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Budget 2004: Culture and heritage gets new boost
Rt Hon Helen Clark
Prime Minister
Minister for Arts,
Culture and Heritage
26 May 2004 Media
Statement
Budget 2004
Culture and heritage gets new
boost
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark said today that this year’s budget increases government funding for the culture and heritage sector by over $30 million next year.
Major new
investments for next year include:
- $10 million per
annum for the Film Commission and for the administration of
the Large Budget Screen Production Grant. This funding was
announced last year.
- $6 million to purchase and
landscape land for a National Memorial Park.
- $3 million
per annum to NZ on Air to fund television programmes.
-
$1.5 million to Creative New Zealand, and similar amounts in
subsequent years to enhance the leadership role of major
performing arts organisations.
- $1.868 million to Te
Papa as a contribution to the refurbishment of its Tory St
storage space.
Helen Clark said it was important to continue to invest in New Zealand’s creative sector.
“The Cultural Recovery package, which we launched in May 2000, had a major impact. There is significantly more activity across the creative sector and a new awareness of the role of arts and culture in expressing what is unique about New Zealand.
"There have been and will continue to be considerable economic spin-offs from the investments we have and are continuing to make in the creative sector. It is providing sustainable and rewarding employment, and is contributing to economic growth and prosperity.
“This year’s funding will ensure that the creative sector continues to make a very significant contribution to New Zealand in cultural, economic and social terms," Helen Clark said.
Operating initiatives
| Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage | All figures are $m (GST inclusive) | |||||
| Recipient |
Initiative | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 & outyears |
| Ministry for Culture and Heritage | Projects to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Anzac Day | 0.060 | 0.800 |
- |
- |
- |
| Ministry for Culture and Heritage | Funding for capacity, technology and associated costs of key Ministry projects ~ mostly in respect of the On-line Encyclopedia and including WWII oral histories | - | 0.489 | 0.767 |
0.967 |
1.035 |
| Ministry for Culture and Heritage | Construction of the New Zealand Memorial in London | 0.085 |
1.555 | 1.700 | - | - |
| New Zealand Film Commission | Increased funding for the Film Commission and for the administration of the Large Budget Screen Production Grant | 0.100 | 10.000 |
10.000 |
10.000 | 10.000 |
| Ministry for Culture and Heritage | Review of Government support for screen production | 0.200 | 0.300 |
- |
- |
- |
| New Zealand Film Archive | Maintenance of film archiving capacity and services | - | 0.380 | 0.380 |
0.380 |
0.380 |
| New Zealand Archaeological Association | Contribution to completion of a project to improve the reliability of information on, and upgrade, the New Zealand archaeological site recording scheme | - | 0.135 |
0.225 |
0.169 | - |
| Waitangi National Trust Board | Contribution to enable the Waitangi National Trust Board to design, and consult with stakeholders on, its proposed building development programme at Waitangi | - | 0.200 |
- |
- |
- |
| NZ Film Commission Creative New Zealand NZ Film Archive |
To maintain funding levels for agencies funded by the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board, as LGB revenue is not expected to recover to previous levels in 2004/05 | - | 2.896 |
- |
- |
- |
| New Zealand Music Industry Commission | Funding for three years for initiatives to support contemporary music in New Zealand | - | 0.600 |
0.600 | 0.600 | - |
| Creative New Zealand | To enhance the leadership role of major performing arts organisations | - | 1.500 |
1.588 |
1.444 | 2.145 |
| Te Papa | Maintain current level of Te Papa services from 2005/06 | - | - | 2.640 |
2.640 | 2.640 |
| NZ On Air | Maintain television programme hours in the face of increased costs |
- |
3.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
3.000 |
| Radio New Zealand |
Expand services and coverage area, and to carry out more audience research | - | 1.500 |
1.080 | 1.080 | 1.080 |
| Radio NZ International | Operating costs for a new transmitter and back-up generator | - | - | 0.421 |
0.421 |
0.421 |
| Total Operating |
0.445 | 23.355 | 22.401 | 20.701 | 20.701 | |
Capital initiatives
| Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage |
All figures are $m (GST not applicable) | |||||
| Recipient | Initiative |
2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 & outyears |
| Radio New Zealand |
Purchase of Radio NZ International’s new transmitter and back-up generators | - | - | 2.643 |
- |
- |
| Te Papa | Contribution to refurbishment of Tory Street building to maximise current and future storage space for the presentation of collections and their presentation in future exhibitions | - | 1.868 |
- |
- |
- |
| MCH |
Purchase of land for a National Memorial Park in Wellington, and subsequent landscaping of the park | - | 6.000 |
- |
2.500 | - |
| Total Capital |
- | 7.868 | 2.643 |
2.500 | - | |
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