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ARTS, CULTURE
AND HERITAGEBuilding a Brighter Future
Supporting our culture
Our arts and culture sector puts New Zealand
on the international stage, whether through our
film industry, the highly-regarded NZSO, or
award-winning authors.
The sector plays a big part in New Zealands
way of life and Nationals plan to grow
businesses, create jobs, and build a stronger
economy.
Despite the tight economic times of the past
three years, the arts are in great shape. We will
continue to focus on getting better value from
the Governments investment to support
innovation and encourage jobs in the sector.
Key facts
Cultural industries contribute over $8 billionto the New Zealand
economy.
Seven per cent of our workforce is employedin the arts
sector.
Every year, 83 per cent of New Zealandersattend some form of
arts event.
Culture and heritage are major marketingpoints for tourism.
More than one in four international touristsattend our museums
and many more visit our
art galleries, historic buildings, or attend Maori
cultural performances.
National has
Supported the arts
Increased support for Creative New Zealandand for galleries and
museums, to help the
arts survive in tough economic times.Increased Lotteries
payments to the arts.Formed the Cultural Philanthropy Taskforceto
boost charitable giving to arts, culture, and
heritage organisations.
Commissioned Sir Peter Jackson to reviewthe New Zealand Film
Commission, and put
in place a range of his recommendations.
Introduced legislation reducing bureaucracy atthe Historic
Places Trust and Arts Council.Given $3 million to the Historic
Places Trustfor critical, overdue repairs and maintenance
to heritage sites and buildings.
Increased the visibility of the arts
Retained The Hobbitfilms in New Zealand.Introduced a pilot of
the music programme ElSistema to bring classical music to
youngpeople in South Auckland.
Signed film co-production agreements withChina, South Africa,
and India.
Changed the qualifying threshold for theScreen Production
Incentive Fund so more
NZ feature films can be produced.
Launched the NZ Film Library to promotelocal films to large
international audiences.
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What we will do next
1. Provide strong support for the arts
Continue to support the creative sector, andwork to further
boost cultural philanthropy
and provide better incentives for giving to the
arts.
As the arts continue to increase in
importance, we will ensure incentives exist to
encourage individuals and private enterprise
to support this vibrant sector.
Review the Large Budget Screen ProductionGrant and the Screen
Production Incentive
Fund to ensure top-quality film production.
The film industry in New Zealand is a
valuable contributor to our economy. We
want to make sure we have the right
incentives in place to support and grow the
industry, rewarding innovation and creating
more real jobs.
Explore expanding the El Sistema programmeto new areas.
Like team sports, involvement in an orchestra
helps the development of organisation,
cooperation, interdependence, commitment
and trust. This programme has been very
successful and we will explore rolling it out to
other parts of the country.
Continue to put in place recommendationsfrom Sir Peter Jacksons
review of the New
Zealand Film Commission.
The film industry has been one of New
Zealands highest profile successes of the past
15 years. We will continue to give the
industry the support it needs to keep up
momentum and build on its success.
2. Honour our history
Develop a more strategic whole-of-government approach to
commemorations.
Commemorating New Zealands history is an
important part of recognising our cultural
heritage. We need a coordinated approach
so up-coming anniversaries, such as the First
World War centenary, are marked
appropriately. See ourVeterans Affairs policyfor more
details.
Complete the development of Memorial Parkfor the centenary of
the First World War.
Wellingtons Memorial Park will be the
centrepiece of New Zealands
commemorations for the centenary of the
First World War, beginning in 2014. The
Government committed funding in Budget
2010 to ensure Memorial Park is worthy ofthe people it
commemorates and the
sacrifices they made.
3. Improve governance for the sector
Introduce better co-ordination betweenservice museums, and
investigate the
potential for a national military museum.
Encourage greater regional cultural tourismby exploring the
ability of Te Papa to support
shared operations with regional and local
museums and galleries.
Negotiate further international film co-production
agreements.
Film co-production agreements give
filmmakers opportunities in other countries,
and bring new film projects here. New
Zealand currently has 11 bilateral film co-production
arrangements in force.
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