CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND
Arts Pasifika Awards 2014
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
GUIDELINES AND NOMINATION FORM
Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations of New Zealand based Pacific artists for
the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2014. The Awards have been offered
annually since 1996 and are the only awards in New Zealand aimed at professional Pacific
artists across all artforms.
The Awards support both emerging and senior artists across all artforms, acknowledge the
late Iosefa Enari’s outstanding contribution to the arts, and recognise the importance of
innovation and excellence in Pacific arts.
Nominations close at 5pm on Friday 27 June 2014. This year’s Award ceremony will be
held in Wellington in November 2014.
The Arts Pasifika Awards 2014 offer awards in six categories. Nominations can be made by
members of the public and Pacific artists can nominate themselves for an award. Each
category has specific criteria that nominators must consider.
1. Senior Pacific Artist Award ($10,000)
Recognises the contribution of a senior established Pacific artist in maintaining or
developing his or her art form in New Zealand.
2. Pacific Heritage Arts Award ($5,000)
Recognises an artist or cultural group who has made a major contribution to
maintaining, reviving or promoting a Pacific heritage artform in New Zealand.
This includes language, dance, traditional music, weaving, and tatau.
3. Pacific Contemporary Artist Award ($5,000)
Recognises an artist or group who has demonstrated innovation within their art form.
The artist or group must have a track record of achievement in their chosen field.
Recognition will be given to those who work in a unique artform, or those who
continually push the boundaries of their practice.
4. Iosefa Enari Memorial Award ($4,000)
Recognises the contribution of the late Iosefa Enari to the arts, in particular his
pioneering role in Pacific opera. This award supports the career development of an
individual Pacific singer, musician or composer across all classical genres and career
stages.
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5. Emerging Pacific Artist Award ($4,000)
Recognises an emerging artist showing promise and potential in their chosen art
form. The purpose of this award is to recognize achievement at this developmental
stage, ensuring that the artist/group will develop their career further in their chosen
field.
6. Special Recognition Award ($5,000)
Recognises the recipient’s special contribution to the standing, and standard, of
Pacific arts in New Zealand and/or internationally. This award recognises an
individual whose work, influence and commitment have raised the standards,
expectations and reputation of Pacific art and artists. It may be awarded for artistry
across any art form or for arts management, and could be for a one-off or ongoing
contribution to a local or international success story.
Criteria
All nominations will be assessed by a Pacific Arts Panel using the following criteria.
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The people: the artist or group’s track record and future potential, and their
contribution to the Pacific community.
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Kaupapa Pasifika: how the artist or group’s practice reflects Kaupapa Pasifika.*
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Specific criteria related to the individual awards:
o Senior Pacific Artists’ Award – Commitment to their practice and ‘mana’ within the
community.
o Pacific Heritage Arts Award – Maintaining, reviving and promotion
o Pacific Contemporary Arts Award – Innovation*
o Iosefa Enari Memorial Award – The artist’s potential
o Emerging Pacific Artists’ Award – The artist’s potential
o Special Recognition Award – Special contribution to Pacific arts nationally or
internationally
Nominees must be:
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New Zealand citizens or New Zealand permanent residents
Nominees cannot be:
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Previous recipients of the same award category
Employees of Creative New Zealand, or
Members of the Arts Council
* See Glossary on page 9.
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Support material
Nominations should include support material.
Support material includes letters of recommendation, articles, reviews and examples of the
nominee’s previous work. Include letters of support from up to three relevant referees.
We prefer links to relevant online support material, however if this is not possible you may
include CDs, DVDs, books, photos and colour copies.
Copies of visual material (not originals) should be provided.
Please note: Creative New Zealand is not able to return support material.
Nomination process
Nominations close at 5pm on Friday 27 June 2014.
A Nomination form is attached to this guide. Alternatively, you can download it from the
‘Forms and Guidelines’ section online at www.creativenz.govt.nz .
For further information please contact:
Makerita Urale
Senior Arts Adviser - Pacific Arts
Email: makerita.urale@creativenz.govt.nz
Tel: (04) 473 0880
Nominations must be received in Creative New Zealand’s Wellington office in hard copy
by 5pm Friday 27 June 2014 and be clearly labelled to:
Arts Pasifika Awards 2014
Creative New Zealand
PO Box 3806
Wellington 6011
Please be aware Creative New Zealand is not able to accept late nominations.
