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IN THIS ISSUE:
Welcome to the Tizard Revue
In this issue I have highlighted a number of websites that you may be interested in looking at over the summer break. These are only a few of the many excellent arts-related websites in New Zealand. I wish you all the very best for the holiday season and the coming year.
Judith Tizard
The arts and cultural sectors in our country are thriving. I attend many exhibition openings, first nights, book launches and other arts-related events, ranging from the Wearable Arts Awards in Nelson, to APRA's naming of the top ten Kiwi songs of all time, to the opening of Te Papa's Boulevard visual arts gallery. These and many other activities illustrate the vibrancy of the arts in New Zealand, and the sheer passion which drives our creative people. In May 2000 the Labour-Alliance government boosted funding for the arts significantly. A Film Production Fund and a Music Industry Commission were established to encourage local film-makers and musicians. Extra funding was allocated to ensure the financial viability of major arts, cultural and heritage institutions like the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Te Papa, the Historic Places Trust and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. The epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, filmed throughout New Zealand and directed by New Zealander Peter Jackson, proves that the arts have economic as well as intrinsic benefits. Recently I announced a multi-million dollar funding package to capitalise on the massive tourism, software and other spin-offs which can flow to New Zealand from the trilogy. As the arts thrive, so New Zealand will thrive. Let's keep it that way. Helen Clark, Prime Minister
At a function at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Prime Minister Helen Clark said over the next two to three years, 24 galleries and museums throughout New Zealand, from Invercargill to Whangarei, will receive art from the MFAT collection. The artists represent a roll-call of New Zealand's best and most enduring artistic talent, ranging from Colin McCahon to Frances Hodgkins, Tony Fomison and many, many others. As the art by New Zealand's established artists is distributed throughout New Zealand, it will be replaced at MFAT's posts with works by emerging artists who provide a distinctive statement of contemporary New Zealand culture. Helen Clark congratulated freelance art curator Alexa Johnston for the outstanding job she has done in working with MFAT and the recipient institutions to identify which artworks would be sent to each location. "With Alexa's report as a blueprint for action, New Zealanders will now be able to enjoy even more of the outstanding art produced in our country over the last 150 years." A copy of Alexa Johnston's full report can be viewed at www.mfat.govt.nz/about/worksofart.html. The full list of artists whose works are coming home is: Gretchen Albrecht, Donald Binney, Nicholas Chevalier, Philip Clairmont, Tony Fomison, CF Goldie, Rudolph Gopas, Patrick Hanly, Frances Hodgkins, Ralph Hotere, Michael Illingworth, Richard Killeen, Colin McCahon, Milan Mrkusich, Buck Nin, Evelyn Page, Louis John Steele, Gordon Walters, John Weeks, Cliff Whiting, Brent Wong, MT Woollaston.
The nine-month parallel importing ban will give the film distribution industry a period of protection to allow for the orderly release of films, videos and DVDs. I and other Ministers had hundreds of representations from people all over New Zealand and from all sides of the House who were concerned about the future of regional picture theatres. This proposal will ensure that distributors can supply provincial and smaller cinemas with copies of film prints so that as many New Zealanders as possible have access to new release titles. It's important that we enable these cinemas to stay in business at a time when there are more New Zealand movies being made. Whale Rider, the first film from our $22 million Film Production Fund, is currently in production. As many New Zealanders as possible deserve to see these films in a cinematic environment. This legislative change will ensure the future of provincial and smaller cinemas. At the same time, we recognise that piracy is an issue for the music and software industries in particular, so we will introduce legislation to reverse the onus of proof in piracy proceedings. The government has a very strong commitment to the development of the creative industries and has implemented a number of initiatives to ensure that these industries achieve their full potential. The Film Production Fund was part of the $86 million Cultural Recovery Package, a substantial funding injection made into the creative sector in May 2000.
As part of the May 2000 Cultural Recovery Package, the government made a $300,000 contribution to the Edwin Fox Society for the preservation of the Picton-based historic sailing ship. The funds helped to meet the cost of building a roof over the dry dock to prevent the damaging effects of rain and sun on the timbers of the ship. The Edwin Fox is the last surviving ship of its type in the world - an East Indiament ship built in India in 1853 for trading purposes between Europe and Asia. It carried troops to the Crimean War in 1854, sailed between England and Australia in 1858, and made eight migrant voyages to New Zealand from 1873 until 1880, when it was refitted as a refrigeration ship for New Zealands burgeoning meat trade. As a migrant ship of historical significance, the Edwin Fox gives us valuable insights into our heritage, and it also offers great economic potential as a tourist attraction for Marlborough. A year and a half on, the Cultural Recovery Package continues to do what we wanted it to do - promote exciting, innovative arts and heritage projects and cultural products that enhance New Zealand's identity, provide sustainable employment and economic growth. The Edwin Fox is on Dunbar Wharf, right on the Picton foreshore. If you are traveling through Picton during the summer, drop in on the Edwin Fox.
The Fashion Incubator in Auckland has received a $70,000 award in the first funding round from the government's incubator support programme. The Fashion Incubator is one of four business incubators to benefit from the awards. The money will be used by incubator managers for operational purposes, including management salaries, training, IT development, administrative support, marketing, mentoring and business services for incubator tenants. Incubators typically provide work space and support services for entrepreneurs and new businesses at the start-up and early stages of development. Small Business Minister Pete Hodgson says incubators have excellent potential to meet key goals for the government including stimulating economic growth and supporting innovation. For more information, visit Industry New Zealand's Business Incubator site The Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Society Festival, Kapa Haka 2002, takes place in Auckland for the first time in twenty years. It will be hosted by Ngati Whatua O Orakei at Bastion Point during the weekend of February 22-24. An audience of 100,000 people is expected at the event. The Kapa Haka festival has been held every two years since 1972 and celebrates excellence in traditional Maori performing arts. The festival sets a very demanding standard and highlights the diversity of traditional and contemporary Maori performing arts. As well as pulling together the best kapa haka groups every two years, the festival creates ongoing opportunities. Reigning kapa haka champions Te Matarae I Orehu spent much of this year touring the successful Ihi FrENZy production around the country with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Judith Tizard's Labour parliamentary colleague and Ngati Whatua kaumatua Joe Hawke extended a nationwide invitation to the festival. "Ngati Whatua o Orakei are indeed greatly honoured to be hosting Kapa Haka 2002, and we welcome all throughout Aotearoa to this brilliant occasion. Nau mai koutou, haere mai."
The Big Idea
"This is our Big Idea - to create an online community in virtual space which will meet the needs of practitioners and their audience to communicate, find and provide work and flourish and grow".
Heritage Images Online
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