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Community and Culture Committee
15 June 2021
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Community and Culture Activity Report for the
Quarter Ending 31 March 2021
Department: Community and Planning and Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 This
report updates the Committee on key city, community, arts and culture outcomes
for the quarter ended 31 March 2021.
2 Some
highlights for the quarter detailed in the report include:
· The
major exhibition, Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist) on show from 14
November 2020 to 28 February 2021 at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery was well
received and is now on tour at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
· The
installation of All From Water on the Ross Creek dam face was completed
in February 2021. Artists Katrina Thomson and Ross Sinclair worked
closely with Victoria Campbell (Kāti Irakehu, Ngāi Tahu) to
ensure that the star-scape encompasses mana whenua cosmologies and narratives
of place. The artwork comprises 79 steel, powder-coated stars placed
across the rocky slope to represent southern constellations, including Matariki
(Pleiades), Te Puka/Te Pae Mahutoka (the Southern Cross), and Te Toki A
Maui (Orion).
· A
second series of Philanthropy training was delivered to local arts
organisations to assist them with; making a compelling case to funders,
managing funders and patrons and resilience during the challenge of Covid‑19.
· Olveston
Historic Home being used as a location for a Netflix feature film.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Committee:
a) Notes the Community and Culture Activity Report for the
quarter ending 31 March 2021.
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BACKGROUND
Activities
3 The
Community and Planning group of activities works with other agencies to set the
direction for managing Dunedin’s built and natural environment. It
also works to enable a strong sense of community and social inclusion through
the provision of advice and support to community groups and social agencies and
provides events for the enjoyment of residents and visitors.
4 The
Arts and Culture group of activities operates Dunedin Public Libraries, the
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Toitū Otago Settlers
Museum, the Lan Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden and Olveston Historic Home.
Residents’ Opinion Survey
5 The
Residents’ Opinion Survey (ROS) is the principal mechanism by which the
Council measures residents’ satisfaction with a wide range of its
activities.
6 The
ROS is conducted on a continuous monthly basis, aiming to obtain around 100
responses each month, resulting in a sample size of around 1,200 for the
year. This gives a quarterly sample size of around 300 residents. A
sample size of 300 has an expected margin of error (at the 95% confidence
interval) of ± 5.7%, whereas the annual result for 2018/19 had a margin
of error of ± 2.2% (at the 90% confidence level).
7 The
ROS asks respondents to rate their satisfaction levels on a scale from 1-10
from very dissatisfied to very satisfied. Results are now provided in the
quarterly reports for three categories; satisfied/very satisfied, neutral, and
dissatisfied/very dissatisfied.
8 The
lower results reported for previous time periods are due at least in part to
changes in the way these measures are reported.
9 The ROS was temporarily suspended during the July to September 2020
quarter due to an operational issue. The ROS resumed in October 2020,
with data sampling increased for the October and December 2020 quarter to
obtain appropriate sample numbers for the July to December 2020 period.
These results are reported in this quarter, and data sampling resumed as normal
from January 2021 onwards.
DISCUSSION
Some
Key ROS Results
Sense
of Community
10 Table
1 shows the level of residents’ perception that there is a ‘Sense
of community within local neighbourhood’ has increased by 3% from the
same period last year.
Support for Festivals and Events
11 Table
2 shows the satisfaction with DCC’s support for ‘City Festivals and
Events’ has decreased by 13% from the same period last year.
Satisfaction with Cultural Facilities
Dunedin
Public Libraries
12 Table
3 shows no change in satisfaction with ‘Dunedin Public Libraries’
from the same period last year.
Dunedin
Public Art Gallery
13 Table
4 shows satisfaction with ‘Dunedin Public Art Gallery’ has
decreased by 5% from the same period last year.
Toitū
Otago Settlers Museum
14 Table
5 shows satisfaction with ‘Toitū Otago Settlers Museum’ has
decreased by 2% from the same period last year.
Lan
Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden
15 Table
6 shows satisfaction with ‘Lan Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden’ has
increased by 7% from the same period last year.
Dunedin
Olveston Historic Home
16 Table
7 shows there is a 5% decrease in satisfaction with ‘Dunedin Olveston
Historic Home’ from the same period last year.
Visitation Numbers and Cultural
Institutions
Dunedin
Public Libraries
17 Table
8 shows a total of 254,198 visits were made to Dunedin Public Libraries during
this quarter.
