Look inside 10 days in the life of Auckland War Memorial Museum CONTENTS Ka puāwai ngā mahi o tau kē, Year in Review Ka tōia mai ā tātou kaimātaki i ēnei rā, Ka whakatō hoki i te kākano mō āpōpō. Sharing our Highlights 2014/2015 6 Board Chairman, Taumata-ā-Iwi Chairman and Director’s Report 8 Building on our past, 10 Days in the Life of Auckland War Memorial Museum 10 Engaging with our audiences today, Investing for tomorrow. Governance Trust Board 14 We are pleased to present our Taumata-ā-Iwi 16 Annual Report 2014/2015. Executive Team 18 Pacific Advisory Group 20 Youth Advisory Group 21 Governance Statement 22 Board Committees and Terms of Reference 24 Partnerships Auckland Museum Institute 26 Auckland Museum Circle Foundation 28 Funders, Partners and Supporters 30 BioBlitz 2014 Tungaru: The Kiribati project Research Update 32 Performance Te Pahi Medal Statement of Service Performance 38 Auditor’s Report: Statement of Service Performance 49 Entangled Islands Contact Information 51 exhibition Illuminate projections onto the Museum Financial Performance Financial Statements 54 Dissection of Auditor’s Report: Financial Statements 88 Great White Shark Financial Commentary 90 Flying over the Antarctic This page and throughout: Nautilus Shell SECTION SECTION Year in Review 4 5 YEAR IN REVIEW YEAR IN REVIEW Sharing our Highlights 2014/2015 A strong, A compelling Accessible Active sustainable destination ‘beyond participant foundation the walls’ in Auckland 19% 854,177 1 million 8 scholars supported by the Museum to reduction in overall emissions visits onsite – an increase of collection records made available encourage the use of its collections and on prior year 5% on prior year to the public online documentary heritage in innovative research into Aotearoa New Zealand 5.5% 17% 153,636 increase in self-generated growth in Auckland Adult visitor virtual poppies laid on the Museum’s income on prior year 1 representation on prior year 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 26,849 volunteer hours 16% 6,449 growth in Child visitor representation Auckland children were reached on prior year 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 11% 135,262 increase in commercial visitors to WOW® World of WearableArt™ venue hire revenue on inaugural touring exhibition prior year 91% growth in online visitors 22% to aucklandmuseum.com increase in children attending school 34,000 programmes onsite at the Museum estimated Aucklanders in attendance at the Anzac Day Dawn Ceremony, supported by the Museum in partnership 99% with Auckland Council visitor satisfaction 6 7 SECTION YEAR IN REVIEW Ka puāwai ngā mahi o tau kē, Board Chairman, Ka tōia mai ā tātou kaimātaki i ēnei rā, Taumata-ā-Iwi Ka whakatō hoki i te kākano mō āpōpō. Chairman and Building on our past, Engaging with our audiences today, Director’s Report 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, offsite 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 offsite 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 officers 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 affiliated 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 staff; 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 8 9 YEAR IN REVIEW YEAR IN REVIEW 10 Days in the Life of Here-Turi-Kōkā August 2014 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 Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August focused on 10 specific days Rāapa Wednesday 20 Rāpare Thursday 21 Rāmere Friday 22 Rāhoroi Saturday 23 Rātapu Sunday 24 from 20 August through to 29 August 2014, highlighting Click to read how each of the day’s the online Watch the activities aligns with Guardian article One News report our goals. These activities range from exhibitions to events, meetings to cultural exchanges; and occur onsite, offsite and online. Explore this calendar online Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August Here-Turi-Kōkā 2014 August and click on the interactive Rāhina Monday Rātū Tuesday Rāapa Wednesday Rāpare Thursday Rāmere Friday links to find out more about 25 26 27 28 29 how we are challenging Read the ourselves to meet our RadioNZ report Follow us on goals and to see some of the Watch the Read the Facebook successes of the past year. YouTube clip WW100 blog How to explore the calendar Hover your mouse over each heading to access the stories behind each item. You can also click links through to articles and videos which offer more Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Strategic Goals about what we do. Each activity heading is colour-coded to relate to the Museum’s four Strategic Goals. Roll your mouse over the labels on the right for a fuller explanation of each goal. 10 11 Governance GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE Trust Board Dr William Randall Orchid Atimalala Brian Corban Martin Mariassouce Dr Sarah Sandley Chairman CNZM QSO With Masters and PhD degrees in Orchid Atimalala has an extensive Brian Corban was awarded the Queen’s He honore he kororia ki te Atua, Dr Sarah Sandley is a Chartered Director biology as well as an MBA in business/ background working with local Service Order in 1993 for his services he maungarongo ki te whenua, he who serves on the Auckland Branch finance, William Randall has spent 15 government organisations including the to broadcasting and was made a whakaaro pai ki nga tangata katoa. Committee of the Institute of Directors. years in banking and finance where he North Shore City Council and Auckland Companion of the NZ Order of Merit in Tāmaki Paenga Hira is a repository She is a former Chair of the Auckland managed the treasury function for a Regional Council. She has a Bachelor of 2009 for services to the community. of knowledge, endeavour and the Writers and Readers Festival, and large US investment company (Fidelity Planning degree and is a full member of Admitted to the Waitakere Business Hall industry of people. It provides insights was previously CEO of APN Magazine Investments) and was the managing the New Zealand Planning Institute as of Fame in 2005, Brian has served on to the past, stands in the present, and Group. Sarah holds a Ph.D in English director of New Zealand stockbroking well as being a Certified Independent the boards of a wide range of companies offers pathways to the future. Martin Literature on the work of New Zealand company ANZ Securities NZ Limited. Hearings Commissioner. Orchid works and community organisations at a local, Mariassouce was chairperson of the author Katherine Mansfield, and serves Currently a director of Capstone for two independent consultancies regional and national level. He is a former Museum’s Māori advisory committee, as Advisory Chair to the Katherine Partners, William’s primary interest lies and specialises in community and chairman of Television New Zealand, the Taumata-ā-Iwi, from 2007 to 2013. Mansfield Society, which she helped in helping the country to develop its stakeholder consultation as well as Genesis Power and Radio New Zealand.