Lower taxes to encourage private sponsorship of artistic endeavours
Reductions in regulations and red tape restricting the freedom of artists and other entrepreneurs
Removal of government interference and politicisation of processes by which financial support is provided to artists and artistic endeavours
Greater involvement of commercial sponsorship in the arts sector
Scrap the special dole for artists scheme

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set out
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website.

Creative New Zealand – an additional $950,000 per annum for baseline funding from 2005/06 for organisational capacity
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – an additional $1.6 million in 2005/06 increasing to $2.2 million in 2006/07 and out years to maintain the orchestra’s current capacity and performance
$788,000 as a one-off appropriation for 2005/06 for capital funding to upgrade Wellington's Old Public Trust Building, which is partly owned by Creative New Zealand
Continue to support the development of the New Zealand film industry
Fund the International Music Market Development Programme to encourage the entry of New Zealand music repertoire and artists into global markets

Not
set out
on
their
website.

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their
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Address the funding formula of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to reduce the need for additional funding injections, and balance with funding of regional orchestras
Acknowledge the contribution of artistic and cultural activities to the economy