Annual Report Te Pūrongo Ā-Tau 2017 - 18 Contents
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Annual Report Te Pūrongo ā-tau 2017 - 18 Contents 03 Our Contribution to Wellington | Tā mātou tāpaetanga ki te Whanganui-a-Tara 06 The Year in Review | Ngā arotakenga o te tau 42 Auditor’s Report | Te rīpoata kaitātari 43 Statement of Service Performance | Te tauākī ratonga mahi 50 Financial Statements | Te tauākī pūtea Statement of Financial Position Te tauākī tūnga pūtea Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expense Te tauākī o ngā whiwhinga moni whānui Statement of Changes in Equity Te tauākī nekeneke tūtanga Statement of Cash Flows Te tauākī kapewhiti Notes to the Financial Statements Ngā whakamārama mō ngā tauākī pūtea 66 Governance Report | He rīpoata kāwanatanga 67 Experience Wellington Staff Awards 2017 | Ngā paraihe kaimahi 2017 69 Our Supporters 2017 -18 | Ngā pou whirinaki 2017-18 71 Exhibitions/Tours/Events/Publications | Ngā whakakitenga/ tāpoi/takunetanga/pānuitanga 74 New Acquisitions to the Wellington Museums Trust Collection | Ngā kohikohinga hōu 75 Directory | Te papatohu Cover: Visitors immersed in Capital E’s interactive ‘ColourPlay’ experience at the 2018 LUX Light Festival. Photo: Jeff McEwan – Capture Studios. Above: Delaney Davidson, ‘After Hours’ at Wellington Museum with ‘Lotus Roots Exhibition’ in Flux. Photo: Alex Efimoff. Our Contribution to Wellington Tā mātou tāpaetanga ki te Whanganui-a-Tara Visitors at the 'This Is New Zealand' opening day events, March 2018. City Gallery Wellington. Space Place School Holiday Programme, ‘Stop Motion Animation’. Photo: Lucy Fulford. It seems appropriate that the end of one financial year and • Compiling an Accessibility Register as part of our Our Performance the beginning of another falls during the season of Matariki; developing kaupapa of accessibility and inclusion. Tā mātou whakakitenga a time of the year when we look back on our performance, In this context visitors with physical impairment celebrate success and renew our commitment to the work were given a boost with the refurbishment of City we do for Wellington. Gallery’s entrance and foyer and the subsequent Physical Visitation of 725,214 was acheived. awarding of a Gold Be. Accessible Welcome We are very proud of the role we play in ensuring that there is a rating which is an impressive achievement for cultural experience available to Wellington residents and visitors 10% better this building. than target on most days of the year and that we are part of a city and region where arts engagement sits at 87% (the New Zealand average is • Establishing baseline numbers of children and 1 80%) . This is a rewarding environment in which to be operating young people visiting our sites who are not part but also challenging to create visitor experiences that meet the of a formal learning group whilst continuing our Total visitation of 1,018,803 inclusive of high expectations of Wellington’s discerning audiences. Our city commitment to ensuring that the children who online engagement through website visits and and region’s level of arts engagement is reflected in our visitation encounter us feel welcomed, included social media followers. statistics and in the non-Council revenue we have raised. and important. 4% better Thank you Wellington for your support. • Progressing the development of better tools and than target There have been some exceptional achievements that show the methods to gather information about audiences creativity and resourcefulness of our Experience Wellington team which will enhance engagement and help measure and these are well documented throughout this report. In addition our impact on Wellington’s vitality and prosperity. Non-Council revenue of $3.8 million and in spite of the busy schedule of exhibitions, performances and • A number of strands to our Fundraising Strategy was raised. events we have made good progress on critical organisational were advanced including the selection of a 8.5% better development strategies that we agreed to give priority to including: partner to establish a legacy giving programme than target • Completing a gap analysis and establishing ways for better to be launched in 2018-19. We were also first in engagement with Māori which has coincided with greater awareness New Zealand to introduce Tap to Donate and participation amongst our staff and Board. (cashless donations) which has given us another tool to encourage donations from increasingly 1 New Zealanders and the arts 2017 published by Creative New Zealand. cashless visitors at all our sites and at special events. Our Supporters Our Team Ngā pou whirinaki Tā mātou kapa We receive significant baseline funding from Wellington City Council, We farewelled and thanked Jill Wilson who which in 2017-18 was $7.144 million, and we raised $3.8 million concluded five years’ service as a Trustee on through trading activities, contracts for service and fundraising. In 30 June 2018. addition, we benefit from in-kind support, collaboration, the