Whanganui City of Design Additional Information
Glossary
Aotearoa: indigenous name of New Zealand
Hapu: section of a large kinship group and the primary political unit intraditional Māori society
Iwi: tribe
Kāinga: home
Mana whenua: territorial rights, authority orjurisdiction over land or territory
Māori: indigenous people of New Zealand Aotearoa
Marae: a communal and sacred meeting ground
Raranga: Māori weaving style
Taonga tuku iho: heritage
Te AtiHaunui-a-Pāpārangi / Ngā Paerangi: Whanganui iwi / all people of Māori descentwith Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi as their iwi or as one of several iwi
Te reo: theMāori language
Tukutuku: traditional Māori designed panels in meeting house
Waka: canoe
Acronyms
AOS Artist Open Studios(Whanganui)
CCN Creative CitiesNetwork
CCS Creative CommunitiesScheme
CNZ Creative New Zealand
DHB District Health Board
ECE Early ChildhoodCentres
FTE full time equivalent
GCUR Gonville Centre forUrban Research
HA Heritage Aotearoa
MCH Ministry of Cultureand Heritage Manatū Taonga
NTT Ngā Tangata Tiaki
NZG New Zealand Glassworks
NZIA New Zealand Institute of Architects
NZSAG New Zealand Society of Glass Artists
PAF Public Art Fund (Whanganui)
PGF Provincial Growth Fund
RFONZ Regional Film Offices New Zealand
SSPU Second ShanghaiPolytechnic University
TCR Town CentreRegeneration (Whanganui)
TMA Te Mana Atatū
W&P Whanganui & Partners
WDC Whanganui District Council
WMRTO Whanganui MāoriRegional Tourism Organisation
City of Design Coordination Team
Emma Bugden, Strategic Lead Creative Industries & Arts, Whanganui & Partners (Lead)
Scott Flutey, Heritage Advisor, Whanganui District Council
Jonathan Sykes, Brand & Events, Whanganui & Partners
Rebecca Black, Communications Lead, Whanganui & Partners
Whanganui District Council wider engagement
Anique Jayasinghe, Community Arts Coordinator, Whanganui & Partners
Ellen Young, Town Centre Regeneration Manager, WDC
Jasmine Hessell, Team Leader, Policy Team, WDC
Sandy Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Team, WDC
Hamish Lampp, Regulatory and Planning Group Manager, WDC
Dean Balkin, Team Leader, Planning Services, WDC
Brent Holmes, Senior Roading Engineer, Infrastructure, WDC
Kritzo Venter, Stormwater Engineer, Infrastructure, WDC
Norman Gruebsch, Active Transport Facilitator, WDC
Harriet McKenzie, Community Activator, Safer Communities, WDC
Paul Chaplow, Strategic Lead Visitor Industries, W&P
Colleen Sheldon, Strategic Lead Agribusiness, W&P
Tim Easton, Strategic Lead Business, Whanganui & Partners
City of Design Anchor Partners
Te Rūnanga o Tūpoho (hapu of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi with mana whenua over Whanganui city)
Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics
Gonville Centre for Urban Research
Stakeholder Engagement
Whanganui
The City of Design team held a formal stakeholder engagement session at the Whanganui Regional Museum in December 2020, along with many one-on-one discussions over the period September 2020 – March 2021. We engaged both with representatives of institutions and community groups as well as selected individuals where appropriate. If successful, we will extend beyond this list to a more city-wide communication.
