March 31, 2015
ARTS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Theatreview has discovered the Government plans to transfer oversight of the Arts and Creative Industries to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). This will apply to all arts and creative products that originate in New Zealand – i.e. where the Intellectual Property (IP) is held by New Zealanders.
“This is a blindingly obvious policy,” our source at the MPI told our contact. “I am almost embarrassed that we have not implemented it before. In this day and age holding the IP in tradable commodities is hugely valuable to the economy so the government needs to be in there boots-and-all to kick-start new ideas with good earning potential.”
Of course they plan to go through the motions of consulting with the sectors and other interested parties but as Theatreview understand it, this is a ‘done deal’ – and presumably very good news for the ‘homegrown’ sector.
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