19 Nov 2024
Creative New Zealand has released Diversity Report 2022/23 Te Pūrongo Rerenga Kētanga 2022/23. The report tracks our delivery of the goals set in our Diversity in the Arts Policy (2015) and shows us where we need to take further action.
The report looks at the diversity of three groups: those who apply for funding and support, those who attend or participate in activities we fund, and those who make or contribute to decisions about funding allocation.
This is the second report against the policy.
The diversity of applicants is a marker of the reach of our programmes. Overall, the diversity of applicants across age, gender, ethnicity and location is unchanged. People of Asian ethnicity continue to be under-represented as applicants, and established artists continue to have higher success rates than emerging artists.
Applications are balanced between individuals and organisations, with organisations having greater success rates. Women continue to outnumber men as applicants, while having similar success rates.
The changes are in the success rates of applicants in the 20-29 age groups, which have increased to be consistent with success in other age groups. The percentage of organisations with Māori and Pacific Peoples ethnic affiliations funded through our Investment programmes has also increased.
The findings of the report will inform a review of our Diversity in the Arts Policy and shape further actions to increase diversity across the three groups.
Diversity Report 2019/20 highlighted the gaps in our knowledge about the experience of Deaf or disabled artists, practitioners and disability communities with our work.
We responded by working alongside Deaf and disabled arts and rights leaders to develop Tapatahi Accessibility Policy and Action Plan 2023–2028 (March 2024).
We’ve already taken action to implement this policy by introducing plain language terms and conditions and improving the accessibility of grant programmes with a supported application service. We’ve introduced access payments to help meet the additional costs faced by successful applicants who are Deaf or disabled.
The action plan also includes measures to improve data collection in relation to Deaf and disabled applicants, an issue that showed up again in the second report.
You can find the report in several formats in the Research and Reports section of our website
A Plain English Large Print version of the Summary report is being translated into the following formats:
- Audio
- Braille
- Easy read
- New Zealand Sign Language video.
These formats will be available soon.
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