13 April 2023

In this issue:

• Voice your views on Aotearoa’s Artist Resale Royalty Scheme 

• Long-term Insights Briefing highlights opportunities for the cultural sector 

• Cyclone Gabrielle recovery saving precious taonga 

• Professor Rangi Mātāmua wins New Zealander of the Year 

• There's still time to do the census: deadline extended

• Spotlight – FundingHQ launches new arts and culture fundraising platform 

Tēnā koutou

Na te whakarongo, titiro me te whakaaro ka puta mai i te korero 
Through listening, looking and thinking we receive wisdom to speak 

This week, it is my privilege as Pou Mataaho o Te Aka Deputy Chief Executive Policy and Sector Performance to share a brief update on just some of the mahi underway in the Policy space.

We are principal advisors to the Government on the cultural system. In my team this often makes for exciting, speedy work (our Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme comes to mind), but sometimes the three-year election cycle can feel short and like there’s never time or space to look into the future and plan for long-term challenges.  

This is not a unique challenge to Manatū Taonga and so, all government ministries have been directed to produce Long-term Insights Briefings (LTIB). As the name describes, LTIBs look to the long-term trends, risks and opportunities facing Aotearoa. 

The LTIB that we have produced with the arts, culture and heritage sectors has been the result of a lot of kōrero and hard work – as it should be, because it needs to set out opportunities for the years to come. Last week, we presented our LTIB to the Social Services and Community Select Committee in Parliament, and you can read more about this in this newsletter.   

Another piece of mahi that’s been many years in the making is the Artist Resale Royalty (ARR) Scheme, legislation and regulation for which is currently open for public consultation. I’m excited to see real changes to how visual artists are recognised and rewarded in Aotearoa. We’re almost there with the Scheme, and as the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage said in the Bill’s introduction to Parliament, this Scheme “is long overdue”.  

The creative ideas and constructive criticism that we hear from the sectors we serve is incredibly valuable. I thank anyone who has voiced their views on the Ministry's policy and programmes. We’ve seen the real benefits of this feedback – for example in the LTIB, ARR and beyond into our Regeneration Fund public feedback rounds. We are listening, thinking and adapting based on your views. 

It won’t be a surprise that in the policy space sometimes it can take years before your plans make it to the real world and become reality, but it’s often exciting and always gratifying when they do.  

Ngā mihi nui,

Emily Fabling 
Pou Mataaho o Te Aka Deputy Chief Executive Policy and Sector Performance 

Cyclone Gabrielle support

The State of National Emergency has ended. A summary of available support is available on our website. Full updates are available from Civil Defence.

Voice your views on Aotearoa’s Artist Resale Royalty Scheme 

An Artist Resale Royalty Scheme is being established to ensure the creators of visual arts are recognised and rewarded when their work is resold on the secondary art market. Standalone legislation, the Resale Right for Visual Artists Bill, is currently passing through the House, and the Scheme will be established by late 2024.  

The Bill and the proposals for the Resale Right for Visual Artists regulations are now open for public consultation. 

Public submissions on the Bill will close on Thursday 27 April 2023. Submissions on the Bill can be made through Parliament's website. 

Public submissions on the proposals for the Resale Right for Visual Artists regulations will close on Monday 25 May 2023. To make a submission on the proposals for regulations, please download the discussion document and the submission form from our website. 

If you have any questions about the submissions process, please contact artistresaleroyalty@mch.govt.nz. 

Pictured centre (L-R): Emily Fabling Deputy Chief Executive Policy and Sector Performance; Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae Secretary for Culture and Heritage and Chief Executive; and Mere-Hēni Simcock-Reweti Deputy Chief Executive Māori Crown Relations, presented the briefing to select committee.

Long-term Insights Briefing highlights opportunities for the cultural sector

Manatū Taonga leaders presented the inaugural cultural sector Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) to the Social Services and Community Committee at Parliament last week. You can watch the video presentation on Facebook or read a write-up including some sector reaction on The Big Idea. 

The briefings are a new requirement for government agencies to explore medium and long-term issues that matter for the future wellbeing of New Zealanders. The cultural sector LTIB considers opportunities across five key areas that will influence the vibrancy and resilience of the sector ecosystem: te ao Māori; funding, investment and value; population change; digital technologies; and climate change.  

We are now starting to think about implementation and how we will collaborate with the cultural sector to ensure we are on the pathways identified in the briefing. Further updates will be communicated and shared with the sector via this newsletter and on our website.

Cyclone Gabrielle recovery saving precious taonga 

Amongst the many stories of heart-breaking loss and damage following Cyclone Gabrielle there are stories emerging of the impact on marae, their communities and their precious taonga. Below are some stories of leading textile conservation specialists who have been supporting the conservation and clean-up of marae and precious taonga.  

Te Papa’s Head of Mātauranga Māori Migoto Eria and Curator Mātauranga Māori Amber Aranui share their korero in a blog about their efforts on the ground to help out at four of the Kahungunu marae, alongside other Te Papa kaimahi.  

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Deputy Chief Executive and Kaihautū, Dean Whiting, and Pouārahi Central Region, Darran Kerei-Keepa, were also among those assisting cleanup marae in Ōmahu and Tangoio. You can read their update on how they were able to help assess and preserve precious whakairo and tukutuku panels.  

Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (Ngāti Maniapoto), one of the country's leading textile conservators, helped preserve unique raranga she said were unlike any she had seen. RNZ’s Jamie Tahana reported on some of the careful conservation work she supported along the east coast. 

Professor Rangi Mātāmua wins New Zealander of the Year 

Professor Rangi Mātāmua (Ngāi Tūhoe) was named the prestigious Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa New Zealander of the Year. Professor Mātāmua, who is the government's Chief Adviser Mātauranga Matariki, received the award in recognition for his continued efforts to push mātauranga Māori to the forefront and for his mahi to help establish the Matariki Public Holiday.   

The second Matariki Public Holiday will be on Friday 14 July 2023.  

View coverage on 1News, or read Minister Prime’s press release 

There's still time to do the census: deadline extended

It’s not too late to take part in this year’s Census. Stats NZ has announced the census collection in the Hawke’s Bay and Te Tairāwhiti has been extended to 1 June 2023.  

If you, or anyone you know wants support to take part in the census, StatsNZ have people able to help. If you have any questions, please call 0800 CENSUS (0800 236 787) or visit their website. 

Funding HQ founder, Jenni Giblin.

Spotlight – FundingHQ launches new arts and culture fundraising platform 

Funding HQ founder, Jenni Giblin, says she’s thrilled to launch New Zealand’s newest innovative online fundraising platform and consultancy service – a disruptor in the fundraising space.  

After receiving initial funding from the Cultural Sector Innovation Fund’s Te Urungi event in Hawkes Bay, Funding HQ officially launching its platform last week. The start-up is dedicated to supporting arts and cultural organisations to build the capability needed to secure funding and to delivering fundraising efficiencies. 

Jenni says the platform couldn’t have come at a better time for the arts sector. “Now more than ever arts organisations across the country are finding it difficult to access funds,” Jenni says. “Our platform helps organisations to build internal fundraising capability that make a real difference to being able to successfully access funding. One of our unique points is that as well as giving access to our funding tools and database, we give people access to funding expertise and connect them with a supportive community of peers.” 

Contact us

If you have any questions about any of our funding opportunities, please email us at Support.Culture@mch.govt.nz. 

For any other queries, please email us at info@mch.govt.nz.

More information

• For the latest information on other initiatives in the Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme, see the Manatū Taonga website
• If you have specific questions, email us at support.culture@mch.govt.nz
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