Articles tagged as Supercity
One unitary council, one mayor, 20 councillors representing 13 wards, 149 local board members representing 21 local board areas. If we value and want community to remain strong and present in the new Supercity we need to exercise our right to vote on the basis of informed decisions.
MEET THE CANDIDATES STANDING AS COUNCILLORS FOR YOUR [...]
Auckland’s local government elections in 2010 signal the big pond we’re about to be thrown into. Supercity causes us concern because we fear this smallness, powerlessness, disintegration of community identity, and of what we perceive community to be, which includes nurturing the individual and meeting their need for a sense of belonging. However, as we’ve [...]
Academic and historian Professor John Davidson has been appointed to the board of the Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand, and Alastair Carruthers has been re-appointed as chair of the council, Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson announced today.
The Arts Council is responsible for overall policy development for Creative New Zealand, which [...]
An attempt is being made by Rodney District Council to retain money set aside for arts and cultural funding within the region after the change in governance.
The sum of $10 million was distributed to all the territorial authorities in the Auckland region to spend on “significant art and culture projects” when the Auckland Regional Services [...]
As more Super City mayoral candidates emerge, Auckland art practitioners and art lovers need to be considering what questions they want answered during the campaign race to election.
There will be a number of Mayoral Candidate Forums held over the next four months and it is imperative that probing questions on [...]
March 18th 2010
Dear Auckland Arts and Culture Sector people,
Following the last meeting at TAPAC in February, we’d like to update you as to what has been happening in the fast-moving world of Auckland governance transition, what the Auckland Arts and Culture Working Group have been working on, as well as what is coming up. [...]
There are two discussion documents that have been released for your feedback. They concern the roles of the Local Boards and also the roles of Council Controlled Organisations. We encourage you to read these documents and place feedback. Feedback is sought until the end of March 2010.
Latest update from the Arts Working Group on developments for the arts during the Auckland supercity transition.
Click the link below to view the minutes from the second of the Arts in the Supercity meetings that was held at TAPAC on the 10th of November, 2009
From this meeting an arts working group was formed to take a proactive approach to tackling issues relating to the arts sector under a supercity structure.
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The Creative People’s Centre is compiling an arts directory for the Auckland-wide region. There is a lot of change ahead in the coming year for the region’s arts sector, and we encourage democratic process and wish to both keep people informed, as well as provide opportunities for voices to be heard.
Note: The information collected is [...]