Public Programmes
18 A
total of 6,910 attended public and lifelong learning programmes offered by the
Dunedin Public Libraries during the quarter. This is a slight decrease in
the level of participation compared with the second quarter figure, impacted by
the movement into Alert Level 2 (15 – 17 February 2021 and 28 February
– 7 March 2021) which saw the cancellation of all public programmes.
19 A
number of talks took place during the quarter including author Dianne Brown in
conversation with writer and editor Michelle Elvy; artist Karley Parker; and
Permaculture Your Wardrobe with Jane Milburn (online).
20 The
Library had a presence at several community events including: the Sports Otago
Stride Ride and Slide Day, and the South Dunedin Festival.
21 Collaborative
events included the hosting of three Fringe Festival events at the City
Library: The Bacchae: an adaptation of Euripides’ original Greek tragedy
of power, gender, and morality, all through a unique Aotearoa perspective;
Julie Woods’ Happiness in 20 minutes, and the Blue Experience with Sophie
Ricketts.
Dunedin
Public Art Gallery
22 Table
9 shows the number of visitors is down on the corresponding period last year, which
can be expected given the lack of international visitors. The number is
31% down on the same time last year. Interestingly, the numbers for the
Dunedin Public Art Gallery in February 2021 were stronger when compared to
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. This is most likely attributed to the
Hotere Exhibition, where there was strong visitation, particularly in the last
week of the month before the exhibition finished.
Exhibitions
23 The
suite of exhibitions which opened this reporting period include, Habitation
a survey of the work of artist and designer Guy Ngan; From the Shore, a
moving image exhibition featuring artists working in documentary or cinema,
exploring what it means to represent indigenous people, places or ideas on the
screen; and Suite, the biennial snapshot of contemporary art in
Ötepoti.
Open Late at the Gallery
24 On
the Third Thursday of each month the Art Gallery opens late with live
music performances, food trucks, a cash bar, tours and activities for children.
Toitū Otago
Settlers Museum
25 Table
10 shows the number of visitors is below the corresponding period last year,
which is to be expected due to lack of international visitors and cruise ship
passengers. Numbers were down 46% driven by particularly low numbers in
February 2021. This is most likely a reflection on the travelling habits
of the domestic market. They tend to have been on holiday over the
Christmas and New Year Period and over the school holidays with school
beginning again in late January early February.
Furthest Frontier: Stories from
Tamatea/Dusky Sound
26 Rolled
out on Toitū’s
YouTube channel from January to March 2021, this seven-episode mini-documentary
has been very well received with initial views into the tens of
thousands. The project has garnered a national media attention.
Burns
Visitation Book
27 Having
been conserved and digitised at Auckland Museum, this prized object has now
been returned to display, along with a new custom-made object mount. The
newly digitised material can now be incorporated into more interactive
interpretive displays within the Museum in the future.
Gallery
Refreshes
28 As
the 10-year anniversary of the Museum’s 2012 re-opening approaches, staff
are working on refreshing and updating many of the exhibition galleries.
This is a great opportunity for the Museum to review its long-term displays and
see what has worked well and what could be improved. Also, as technology
has continued its inevitable progress over the intervening years, the Museum
has been thinking about what new interpretive approaches it can employ as it
looks ahead to the 2020s and beyond. The first phases of the refresh,
which encompasses the Gold, Gold, Gold and Ghosts of Wall Street
displays, is now reaching completion, with planning now turning to New
Edinburgh and the transport displays.
Lan
Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden
29 Table
11 shows the total visitor numbers for Lan Yuan are 27% down on the
corresponding period last year. It is important to note that in this
period Chinese New Year fell, which has a significant effect on numbers.
The Garden is open for this event with higher numbers estimated last year
compared to this year. Due to the pandemic lockdown and the absence of
international tourists, makes it difficult to draw meaningful comparisons
between this and last year.
Chinese
New Year
30 The
Year of the Ox was celebrated as part of Chinese New Year at Lan Yuan on 12
February 2021. Many thousands gathered in the Lan Yuan forecourt to view
cultural performances, eat from an array of food stalls and watch a spectacular
firework display at the end of the evening.
Olveston
Historic Home
31 Table
12 shows Olveston has experienced a reduction in numbers for this quarter with
74% less visitors on the same period last year. The school holidays saw a
reasonable number of families through in January 2021, with a noticeable
increase in 60 plus tours in the later part of the quarter.
Olveston
was used as a location for the Netflix romantic comedy Royal Treatment in March
2021. Crew were onsite for seven days and Olveston staff are working to
promote the house as a film location in the future.
