The Creative Coalition working group has reviewed the draft Auckland Plan and prepared a summary and submission guide from an arts, heritage, culture and creative sector point of view.

The draft plan is a very large and comprehensive, vision and priority-driven document which sets seeks to ‘chart a course’ for the development of Auckland over the next 30 years.

The arts, culture, heritage and creative sectors are certainly seen by Auckland Council as playing a key role in the development of Auckland, and are woven throughout most of the topic/priority-focussed chapters in some form.

Chapter 3, the chapter that focuses on arts, culture, heritage and recreation, has a focus including but not limited to the usual ‘arts as a driver of community development’ focus, but also has a driver of cultural, creative, social and economic wealth for the region.

Included in the Implementation Plan (Chapter 12) for Chapter 3 is the development of an arts and cultural strategy which the Creative Coalition, amongst others, has been lobbying for.

Chapter 4, Auckland’s Economy, has a priority of making Auckland a ‘creative, vibrant world city’ and identifies the arts, cultural and creative sectors as a real driver to making this a reality.

How to have your say:

We urge you and your respective organisations to make a submission to the draft Auckland Plan.

Submissions close on Monday 31 October, 4pm.

Full submission information is available here.

Auckland Council have an online submission form here:

Once you’ve completed your name and contact details, you can answer the questions posed in the submission form, or you can ignore the questions and attach your own feedback document. Do consider asking to make a verbal submission to your feedback and if you do wish to do so, make sure you request that in your submission.

Creative Coalition Submission Guide

See the attached PDF for a guide to the draft plan from an arts, heritage, culture and creative sector point of view.