Communication to date has taken place with:
Greg Anderson, Director, Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
Jaki Arthur, Relationships Manager, Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
Akshaya Baskar, Black Pine Architects
David Bennett, Chief Executive, Pacific Helmets
Natalie Bradburn, architectural graduate, (Patchwork Architects) designer (Clean Clean Clean), design writer, Gonville Fellow 2021/2022
Rachel Brandon, Chairperson, Mainstreet, and director of Rachel Brandon Interiors
Bernard Broughton, Archdeacon, St Paul’s Anglican Memorial Church, Pūtiki
Jodie Brunger, Active Communities Manager, Sport Whanganui
Victoria Campbell, Head of School of Creative Industries, UCOL
Whitney Cox, Research and Evaluation Lead, Sport Whanganui
Craig Dalgleish, architect (Dalgleish Architects)
Bruce Dickson, heritage architect, Bruce Dickson Architecture
Andrea duChatenier, Senior Lecturer School of Creative Industries, UCOL
Greg Donson, Senior Curator and Public Programmes Manager, Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
Miles Fothergill, Chief Executive, Q-West Boat Builders
Meri Haami (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Tamaupoko Arts Representative
Elinor Harvey McDouall, architect, Drawing Room Architecture + Interiors
Geoffrey Hipango (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Chairperson, Te Ao Hou Marae
Carol Hayward, Chairperson, Te Manu Atatū
John Keating, Co-Chairperson, Whanganui Musicians Club
Huia Kirk (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) Vestry, St Paul’s Anglican Memorial Church, Pūtiki
Cecelia Kumeroa (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Tupoho Arts Representative
Bronwyn Labrum, Director, Whanganui Regional Museum
Dani Lebo, co-Director, The Eco School, permaculture design training
Paul Mahoney, Senior Heritage Advisor, central North Island, Department of Conservation
Leigh-Marama Mclachlan (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui
Lyn McCurdy, Consulting and Research, Whanganui Māori Regional Business Organisation
Ben Mitchell-Anyon (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Architect, Patchwork Architects
Soraya Peke-Mason (Hinengakau), Trustee, Whanganui Māori Regional Business Organisation
Hellen Puhipuhi (QSM) Founder and Director, Born and Raised Pasifika Early Childhood Education Centre, Pasifika Learning Centre and the Pasifika Innovation Hub. Director Festival of Cultural Unity. Chairperson of the Pasifika Vision Forum Charitable Trust and the Whanganui Pasifika Community Group
Scott Redding, Manager, New Zealand Glassworks Te Whare Tūhua O Te Ao
Lisa Reweti (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Public Programmes Manager, Whanganui Regional Museum
Rick Rudd, Director, Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics
Andres Salinas, Senior Lecturer School of Creative Industries, UCOL
Mel Shaw, Manager, Community Education Whanganui
Shanti Sibbing, Festival Director: Whanganui Walls and Light Up Your Bikes
Duncan Sinclair, Black Pine Architects
Libby Sharpe, Senior Curator, Whanganui Regional Museum
Hera Smith (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Vestry, St Paul’s Anglican Memorial Church, Pūtiki
Mark Southcombe, urban designer and researcher, VUW Ecologies Design Lab
Frank Stark, Director, Gonville Centre for Urban Research
Lesley Stead Owner, Paiges Bookshop and Locket Gallery; Chairperson, Guyton Group Trust, W&P Creative Sector Focus Group
Darni Struijck, Dalgleish Architects
Trina Taurua (Ngā Rauru, Ngā Puhi), Kaiako, Te Wananga o Aotearoa
Marty and Marilyn Vreede (Dutch, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Pakohe Papers
Kat Wade, Māori Business Growth Coordinator, Te Manu Atatū, Māori Business Network
Naani Waitai (Ngā Rauru Kitahi), artist
Des Warahi, General Manager, Mainstreet
Cath Watson, Manager, Glasgow Street Arts Centre
Kathryn Wightman, Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Industries, UCOL. Studio Manager The Makery
Lee Williams (Tainui), Director and Head Costumier, Paetuia Designs
National Stakeholder Engagement
We notified the following existing UCCN NZ cities of our intention to apply:
Mark Roach, UCCN Focal Point, Auckland City of Music
Tanya Black, UCCN Focal Point, Wellington City of Film
Nicky Page, UCCN Focal Point, Dunedin City of Literature
Professional Bodies
We contacted the following professional bodies across the wide span of design to notify them of our intention to apply.
Blumhardt Foundation (craft/object art)
Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
Designers Institute of New Zealand
New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities
New Zealand Institute of Architects
Urban Development Institute of New Zealand (UDINZ)
Cities of Design
We contacted the following Focal Points for existing Cities of Design to notify them of our intention to submit.