32 The
Olveston team has taken advantage of the New Zealand Tourism and Qualmark
opportunities that have been on offer through Enterprise Dunedin to look at
strategic planning and the future of Olveston, with a large emphasis how Olveston
can continue to grow and develop its offering.
Major Initiatives
33 The
following section is not confined to the quarter ending March 2021 and provides
updates on the current status of the initiatives.
Community
South
Dunedin Library and Community Complex
34 Work
to adjust the concept design to reflect the change from reuse of the existing
buildings to demolition and rebuild is almost complete. The concept
design will be presented to the Council for its information at a future
date. Staff are working with existing tenants regarding relocation from
the site.
South
Dunedin Future (SDF) Project
35 The
SDF community engagement project has continued to build relationships and
awareness of the challenges and opportunities for South Dunedin. Between
January and March 2021 staff attended a further 15 meetings with community
groups in the wider South Dunedin area. Highlights include participation
in the South Dunedin Street Festival, Moana Nui pacific festival, combined
Samoan church service, two heritage forums and the Caversham community
group. Staff from DCC and ORC have met with a total of 55 community
groups and other stakeholders since the start of last year. Staff also
contributed to several media stories and video interviews in the last quarter.
36 Two
future monthly SDF ‘drop in’ sessions are planned in South Dunedin
in early June and July 2021.
37 Staff
have begun the process to wrap up and evaluate this first 18-month phase of
community engagement. Staff have begun planning a second phase of
engagement to follow in the second part of the year.
St
Clair – St Kilda Coastal Plan
38 Fourteen
months of community engagement on the St Clair – St Kilda Coastal Plan
has now been completed. Staff are in the process of analysing the feedback
from the community and drafting the Coastal Plan document which will include a
community-centred vision and set of objectives as well as a plan for future
implementation and adaptation. The St Clair – St Kilda Coastal Plan
will be presented to Council in late-July/ early-August 2021 with an attached
report on all engagement.
Civic
Events
39 Waitangi
Day celebrations in the Upper Octagon were opened by the Deputy Mayor, Cr
Garey, followed by mass singing of the national anthem led by Molly
Devine. Around 200 people enjoyed a variety of local musical
entertainment on the lawn, and a small food and craft market in the
carriageway.
40 Chinese
New Year (CNY) festivities at Lan Yuan, including the Dragon Parade from the
Octagon, were attended by several thousand people. The event successfully
trialled a Quiet Hour for mobility and sensory special needs visitors prior to
Lan Yuan opening to the general public. Chinese New Year was filmed by
China Central Television (CCTV) for a series profiling families and characters
as they celebrate CNY. Anecdotally, the Dunedin story is the only story
being filmed outside of China for the series which will be played on CCTV later
this year.
41 This
year’s CNY grand finale fireworks were very positively received, and efforts
to improve the sustainability footprint of CNY have seen a marked reduction in
the amount of plastic waste generated at the event, compared with just two
years ago.
42 Dunedin
Puaka Matariki Festival (PMF) dates have been set at 2 to 16 July 2021. The
Otago Community Trust has approved $12,500 for the PMF contestable funding
pool. Ten community organisations received grants to support their Puaka
Matariki events.
City Activations and Premier and Major Events
43 The
Otago Community Trust has agreed to be the Naming Partner for the 2022 New
Zealand Masters Games. The Trust will provide $100,000 in financial
support for the event. The Masters Games is currently looking at options
for the Games Hub but can confirm that it will not be in the central Octagon.
44 A
fan-zone to celebrate the Emirates Team New Zealand America’s race series
was held in the Lower Octagon from 10 to 16 March 2021. On average,
weather depending, approximately 80 people per day watched the
races. A family movie morning was held on 13 March 2021 to maximise
screen use.
45 Dunedin
was confirmed as one of nine cities to host the FIFA WWC 2023. Four
cities; Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin have been chosen as the Host
Cities for the joint New Zealand-Australia bid. Planning is underway with
internal and external stakeholders on this signature event.
46 Planning
is also underway for the ICC WWC 2022 which will be held in early March
2022.
47 Dunedin
has been successful in securing two All Blacks test matches; one on 10 July
2021 (All Blacks vs Fiji) and 25 September 2021 (All Blacks v South
Africa). The September 2021 test will mark 100 years of rugby between the
nations, with Dunedin hosting the first All Blacks vs South Africa match in
1921.
