Look inside 10 days in the life of Auckland War Memorial Museum Ka puāwai ngā mahi o tau kē, Ka tōia mai ā tātou kaimātaki i ēnei rā, Ka whakatō hoki i te kākano mō āpōpō. Building on our past, Engaging with our audiences today, Investing for tomorrow. We are pleased to present our Annual Report 2014/2015. BioBlitz 2014 Tungaru: The Kiribati project Te Pahi Medal Entangled Islands exhibition Illuminate projections onto the Museum Dissection of Great White Shark Flying over the Antarctic This page and throughout: Nautilus Shell CONTENTS Year in Review Sharing our Highlights 2014/2015 6 Board Chairman, Taumata-ā-Iwi Chairman and Director’s Report 8 10 Days in the Life of Auckland War Memorial Museum 10 Governance Trust Board 18 Taumata-ā-Iwi 20 Executive Team 22 Pacific Advisory Group 24 Youth Advisory Group 25 Governance Statement 26 Board Committees and Terms of Reference 27 Partnerships Auckland Museum Institute 30 Auckland Museum Circle Foundation 32 Funders, Partners and Supporters 34 Research Update 36 Performance Statement of Service Performance 42 Auditor’s Report: Statement of Service Performance 53 Contact Information 55 Financial Performance Financial Statements 58 Auditor’s Report: Financial Statements 92 Financial Commentary 94 SECTION 4 SECTION Year in Review 5 YEAR IN REVIEW Sharing our Highlights 2014/2015 A strong, A compelling sustainable destination foundation 19% 854,177 reduction in overall emissions visits onsite – an increase of on prior year 5% on prior year 5.5% 17% increase in self-generated growth in Auckland Adult visitor income on prior year representation on prior year 26,849 16% volunteer hours growth in Child visitor representation on prior year 11% 135,262 increase in commercial visitors to WOW® World of WearableArt™ inaugural touring exhibition venue hire revenue on prior year 22% increase in children attending school programmes onsite at the Museum 99% visitor satisfaction 6 YEAR IN REVIEW Accessible Active ‘beyond participant the walls’ in Auckland 1 million 8 scholars supported by the Museum to collection records made available encourage the use of its collections and to the public online documentary heritage in innovative research into Aotearoa New Zealand 153,636 virtual poppies laid on the Museum’s 1 Online Cenotaph shared agreement in development with descendants of Te Pahi and Te Papa Te Tongarewa for the care of the Te Pahi Medal that was repatriated to Aotearoa 6,449 Auckland children were reached 4 during Museum programmes Museum staff have become leaders of other within Auckland libraries New Zealand museums as a result of continued investment in our people to develop sector leadership capacity 91% growth in online visitors to aucklandmuseum.com 34,000 estimated Aucklanders in attendance at the Anzac Day Dawn Ceremony, supported by the Museum in partnership with Auckland Council 7 SECTION Board Chairman, Taumata-ā-Iwi Chairman and Director’s Report 8 YEAR IN REVIEW Ka puāwai ngā mahi o tau kē, Ka tōia mai ā tātou kaimātaki i ēnei rā, Ka whakatō hoki i te kākano mō āpōpō. Building on our past, Engaging with our audiences today, Investing for tomorrow. We are pleased to present our Annual Report 2014/2015. We have delivered a wide range of impressive results, adding substantial public value and attracting support for doing so. To provide an insight into these achievements, this report illustrates ten typical days in the life of Auckland Museum across each of our four goals. Focusing on the quality of the experience for people, we have achieved a number of positive outcomes onsite, osite and online. The Museum’s Organisational Business Plan and Annual Plan 2015/2016 are the operational planning documents that help ensure momentum is maintained. Temporary exhibitions have included: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton, Tungaru: the Kiribati Project, WOW® World of WearableArt™, Entangled Islands: Sāmoa, New Zealand and the First World War, Gallipoli in Minecraft® and Taku Tāmaki Auckland Stories. As we work ‘beyond the walls’, we have seen a greater presence and activity osite in libraries, at community festivals, in schools, in science fieldwork and in partnership with museums and communities. Our WWI Centenary Commemoration programme has featured the launch of He Pou Aroha Community Cenotaph and we have revamped the He Toa Taumata Rau Online Cenotaph database. Collections Online has also been highly significant, releasing more than one million records to the public. We acknowledge: the leadership and insight of our Trust Board and Taumata-ā-Iwi; the advocacy of Auckland’s Mayor, Councillors, Local Boards and the Chair and Board of Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA); the day-to-day engagement of the ocers of Auckland Council, RFA and other Council Controlled Organisations; and the members of the Pacific Advisory Group and Youth Advisory Group. We recognise close relationships with Iwi, Hapū and Whānau; with Members of Auckland Museum