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To Download the Annual Report 2016-17 Annual Report Te Pūrongo ā-tau 2016 - 17 2 Contents 03 Our Contribution to Wellington | Tā mātou tāpaetanga ki te Whanganui-a-Tara 06 The Year in Review | Ngā arotakenga o te tau 28 Auditor’s Report | Te rīpoata kaitātari 29 Statement of Service Performance | Te tauākī ratonga mahi 36 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 52 Governance Report | He rīpoata kāwanatanga 53 Experience Wellington Staff Awards 2016 | Ngā paraihe kaimahi 2016 55 Our Supporters 2016 -17 | Ngā pou whirinaki 2016-17 57 Exhibitions/Tours/Events/Publications | Ngā whakakitenga/ tāpoi/takunetanga/pānuitanga 61 Directory | Te papatohu Timotimo share stories and waiata inspired by the exhibition ‘Colin McCahon: On Going Out with the Tide’ at City Gallery Wellington’s ANZ Family Day. Photo: Elias Rodriguez. 3 Our Contribution to Wellington Tā mātou tāpaetanga ki te Whanganui-a-Tara Mayor Justin Lester visits Martino Gamper’s ‘100 Chairs in 100 Days’ at City Gallery Wellington. Photo: Elias Rodriguez. 4 This year will be remembered for the success Record Performance of bold ventures, record participation from our Ngā turanga whakakitenga diverse communities and the launch of projects that increase the involvement of young people: The quality of our programming and the dedication of our high performing team resulted in: • Cindy Sherman enabled City Gallery Wellington to assert its • Space Place, with the help of the MetService, and with funding place as a national leader in the field of contemporary visual support from the Unlocking Curious Minds Fund, worked with 18% better art and contributed an estimated $1.4 million to the Wellington a group of Year 10 students to launch a high-altitude balloon Record visitation of 780,414 than target economy. into near space. • Ngā Heke, showing different perspectives of Wellington’s • Nairn Street Cottage’s Preservation Society continued to colourful history, and Flux, a new co-operative community space engage the Te Aro community through home craft activities. for, by and with young people opened at Wellington Museum. and over 92,000 more visitors than in 2015-16 • The Cable Car Museum and the Marklin Model Railway • Capital E’s 8th biennial National Arts Festival included the Club presented a massive and intricate model train, creating winning films of the 2016 Roxy5 Short Film Competition and a welcome point of interest for visitors during the quieter introduced Wellingtonians to its version of a Festival fun zone winter season. Total visitation of 2016-17 in the form of Odd Lands. 1,087,511 64,000 visits 2015-16 better than 2015-16 inclusive of online engagement through website visits and social media followers. Record non-Council an increase of revenue with $0.849 million over last year $4.8 million achieved and representing increases in both trading and fundraising revenue. Designer Karen Walker talks about her favourite work in ‘Cindy Sherman’ at City Gallery Wellington. Photo: Mark Tantrum. 5 Our Supporters Our Team Ngā pou whirinaki Tā mātou kapa Partnerships are critical to our success with many of our projects With the new Council triennium, we farewelled Councillor benefiting from the collaboration and input of individuals and Nicola Young and welcomed Councillor Diane Calvert as groups. Sometimes this is essential financial or in-kind support Trustees. We thank Nicola for her contribution to the Board. but quite often it’s sharing knowledge and combining strengths The Trustees thank our Chief Executive, Pat Stuart, who with that bring together truly amazing visitor experiences. We thank her Executive Leadership Team provide the leadership all our supporters for their contributions during 2016-17. underpinning our success. We also pay tribute to, and thank, • Wellington City Council is our principal funder and we thank our staff, and all the volunteers who freely give their time Mayor Justin Lester and Councillors for their continued which this year amounted to 1,908 hours, and to our Friends support through the operating grant and for the contribution organisations for their support. through the Wellington Economic Initiatives Fund now City Growth Projects which made the presentation of Cindy Sherman financially possible. Looking Forward He tirohanga whakamua • EY, Massey University and the City Gallery Wellington Foundation were also critical partners in the presentation Our enthusiasm for the visitor experiences we deliver for of Cindy Sherman. Wellington is boundless, and while we are proud of what we have achieved this year we are ambitious for our future and • The Lottery WW1, Environment & Heritage Committee has what we can continue to do for Wellington. A new Strategic Plan contributed to several projects including the New Tall Screen has recently been developed by our team and we have set our film at Wellington Museum, No 1 Field