sharing The Trustees thank our Chief Executive, Pat of knowledge or combining strengths or by bringing new audiences Stuart, who with her Executive Leadership Team and communities into the mix. provide the leadership underpinning our success. We are grateful to the many supporters we can count on to help us We also pay tribute to, and thank, our staff and in our work and we thank them for their contributions during 2017-18. all the volunteers who freely give their time which this year amounted to 2,472 hours, and to our • Wellington City Council is our principal funder and we thank Mayor Friends organisations for their support. Justin Lester and Councillors for their continued support through the operating grant. Looking Forward • City Gallery Wellington Foundation for its commitment to fundraise He tirohanga whakamua for City Gallery and to contribute funds to many of its projects. Experience Wellington is a mature organisation • The Lottery WW1, Environment & Heritage Committee contributed that makes a year-round contribution to the to City Gallery’s new front entrance. vibrancy and liveability of Wellington, the city • The Lion Foundation, Wellington Community Trust, and New Zealand we love. We will continue to build on this success Community Trust are among a number of regular supporters of through our visitor experiences which will our activities. continue to broaden our reach and increase the diversity of our audiences, bringing us closer • Creative New Zealand (CNZ) continues to support Capital E’s National to realising our vision of engaged curious Theatre for Children and the biennial Capital E National Arts Festival communities. as a Tōtara organisation. • The Ministry of Education continues to subsidise our curriculum- aligned education programmes. A full list of our supporters is on page 69. Jackie Lloyd Chair ‘Space Invaders Games Night’ at Space Place. Photo: Alex Efimoff. 6 The Year in Review Ngā arotakenga o te tau James Illingworth performs on Michael Parekōwhai’s 'He Kōrero Pūrākau mō te Awanui o te Motu: Story of a New Zealand River' at the 'This Is New Zealand' opening day events, March 2018. City Gallery Wellington. The diversity of our audiences and our reach into tour it will be exhibited in Australia at the Centre Wellington’s communities are crucial to achieving for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne. our vision of Engaged Curious Communities. The exhibition is accompanied by a stunning publication produced with London publisher Although our onsite and online visitation continues to be strong Ridinghouse, which is being distributed in the UK we are increasingly aware of the communities that do not visit our and Europe. sites or engage with us online. Taking our programmes out into our communities has always been part of the mix but over the last year To provide as many opportunities as possible for we have increased our efforts to find new ways to engage a wider Wellingtonians to see the star cluster Matariki audience. Space Place takes its portable telescopes to the summit of Te Tangi Te Keo Mount Victoria A standout example this year is the work that Wellington Museum has for dawn viewings and this year there were done through its FLUX Co-operative. This is a group of 18 to 30 year good viewing opportunities. Our Senior olds who have developed exhibitions and events through different Science Communicator, Hari Mogosanu made a community partnerships and have built a reputation as a place for presentation about Matariki to a group of Science, young people and community. This initiative was rewarded with FLUX Technology, Engineering and Mathematics being named as a finalist in the 2018 Museums Aotearoa Awards in (STEM) students from around New Zealand at the category of Museum Project Excellence. Government House and guests were then invited Capital E has a longstanding commitment to working outside its home to star gaze through portable telescopes from the base and this year took outreach to a new level with the development Government House patio. of the Pop-Up E container which was launched at CubaDupa where We launched The Look out! Pukehinau an initiative it provided a vibrant, creative hub for 3,000 people in the festival’s to help Cable Car Precinct stakeholders engage Urban Garden. Later it took on a new identity as part of LUX Light a wider audience. As the second most popular Festival where it hosted over 16,000 Wellingtonians as part of the tourist destination in the city and an important activation of Frank Kitts Park playground. transport hub for locals, Pukehinau provides a The Capital E National Theatre for Children has mostly used traditional platform for the development of projects and theatre venues, however this year it changed the format for its Te events that will enhance the experience for visitors Reo Māori version of Hinepau. Developed in partnership with Taki to the precinct. Rua, Hinepau was seen by over 16,000 children and their whanau The Nairn Street Cottage Preservation Society at kura and marae.