Articles tagged as Supercity
The Auckland Spatial Plan involves the development of a strategy by Auckland Council, with reference to central government, that will affect Auckland over the next 30 years. “A spatial plan shows, for a given area, adesired end state of complementary land use, infrastructure and public services that decision makers believe will most effectively and efficiently [...]
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Findings from Auckland’s Arts & Culture Advisory Group Workshop Responses December 14, 2010 How the Arts Advisory Group will influence and relate to Auckland Council The majority of responses (35%) mentioned values that relate to the cohesiveness of the group and its ability to lead the arts sector as a whole. This involves the group’s [...]
Dear Colleague, In the transition to the new Auckland governance, the creation of an Auckland Arts & Culture Advisory Group by Auckland’s arts and culture sector was strongly recommended by members of the ATA. (The sports and recreation sector have undertaken this type of regional strategy development some time ago.) To help progress the initiative [...]
The Arts Participation Trust would like to bring to your attention that there is currently before the Government Administration Select Committee a Bill to change the governance structure of Creative New Zealand. The bill is called the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill 2010. This Bill demolishes the Arts and Toi Maori Boards [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 arts funding, policies and [...]