Ms. Dwinita Larasati (Chairperson), Bandung
Ms. María Jesús del Blanco, Bilbao
Ms. Olga Stella, Detroit
Mr Stewart Murdoch, Dundee
Mr. Timothy Ellis, Geelong
Mr. Wolfgang Skerget, Head of Department, City of Graz
Ms. Anu Mänttäri, Business Development Advisor, City Competitiveness, Office of Economic Development, City of Helsinki
Istanbul Design Bureau, Instanbul
Mr. Wataru Okada, Manager, Creative City Promotion Office, Planning and Coordination Bureau, Kobe City Government, City of Kobe
Ms Jūratė Tutlytė (Focal Point), Kaunas Creative City
Mr. Stijn Debaillie (Focal Point)Coordinator Designregio Kortrijk
Ms. Marie Josée Lacroix, Design Commissioner and Head of Bureau, Montréal
Ms. Eriko Esaka, Program Director, Cultural Promotion Office, Bureau of Tourism, Culture & Exchange, Nagoya
Ms. Ana Paula Canovas Gonzalez, Coordination of Strategic Projects Office, Puebla
Ms. Josyane Franc, Manager International Relations, Saint-Étienne
Seoul Design Foundation, Ms. Jihyun KIM, International Relations, Seoul
UNESCO Creative Cities (Shanghai) Promotion Office, Ms. Jin PAN, Deputy Secretary General, Shanghai
Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association, Mr. Ting Xu, Shenzhen, City of Design – Coordination Office
Ms. Yeo Piah Choo, Deputy Executive Director, Design Singapore Council, Singapore
Mr. Francesco de Biase (Focal Point), Torino
Mr. RONG Xianguo (Focal Point), Director, Wuhan Design Industry Promotion Office, Wuhan
Gabriella Gómez-Mont, Director General of Laboratory of the City, Mexico City’s Experimental Office, Mexico
Mr Ibrahim Aldashti, Director of the partnership Section at the Dubai Municipality, Dubai
Mr Dong TO VAN, Director, Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, Hanoi
Chen Dongliang, International Center for Creativity and Sustainable Development (Beijing Industrial Design Center), Beijing
Mr Somchai Dechakorn, Director-General, City Planning and Development Department, Bangkok
Ulrik Jungersen, Head of Design, City of Kolding
Rodolpho Zannin Feijó, Focal Point for Curitiba
Marina Suarez Valente, Operative Manager of Multilateral Relations for the Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Ms Gail Therese Padayhag, Protocol Officer, Cebu City Government
Mr Vasif Eyvazzade, Head of International Cooperation and Innovative Development Department, Ministry of Culture, Baku
Mr Alberto Gadanha, Instituto Cultural Iracema, Fortaleza
Ms Hala Al Khalifa, Director of Culture, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities and Arts, Muharraq
Budapest, Anett Kőrössy, Budapest City Identity
Mr Naoyuki Watanabe, Chairman, The Asahikawa Creative City Promotion Council, Asahikawa
Caetana Franarin, State Department of Sport, Tourism and Leisure, Brasilia
Ms Tatiana Chavez Araya, San Jose
Institutional Links and Handles
Whanganui & Partners https://www.whanganuiandpartners.nz
Whanganui District Council https://www.whanganui.govt.nz/Home
UCOL https://www.ucol.ac.nz/
Visit Whanganui https://www.visitwhanganui.nz/
Discover Whanganui https://discoverwhanganui.nz/
Discover Whanganui Instagram https://www.instagram.com/discoverwhanganuinz/
Town Centre Regeneration https://www.facebook.com/whanganuitowncentreregeneration
Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics https://www.quartzmuseum.org.nz
NZ Glassworks Te Whare Tuhua o Te Ao https://www.nzglassworks.com
Gonville Centre for Urban Research https://gcur.org.nz
Whanganui Chamber of Commerce https://whanganuichamber.net.nz
Whanganui Mainstreet https://www.mainstreetwhanganui.co.nz
Te Mana Atatū: Whanganui Māori Business Network https://www.temanuatatu.co.nz
Design Events and Opportunities
Whanganui Regional Heritage Month – Whanganui Heritage Month – Whanganui Heritage Trust
Whanganui & Partners Creative Industries