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Arts Pasifika Awards 2014
NOMINATION FORM
(Artists may nominate themselves for an award)
CONTACT DETAILS
NOMINATOR INFORMATION
Name of person making nomination:
Your mailing address:
Your phone number:
NOMINEE INFORMATION
Name of person you are nominating:
Their mailing address:
Their phone number:
Their email address:
Island Group:
Which of the six Arts Pasifika Award 2014 categories is your nomination for?
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Please address the following three questions clearly and concisely. Please attach any
additional information to this form.
1.
Why do you think the person you have nominated should receive this award?
(Please provide a CV and supporting material with the nomination)
2.
Kaupapa Pasifika: Please give examples of how this nominee has incorporated
Kaupapa Pasifika in his or her work.
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3.
Individual Awards criteria: Please explain or provide examples of how this
nominee meets the criteria. Choose the appropriate award listed below:
 Senior Pacific Artists Award – Commitment to their practice and ‘mana’ within the
community
 Pacific Heritage Arts Award – Maintaining, reviving and promotion
 Pacific Contemporary Arts Award – Innovation*
 Iosefa Enari Memorial Award – The artist’s potential
 Emerging Pacific Artists’ Award – The artist’s potential
 Special Recognition Award – Special contribution to Pacific arts nationally or
internationally
* See Glossary on page 9.
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Nomination Checklist
Please check that you have included the following in your nomination:
Contact details
Nomination form
Support Material
Please list the support material provided, e.g. nominee’s CV and visual support
material.
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Signed (Nominator)
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Date
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GLOSARY OF TERMS / DEFINITIONS
Emerging artist
An artist who:
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has specialised training or practical experience in their area of arts practice (training
need not have been at an academic institution), and
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is recognised by peers or experts in the artist’s area of arts practice, which can
include kaumatua or kuia, or other people of standing within the artist’s
community, and
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has received recognition for the public presentation of at least one work in the area
of arts practice for which they’re being nominated an award.
Established artist
An artist who:
 has recently achieved the successful public presentation of at least three highquality artworks, events or programmes in an area of arts practice, and
 has endorsement and support for their work from at least two peers or experts in
their area of arts practice.
Heritage arts
Artistic expressions and forms reflecting a particular cultural tradition or traditions that
continue to be celebrated and practiced by New Zealand artists and practitioners, and that
are appreciated and supported by New Zealand communities.
Kaupapa Pasifika
When Creative New Zealand assesses applications it considers the extent to which
Kaupapa Pasifika is evident in the practice and results of the proposed project.
‘Kaupapa Pasifika’ refers to a foundation of understanding and knowledge created by
Pasifika people and expressing Pasifika aspirations, values and principles. It’s based on
these two concepts:
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Kaupapa – awareness of the unique cultural perspectives of a distinct group of New
Zealanders
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Pasifika – the unique cultural perspectives and beliefs embodied in the values,
customs, rituals, dance, song, language and cultural expressions of the individual
Pasifika nations.
The combination of the two attributes seeks to reflect the unique context of Aotearoa-based
Pasifika communities and to help these communities express a set of deeper cultural values
and worldviews that are specific to their own experiences as Pasifika peoples living in New
Zealand.
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When Creative New Zealand is assessing a culturally-specific heritage arts application, it
will replace the concept of Kaupapa Pasifika with, for example, Kaupapa Samoa, Kaupapa
Fiji, Kaupapa Tonga, and so on, for the specific Island group. This is equivalent to the
commonly used terms “Fa’a Samoa”, “Vaka Viti” or “Faka Tonga”, meaning “the Samoan
way”, “the Fijian way”, or “the Tongan way”, and so on.
Innovation
Innovation involves the creation of value out of new ideas, new products, new arts
experiences, new services, or new ways of doing things. An ‘innovative’ arts practitioner
will have a good understanding of the skills and techniques required by their area of arts
practice, but will not be relying on established ideas, forms or ways of working.
They will be actively investigating new ways of working and will be taking artistic risk.
Actual innovation will depend on context (when and where the project is to happen). It
may exist in the form of the work, the process of creating the work, the way the work is
presented, the ways the work engages with its audience, or the way in which skills and
techniques are passed on.
Track record
An individual or organisation must have some experience and must have achieved
recognition and success in the area of arts practice for which they’re being nominated for an
award.
Other experience and recognition may be taken into consideration such as:
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have specialised training or practical experience in arts practice (training need not
have been at an academic institution)
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have recognition from peers or experts in their area of arts practice, which can
include kaumatua or kuia, or other people of standing within the applicant’s
community, and
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have achieved success in their area of arts practice.
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