ways to improve these areas. One outcome of the survey is that several workspace users have agreed to participate in an Advisory Group for the site.

Informal data was recorded for NZHistory.net.nz.

Undertakings in 2005
Statement of Intent

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Achievement against each key objective will be reported in the Ministry’s 2005/06 Annual Report.

Achievement against each key objective is reported on Pages 10 -12.

The impact of key projects delivered will be ascertained through periodic surveying of recipients.

Public feedback will be obtained with regard to the first theme of Te Ara and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior project.

There were 89 responses to a questionnaire on Te Ara, which was accessible from the home page of the site, and there was a programme of in-depth user-testing.

Public feedback has been obtained with regard to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior both anecdotally and through comments written in the visitors’ book.

Major policy projects will be subjected to either internal or external review.

At least two projects will be reviewed.

Two projects have been subjected to external review:

• the analysis of 39 Long-Term Council Community Plans in relation to Cultural Well-being; and

• the Cultural Portal project, NZLive.com.

Undertakings in 2005
Statement of Intent

Actual performance

Achievement against each key objective will be reported in the Ministry’s 2005/06 Annual Report.

Achievement against each key objective is reported on Pages 13 -14.

Improvements in others’ understanding of the contribution of culture to the achievement of other government outcomes will be ascertained through periodic interviewing of selected agencies.

Interviews with at least two selected agencies will be undertaken.

Stakeholder interviews have been deferred for inclusion in the development of a comprehensive stakeholder management strategy. Further interviews may also be conducted as a result of the recommendations of the strategy.