ROLE
The Arts Board is responsible for developing the arts and artists of New Zealanders. It invests contestable funding, develops initiatives and delivers tailored programmes to meet identified needs. It also invests in thirty-four professional arts organisations on an annual or multi-year basis (two of which are co-funded with Te Waka Toi).
MEMBERS
Members of the Arts Board are appointed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage for a term of up to three years. Anyone can nominate a person to be considered for appointment to the Arts Board.
Alan Sorrell (Chair) is a barrister at Bankside Chambers Auckland, an Associate of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand, and is interested in intellectual property issues. He was a member of the New Zealand Film Commission from 1993 to 2002, including six years as its chair. He has a keen interest in the arts and their integral role in New Zealand’s identity.
Sid Ashton is an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and the community. A Christchurch accountant for more than 30 years, he has extensive business, governance and financial experience. He chairs the Charities Commission and is a director of Lamb & Hayward Ltd. From 1993 to 1996, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Ngai Tahu Māori Trust Board and then served as Chief Executive Officer of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu to 2002. He is a director of Ryman Healthcare Ltd, a publicly listed company and a member of the Nominating Committee of the Guardians of the NZ Superannuation.
Penny Eames has a wide knowledge of cultural and community processes. She has extensive experience developing policy in community and recreation arts in New Zealand and internationally; with financial and business processes; and has knowledge of organisational and management board governance. She is a cultural consultant working in New Zealand and internationally. She has an extensive publishing record that includes books on /Cultural well-being and Cultural Capital/; /Creative Solutions and Social Inclusion, Fundraising/ and on topics associated with arts for people on the margins of society, particularly associated with the health, disability and justice sectors. Her particular interest is designing policies that set up culturally appropriate processes that enable all people to reach their full potential and express themselves through the arts.
Michael Prentice has extensive managerial and commercial skills and is Head of Planning for Ogilvy New Zealand. He established and chaired the Black Grace Trust for six years, has been a Director of The Aotea Board of Management (The Edge), and is currently a trustee of The Auckland Opera Studio.
Terry Snow is an Auckland journalist, and former arts editor and editor of The New Zealand Listener. He has written about the arts for more than 30 years, was a music critic in London and an English-language editor at Phonogram in the Netherlands. He has regularly reviewed music, theatre and dance in New Zealand. A pianist and trained music teacher, he composes music for personal interest and has won the Ealing Festival composer/performer prize. He has experience in book publishing and has collaborated in the writing of six books. He was the Magazine Publishers Association representative on the New Zealand Press Council and the Advertising Standards Complaints Board from 1999 to 2006. He currently chairs the New Zealand War Graves Trust.
Pele Walker is a mediator and until 2006 was Executive Officer for LEADR NZ, an organisation set up to promote and develop mediation skills. She also has governance, business and strategic planning skills. She has a wide knowledge of professional and community arts, with a particular interest in dance and theatre. She is the founding chair of the Wellington branch of PASIFIKA Inc. and is active in developing strategies supporting Pacific women. She is also Chair of the Pacific Arts Committee.
Nandor Tanczos has extensive experience working in the not-for-profit sector and with strategic planning and governance, including as a Board member of NORML NZ, a founder and trustee of the Catalyst Creative Collective Trust, a founder and director of The Hempstore Aotearoa, a founder and member of the Strategic Planning and Facilitation Group of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and a member of the Waste Advisory Board. He was a Green Party MP from 1999 until 2008, sitting on the Justice and Electoral Committee, the Standing Orders Committee and the Special Parliamentary Committee on New Zealand's Constitutional Arrangements. Nandor has been involved in organising a number of music festivals and events and has a particular interest in non-traditional art forms.