Youth
Ōtepoti
Youth Vision
48 Community
advisors met with more than 30 signatories to Ōtepoti Youth Vision to
discuss their understanding and contribution to the Vision. A Hui is planned
for late May 2021.
TUIA
49 Four
applications for the Tuia rangatahi leadership programme were received for
2021. The successful applicant was selected following an expression of
interest process and has attended two wānanga to date.
Aspiring
Leaders
50 The
DCC and Otago Community Trust have selected and agreed to fund three young
people to be funded to attend the 2021 Aspiring Leaders programme in
Wellington.
Community
Engagements
51 Staff
continue to meet with sector specific groups. Ōtepoti Pasifika
Support Network, Disability Issues Advisory Group, Ōtepoti Community
Support Network, and Refugee Steering Group. The attendees report that
the networking and information shared supports them in their work. Staff
also co-ordinated two three engagement opportunities as part of the 10 Year
Plan consultation. A summary of support provided to Advisory Groups is
provided in a separate report.
Grants
52 In
February 2021 a funding Hui was held with representatives of the Otago
Community Trust, Department of Internal Affairs, Office of Ethnic Communities,
and the Southern Trust for more than 40 organisations to provide advice and
information about grant funds available. The session in Mosgiel was
cancelled due to change of Covid-19 alert levels, but another was held in Broad
Bay.
53 The
first contestable round of the Regional Events Fund closed on 26 March 2021
attracting eight applications. The fund is part of the MBIE suite of
Covid-19 recovery initiatives and overseen by Enterprise Dunedin as regional
facilitator. For the Dunedin region there is a funding pool of up to $720,000
available until June 2023. Two grants were made in the first round, to
the New Zealand International Science Festival and Otago Community Trust NZ
Masters Games 2022. The next funding round will be October 2021.
54 A
total of $298,647 was allocated in Arts, Creative Communities, Community,
Community Events and Covid-19 Community Grants to more than 100 applicants in
the DCC’s March 2021 funding round.
Enviroschools
55 Senior
Secondary Student Mobilising for Change Hui was held on-line due to Covid-19
Level 2 restrictions, five schools attended with another three viewing the
recorded Zoom. A Teacher Cluster café was held at Carisbrook
School with 15 teachers attending. Many schools have requested follow up
meetings regarding the topics covered at both events. Staff planned and
held a Teacher Hui in May 2021, which will be reported in the next quarter.
Keep
Dunedin Beautiful
56 During
Orientation Week a stall was hosted at Tent City to educate students about
sustainability initiatives and practical waste minimisation activities they can
use every day. Alongside this, Keep Dunedin Beautiful supported six
University of Otago Halls of Residences with volunteer activities for their
first-year students. Approximately 700 students participated in community
clean-ups in our parks and reserves across the city, collecting close to one
tonne of rubbish.
57 In
March 2021, a community event was held at St Kilda for Sea Week, a national
week to celebrate the importance of Dunedin’s coastal environments.
Over 120 people attended, and participated in a coastal clean-up, and other
related activities including education about dogs on leashes around sea lions
and penguins led by the Department of Conservation.
Taskforce
Green
58 Approximately
6,000 hours of volunteer work has been undertaken by Taskforce Green volunteers
in the reporting quarter. Approximately 50% of the work was for
departments within the DCC with the other 50% being work done directly for the
wider Dunedin community.
Cultural
Initiatives
Ara
Toi Ōtepoti
Arts Grants
59 Staff
processed a total of 11 DCC Arts Grants and 26 Creative New Zealand (CNZ)
Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) Grants in the March 2021 round. The
Grants Subcommittee approved the disbursement of $36,216 to DCC Arts applicants
and $69,672 to CCS applicants. The CCS funding pool benefitted from an
additional $20,000 given by CNZ as part of their Covid-19 support strategies.
Bring It Home
60 Administered
with Enterprise Dunedin, Bring It Home supports musicians who have secured NZ
On Air New Music Singles funding to film music videos in Ōtepoti.
Ara Toi contributes a further $2,000 to the total cost of the production.
In this quarter Jenny Mitchell’s single Somehow was supported through
Bring It Home.
Philanthropy Training
61 A
second group of local art organisations attended philanthropy training with
Jenni Giblin from Giblin Group in March 2021. Attendees included: Otago
Arts Society, City Choir, Down in Edin, GUILD, Stitch Kitchen, Prospect Park,
New Athenaeum Theatre, Science Festival, Loom Room, The Playhouse Theatre,
Whare Flat and the Heritage Festival. Participants were positive about
the training and a report will be presented by Ms Giblin before the end of June
2021.