Punishment, the development agenda. This includes building on the success of planned City Gallery front door replacement to be completed in the Cindy Sherman exhibition by bringing other high profile 2017-18, and digitising of the City Gallery exhibition archive. international contemporary art exhibitions to Wellington and • The Lion Foundation’s grant made Odd Lands a reality and while the cost of completing the Wellington Museum will be the support of the Wellington Amenities Fund extended a significant challenge, it’s an important project for Wellington. the reach of Capital E’s National Arts Festival and National In addition, Capital E is poised to take its reinvention to the next Theatre for Children. stage and we anticipate a clear plan, to supercharge Capital E offerings, will be completed by the end of 2017. • Creative New Zealand (CNZ) continues to support Capital E’s National Theatre for Children and biennial National Arts Festival as a Tōtara organisation. • The Ministry of Education continues to subsidise our curriculum-aligned education programmes. Jackie Lloyd A full list of our supporters is on page 55. Chair Budding astronauts looking for new planets at Capital E’s 2017 ‘The Great Scavenger Hunt’. Photo: Duo Photography. 6 The Year in Review Ngā arotakenga o te tau Audience awaiting the start of Capital E production 'Hinepau' at the Hannah Playhouse. Photo: Stephen A'Court. 7 • Total visitation of 780,414 (688,169 in 2015-16) exceeding Our performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI) target by 121,414 visits (18%). This is a record for Experience He whakaritenga mahi Wellington with the biggest achievers (by % over target) being Capital E, City Gallery Wellington and Space Place. The Cable Car Museum achieved almost a ¼ million visitors Visitation and continues to be our most popular visitor destination. Total Visits 2015 Visitation 974,173 • Total online engagement via websites and social media Online Visits Total Visits was 307,097 (335,411 in 2016-17) representing an increase in 2016 1,023,581 the number of social media followers by nearly 10,000 but Total Visits 2017 a decline in visitors to our websites of nearly 40,000 visits. 1,087,511 • We raised $4.8 million or 40.7% of the revenue required to deliver our visitor experiences. This is $0.849 million more 0 500,000 1,000,000 than in 2015-16 because of the impact of the Cindy Sherman exhibition, the 2017 Capital E National Arts Festival and an increase in trading revenue. In 2015 Non-Council Revenue Non-Council Revenue Exhibitions, Programmes School Student Vists was boosted by the Capital E National Arts Festival and a & Events wind-fall revenue in the form of a bequest and insurance claim pay-out. 5,000,000 500 10,000 • We delivered 429 (460 in 2015-16) individual exhibitions, 4,000,000 400 80,000 public programmes and events. City Gallery’s commitment to presenting the whole-of-gallery exhibition Cindy Sherman meant that it presented fewer exhibitions and events overall 3,000,000 300 60,000 than in previous years. 2,000,000 200 40,000 • We hosted 83,365 (40,096 in 2015-16) school students. This year’s total was boosted by school audiences to 1,000,000 100 20,000 the 2017 Capital E National Arts Festival. 2015 2016 2017 0 0 2015 2016 2017 0 2015 2016 2017 $ Visitation, Non-Council Revenue and School student visits are affected by the inclusion of the biennial Capital E National Arts Festival which occurred in 2015 and 2017. The inclusion of the Cindy Sherman exhibition at City Gallery Wellington had a positive impact on revenue in 2017 and the small drop in Exhibitions, Public Programmes and Events. Full details of visitation and other achievements by institution are available in the Statement of Service Performance on page 29. 8 Our role within Wellington is to add excellent results particularly at Wellington Museum which has to Wellington’s vibrancy as a city that built a reputation for its elegant heritage spaces. The result was Wellingtonians are proud to call home. an increase this year of $0.48 million in trading revenues. This year, through some extraordinary exhibitions and public While the number of visitors is important, increasingly, our focus programmes we achieved this, despite some significant events is on the diversity of our audience and our ability to engage including the 14 November 2016 Kaikoura earthquakes which the communities we serve. During the year we appointed temporarily dampened confidence. The resilience of our Dr Sarah Rusholme to the new role of Director Children and Experience Wellington team and the support of Council’s Young People which, in addition to the leadership of Capital E, Property team ensured that we hardly missed a beat and City establishes an organisation wide brief and an audience-focussed Gallery’s Cindy Sherman exhibition opened on time on 19 point of difference for our organisation.
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