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OUR VISION & STRATEGY

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OUR VISION

A celebrated and prosperous creative sector is integral to regional wellbeing.

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We imagine Taranaki as a place where creativity is valued, supported and celebrated - enriching lives, strengthening communities and contributing to a vibrant, connected region.

OUR PURPOSE

Building the connections, capability and advocacy that enables a thriving creative community.

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Creative Taranaki exists to support, connect and champion the creative sector. We work alongside artists, organisations, businesses, iwi, councils and communities to create opportunities that strengthen creativity across the region.

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OUR VALUES

Collaboration

Inclusivity

Diversity

Empowerment

Integrity

Courage

Manaakitanga

Accessibility

Elevation

OUR COMMITMENT

A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi is at the heart of our mahi and informs everything we do.

OUR FOCUS

Our focus guides our work and shapes how we create impact for Taranaki's creative community.

CONNECTIONS

Building relationships and networks across the creative sector and wider community.

CAPABILITY

Supporting creatives to grow skills, knowledge and confidence to reach their potential.

ADVOCACY

Championing the value of creativity and representing the needs of our sector at every level.

2026 - 2028

OUR VISION

A celebrated and prosperous creative sector is integral to regional wellbeing.

OUR VALUES

  • Collaboration

  • Inclusivity 

  • Diversity

  • Accessibility

  • Manaakitanga

OUR PURPOSE

Building connections, capability and advocacy that enable a thriving and empowered creative community.

 

A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi is at the heart of our mahi.

OUR FOCUS

  • Leadership – Bringing the sector together and creating opportunities.

  • Capability – Growing skills, confidence and resilience.

  • Connections – Building relationships across the creative community.

  • Advocacy – Championing the value of creativity.

  • Prosperity – Supporting a strong and sustainable creative sector.

POU AND MAHi

  • Be the conduit through which our creative community flows – the individuals, groups and organisations. 

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    Understand our local sector and communicate the strength in unity and collective empowerment across it.

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    Identify barriers to effective communication and cooperation within this community.

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    Enhance connectedness and foster new collaborations.

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    • Complete our Creative Ecosystem map: refine it, consult on it, disseminate it.

    • Superpower the website: newsletters (our own and intraregional); contact details for key individuals and complementary organisations; links to relevant social media channels. 

    • Forge strong connections through social media, via a bespoke strategy that celebrates who we are, what we do, and how we boost our community.

    • Generate and facilitate a minimum of two social events per year for Taranaki’s creative community and/or its vectors, to encourage these connections to form.

    • Compile and share a minimum of two regional databases: venues and skills.

  • Grow the strength, character and capacity of our organisation, and those we support.

     

    Build Creative Taranaki’s capacity and capability.

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    Enhance capability of existing creatives and entities.

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    Support the development of emerging/aspiring creatives.

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    • Our oxygen mask first: seek opportunities to extend the Trust’s resources and knowledge bank – via The Wheelhouse, Creative New Zealand and our RAO affiliates.

    • Augment the numbers on our Trust and the voices we represent.

    • Attend CNZ wānanga, RANA [Regional Arts Network of Aotearoa] hui and maintain positive, productive affiliations with Venture Taranaki, NPDC and the region’s Councils, Ministry of Culture and Heritage and Taranaki’s creative organisations.

    • Generate and facilitate a minimum of three workshops per year – responding to the needs of our community, and working in association with them.

  • Be the conduit through which our creative community flows – the individuals, groups and organisations.

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    Elucidate and communicate the importance of arts advocacy to the creative community and those currently outside it.

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    Optimise existing and potential relationships so our community knows who we are and what we stand for.

    Advocate for a regional arts strategy. Then lead it!

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    • Join the discussion; guide and influence the outcome: proactive and reactive submissions and feedback to relevant organisations.

    • Seek audiences with local MPs and community groups to raise our voice and amplify our cause.

    • Activate a kōrero with NPDC regarding a regional arts strategy and identify key stakeholders, timeframes and support mechanisms.

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