Dunedin Dream Brokerage
62 The
focus of the Dunedin Dream Brokerage is to bring life into empty urban and
retail environments through brokering a lively programme of creative projects
in the CBD. The Dunedin Dream Brokerage team has delivered the Off the
Ground project and supported Dunedin Fringe Festival over this quarter.
Boosted
63 Boosted
is Aotearoa’s only crowdfunding platform dedicated to the arts. An
Ara Toi partnership with Boosted supports the Dunedin Boosted mentor. Support
and advice to our local creative community has remained strong through this reporting
period and will be continued with extra Council support from the DCC Covid‑19
fund.
Joined Up Approach
64 Ara
Toi staff are working to facilitate a more joined up approach from the DCC in
response to concerns raised by the live music community. The plan is to
have a more coordinated approach across Ara Toi, City Planning and Regulatory
teams. Including creating toolkit or ‘how too’ approach for
the website.
Public Art
65 Resource
Consent for Ko te Tūhono has been approved and staff are working with the
artist, Events and Community Development, Parks and Recreation and Transport to
ensure that timelines for production and installation line up. It is
hoped that the work will be installed by 1 December 2021, depending upon the
availability of the Octagon.
66 Following
approval of the updated Trading in Public Places Bylaw, staff are working with
the Policy team to look at how performance space within the central city can be
best managed within this framework. The aim is to ensure equity of access
for all performers, and to minimise conflict between street performers and
between street performers and retailers. A brief survey to canvas the
views of street performers and other interested parties has been drawn up and
will be distributed widely in mid-July 2021.
Arts
and Creativity in Infrastructure (ACII)
67 Te
Rauone: A final design produced by artist Aroha Novak for the formal
entranceway to the Te Rauone Reserve has been approved by Nga Rūnaka o
Ōtākou and the Te Rauone Working Party. Phase 2 will involve a
new contract for the project management of the production and installation of
the successful artwork. The timing of this will depend on Port
Otago’s progress with the building of the three groynes and the development
of the carpark.
68 Tomohaka/Tomahawk:
The building consent exemption has been approved for Alex Whitaker’s pou
whenua to be installed by the Tomohaka/Tomahawk carpark, at the dune pathway to
the beach.
69 Bath
Street Pump surround: Working with 3 Waters, young local artist Bruno
Willis has been selected to decorate the surround that shields the pump at the
Stuart Street exit of Bath Street. Subject to weather and Mr
Willis’ availability this is expected to be completed within four to five
weeks.
Communities of Readers
70 Ara
Toi Staff are involved in the Communities of Readers project which is led by
the National Library in partnership with the Ministry of Education, local
rūnaka, the Methodist Mission Southern and the Dunedin City Council
(including Ara Toi Strategy, Dunedin Public Libraries and UNESCO City of
Literature). This project aims to build the concept of reading for
pleasure in children aged 3 – 7 in the South Dunedin community and has
been generated in response to falling levels of literacy in Aotearoa that affects
wellbeing and employment opportunities.
71 Ten
thousand books have been delivered to early childhood centres, primary schools,
community groups and businesses in South Dunedin. The Read Share Grow
team attend South Dunedin Community Network meetings and other local community
events such as the South Dunedin Street Festival and the South Dunedin Teddy
Bear Hospital.
Creative Industries
Artist Space Research
72 Research
continues to map the artist spaces in the central city and Port Chalmers.
The intention is to chart artist spaces annually to track change and
availability of studio, rehearsal and presentation space in Dunedin. The
purpose of this project is to secure artist making spaces for creation and
presentation of music and art in Dunedin.
Creative Workforce Development Committee
73 The
Village Ōtepoti is a creative workforce framework that seeks to increase
connection and support for local practitioners. The Village team includes
partners from DCC, the Ministry of Education and the College of Creative
Practice and Enterprise at Otago Polytechnic. The team will present to
the Innovation fund (Ministry of Culture and Heritage) for seed funding to
begin organised delivery of this project from July 2021.
City
of Literature
Global Social Media Campaign
74 Ōtepoti
He Puna Auaha/Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature (CoL) participated in a Cities
of Literature social media campaign for World Poetry Day on 21 March by
showcasing its programme City of Literature Primary Possibilities (see below). The campaign was
supported by the Communications & Promotions Working Group, led digitally
by Dunedin’s Director CoL with representation from Kraków
(Poland), Óbidos (Portugal), Seattle (USA), and Ulyanovsk (Russia). The
UNESCO Secretariat promoted the campaign to offer comfort during the pandemic
in line with its 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Local Collaboration
75 City
of Literature Primary Possibilities was run by CoL as part of
the National Library’s Read Share Grow collaboration. South Dunedin
primary school children participated in free poetry workshops led by poet Liz
Breslin. The children created an original poem as a group, and posters of the
poems were designed and printed for the schools and other institutions to
exhibit.