Institute and Museum Circle; the RSA and its aliated veterans’ and Service organisations; our sponsorship partners; and with many cultural and arts organisations. Finally, we are deeply appreciative of the teamwork and creativity of our Museum sta; and of the commitment of more than 280 volunteers, who between them have contributed over 26,000 hours over the past year. Without these contributions we would be unable to operate for the people of Auckland, to whom we owe the biggest debt of all: thank you for backing us. Dr William Randall Danny Tumahai Roy Clare CBE Trust Board Chairman Taumata-ā-Iwi Chair Director 9 YEAR IN REVIEW 10 Days in the Life of Auckland War Memorial Museum Every day at Auckland Museum we are working hard to create memorable experiences, to serve our many diverse communities. To give you a glimpse into how we go about achieving this, we have decided to share a snapshot of what took place over just 10 days. Selected at random, we have focused on Each activity heading is colour-coded 10 days from 20 August through to to relate to the Museum’s four Strategic 29 August 2014, highlighting how each Goals as outlined below: of the day’s activities aligns with our goals. These activities range from exhibitions to Goal One A strong, sustainable foundation events, meetings to cultural exchanges; and occur onsite, offsite and online. Goal Two A compelling destination You can read details about 10 days in the life of Auckland Museum on the following Goal Three Accessible ‘beyond the walls’ pages or explore our interactive Annual Report online. Goal Four Active participant in Auckland Rāapa Wednesday Museum staff learn and collaborate to sing Chinese and Māori songs 20 The Museum waiata group learns how to sing To embody our value of mana whenua and a Chinese song, ‘Mu Li Hua’, with Conductor manaakitanga, our Museum waiata group will Fang Li and President Iris Cheng of the Music welcome guests to the Museum with Māori Association of Auckland (MFA). The Museum songs and also collaborate with the MFA to waiata group practises songs to perform at sing ‘Mu Li Hua’ as a finale. As a leader for the Museum’s Cultural Exchange Night Auckland culture, the Museum continues to Concert to be held in September in the build close ties with Auckland’s Asian Museum Events Centre. communities to foster mutual understanding and benefits. Image: Museum waita group with Iris Cheng and members of the Music Association of Auckland. Rāapa Wednesday Working with Alfriston College on development of Gallipoli in Minecraft ® exhibition 20 Our Learning and Engagement team works Our Museum audiences are hugely with Alfriston College students to build diverse. We acknowledge that diversity and Gallipoli in Minecraft®. Working with the are constantly looking for new ways to tell Museum’s staff and utilising our First World important stories while delivering a quality War collections, the students are learning visitor experience for Aucklanders and visitors about the experiences of the New Zealand to our city. soldiers in the 1915 campaign. Creative, original projects like the partnership The final product will become an exhibition – that drove the development of the Gallipoli Gallipoli in Minecraft® – where the public can exhibition are a strong foundation for creating explore the Gallipoli campaign through the engaged audiences. The Museum is interactive world of Minecraft® and see committed to a 95% recommendation rate incredible objects from the Museum’s from visitors – as measured by our annual collections. visitor profile reporting. Image: Anzac Cove, Gallipol, re-created by Alfriston College students in the interactive world of Minecraft®/™© 2009-2013 Mojang / Notch. 10 YEAR IN REVIEW Here-Turi-Kōkā August 2014 Rāpare Thursday Māori and Pacific Museum educators visit Point Chevalier Library 21 Māori and Pacific educators from the Learning We are committed to creating engaging and Engagement Outreach team share their programmes that reach ‘beyond the walls’ to knowledge with children at Point Chevalier share our rich Museum content widely with Library. This session is part of an ongoing partners like Auckland Libraries. collaboration with Auckland Libraries that sees Museum staff sharing Māori and Pacific history and culture with school students and children from early childhood centres using their local library as the venue. Image: Auckland Museum Māori and Pacific educators at a library session. Rāpare Thursday The Museum and Department of Conservation’s dissection of a great white shark 21 A great white shark dissection is led by We are an active leader and contributor to the Museum’s Head of Natural Sciences, Tom scientific research and debate, thanks to the Trnski, and the Department of Conservation’s skills and expertise of our curatorial staff. This Technical Advisor Marine, Clinton Duffy. expertise allows the Museum to make a valuable contribution to our city The shark was found dead on Monday off the and the environment.