International Collaboration
76 Dunedin
participated in Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s online
exhibition by showcasing two poems by Dunedin poet Peter Olds alongside
corresponding photographs of Dunedin; later in the year Manchester will host a
virtual tour of Dunedin. The CoL donated copies of its own book A Town Trod
by Poets, by Roger Hickin with Poetry and Photographs by Peter Olds, for
inclusion in the Manchester Poetry Library’s permanent collection.
International
Residency
77 Dunedin
writer Liz Breslin, selected by Norwich UNESCO City of Literature for a
virtual, remunerated residency in February 2021, has received subsequent
attention internationally for her role on Norwich’s panels, her
commissioned works, and her tips for writers around the world.
Celebrating
Writers
78 The
late Essie Summers, Dunedin’s ‘Queen of Romance’ with sales
of 19 million worldwide, was celebrated with a new Writers’ Walk plaque
unveiled at a public ceremony as part of the Dunedin Writers & Readers
Festival 2021. The plaque was facilitated by the CoL team and funded by the
Friends of the Library and the Alexander McMillan Trust. The Festival also
offered a panel discussion Mapping Dunedin’s Stories featuring the
City of Literature’s publication A Town Trod by Poets, as well as
the City of Literature app dtour, a partnership project led by English
and Linguistics at the University of Otago and free to download from the App
Store and Google Play.
Celebrating
Dunedin
79 The
CoL led a collaboration with the ORC and Hocken Collections on a series of Transported
decals, installed by the ORC on bus shelters ahead of the Dunedin Writers &
Readers Festival 2021. Memorable words by local writers and images from the
Hocken Collections explore transport in our city over the decades, including
cars, buses, trams, bicycles, motorbikes, horse-drawn buses, rail, and walking.
A social media campaign featured a competition to win tickets to the Festival,
books by featured authors from Dunedin, and a Bee Card credit to assist with
Festival travel.
OPTIONS
67 As
this is an update report, there are no options.
NEXT STEPS
68 Key areas of
focus for the three months ahead will include:
· South
Dunedin Library and Community Complex: Work to adjust the
concept design to reflect the change from reuse of the existing buildings to
demolition and rebuild is almost complete. The concept design will be
presented to the Council for its information at a future date. Staff are
working with existing tenants regarding relocation from the site.
· Te
Rauone Reserve: Ngā Rūnaka o Ōtākou and the Te Rauone
working party have approved Aroha Novak and Kirsten Parkinson’s final
design for the entrance to the reserve. The sculptural archway’s
design references local tuaki (cockles), piako (sedge grass), and the whales
which used to frequent the harbour. The next stage will be the production
and installation of the work; the timeframe for this will depend upon the
completion of the groyne construction.
· Public
Artwork: Resource consent has been approved for the installation of Ko
te Tūhono on the site of the unused chessboard in the Octagon.
Production of the sculpture will commence, and staff are working with the
artist to organise the installation of the work. It is hoped that the
official opening/blessing of the work will be able to coincide with an
exhibition of Ngāi Tahu artists which opens at the DPAG on 1 December
2021.
Signatories
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Author:
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Joy Lanini - Manager Community Development and Events
Bernie Hawke - Manager Library Services
Cam McCracken - Director DPAG, Toitū, Lan Yuan and
Olveston
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Authoriser:
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Simon Pickford - General Manager Community Services
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SUMMARY OF CONSIDERATIONS
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Fit with purpose of Local Government
This decision promotes the
social and economic well-being of communities in the present and for the
future.
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The Community and Culture
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Māori Impact Statement
There are no known impacts
for tangata whenua.
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Sustainability
There are no specific
implications for sustainability.
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10YP/Annual Plan / Financial Strategy
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There are no specific
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Financial considerations
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Significance
This report is assessed as
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Engagement – external
No external engagement has
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Engagement - internal
No internal engagement has
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Risks: Legal / Health and Safety etc.
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risks
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Conflict of Interest
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Community Boards
The updates in this report
do not relate specifically to Community Boards but are likely to be of
general interest to them.
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