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EventsUpdate
APRIL 2018 editorial@nzea.co —
New Zealand Events Association, C/- PO Box 24018, Auckland 1345 ISSN 1179-3678
NUMBERS UP AT CRANKWORX ETF18 UPDATE WASTE MINIMISATION FOCUS
ROTORUA 2018 — See page 2 — See page 5 — See page 7
FROM THE
GENERAL MANAGER
Networking a priority!
The April Board meeting held Digital Media for Events critical to a healthy industry, Awards: And, finally, a
early this month was hugely (re-visiting one of our most it provides the opportunity word on the annual NZEA
productive in confirming popular seminars to date) to collaborate, share Event Awards programme.
an exciting year’s worth of experiences, and overcome The Board are pleased to
We’ll be announcing our
activity. challenges together. Please announce an extended
presenters and opening
take advantage of these qualifying period for the 2018
Seminars: We are finalising registrations shortly - NZEA
opportunities as they arise. Event Awards, running from
details of the year’s seminar members will be the first to
31 March 2017 through to 31
series’ and are looking forward know. Watch this space, this is VolunteerNet: Many of you
July 2018, that’s 16 month
to opening registrations going to be a year full of great will already know that the
window of opportunity to
shortly. As a teaser, our development opportunities! VolunteerNet website closed
celebrate your successes!
programme is shaping up as this month. There were many
Networking: our membership Entries will be open from
follows: reasons for this decision, but
has consistently told us that early August for an eight week
· June: Sponsorships and ultimately the model was not
networking is top priority, period – so get planning your
Partnerships series sustainable in an environment
and we’ve heard you! Our entries now.
· July: Event Safety and Risk where other platforms offer
spectacular team of Regional
workshops series similar services. Warm regards,
Reps will be facilitating
· August: Strategic Planning Ségolène de Fontenay
networking opportunities in A sincere thank you to all who
for Events General Manager
your region soon. The chance have supported VolunteerNet
NZEA
· September: Marketing and to connect with your peers is throughout the years.
Numbers up at Crankworx Rotorua 2018
SOURCE: NZHerald.co.nz, 10
April 2019
Crankworx Rotorua 2018 has
been dubbed a success with
event entries at capacity, huge
international viewership and
around 40,000 visitations over
the nine-day festival.
This was up from 35,000
visitations during the 2017
festival.
Event director Ariki Tibble said
Crankworx Rotorua was keen
to push the envelope as the
event entered the first year of
a new 10-year contract.
“The new additions were The Crankworx Rotorua team celebrate a successful 2018 event. CREDIT: Photo/Clint Trahan
significant changes which
created some challenges the Enduro World Series once Crankworx featured several The expo saw 60 businesses
for us, but they paid off and again as part of the event.” new elements in 2018, on-site with more
have helped to position us for including the addition of a international exhibitors this
Initial figures show total
continuous improvement in new Dual Slalom course and year.
Crankworx Rotorua broadcast
the years to come. a Redwoods DH event, a new
views were up about 70 per Kidsworx saw about 400
Kidsworx Arena, a new Pump
“Our team has pulled off cent, tracking more than kids over five days, a 10 per
Track, an Eat Streat based
another incredible festival. 600,000 views across all cent increase on 2017, with
opening ceremony, a Deep
It’s always a huge relief, and platforms. a particular increase in the
Summer Competition, and
we’re poised to build on this under-6 demographic as well
Viewers across 64 countries greater accessibility to the
year’s enhancements in 2019, as a big jump in the number of
engaged with the live webcasts event for locals.
where we will welcome back girls participating.
for an average of 23 minutes.
Cover image: Christchurch’s Lantern Festival. Credit: ChristchurchNZ
Events Update, April 2018 Page 2
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Auckland’s Major Events Portfolio Confirmed
SOURCE: ATEED Release, 11 “Events like the ITM Auckland All Blacks vs Australia Venue: TBC
April 2018 SuperSprint and ASB Classic Date: 25 Aug 2018
Auckland Lantern Festival
draw visitors from outside Venue: Eden Park
A diverse range of cultural, Date: 14 – 17 Feb 2019
Auckland to come and enjoy
lifestyle and sporting events New Zealand Fashion Week Venue: Auckland Domain
what’s on offer here, and
happening in Auckland over Date: 24 Aug – 2 Sep 2018
international broadcast Auckland Pride Parade
the coming financial year will Venue: ANZ Viaduct Events
coverage of them highlights Date: 16 Feb 2019
receive public investment Centre
Auckland as a host city and Venue: Ponsonby Rd
as part of Auckland’s Major destination. And all these Auckland On Water Boat Show
Events Portfolio. events provide work for local Splore Music and Arts
Date: 27 – 30 Sep 2018
event operators, suppliers, Festival
Venue: ANZ Viaduct Events
Auckland Tourism, Events services and workers.” Date: 21 – 24 Feb 2019
Centre and Viaduct Harbour
and Economic Development Venue: Tapapakanga Regional
(ATEED) invests in major Of the 20 events confirmed Auckland Diwali Festival Park
events on behalf of Auckland for the 2018/19 portfolio, 14 Date: 20 - 21 Oct 201
Sculpture on the Gulf
Council to generate economic are arts, lifestyle and cultural Venue: Aotea Square
Date: 25 Jan – 17 Feb 2019
and social benefits for the events, with the balance being ASB Auckland Marathon Venue: Waiheke
region and its people. sporting events. Date: 28 Oct 2018
Pasifika Festival
ATEED is investing in 20 major Venue: Various
Auckland’s Major Events Date: 23 – 24 March 2019
events in 2018/19, including Portfolio 2018/19 ITM Auckland SuperSprint Venue: Western Springs Park
14 events that successfully Date: 2-4 Nov
applied for sponsorship FIBA Basketball World Cup NZ International Comedy
Venue: Pukekohe Park
through the annual 2019 Asian Qualifiers: Tall Festival
Raceway
contestable funding round. Blacks v China Date: 1 - 26 May 2019
Date: 1 July 2018 Farmers Santa Parade Venue: Various
The latest funding round saw Venue: Spark Arena Date: 25 Nov 2018
Auckland Writers Festival
ATEED receive 49 applications Venue: Central city
2018 Pan Pacific Youth Water Date: 14 -19 May 2019
requesting a total of $8.9
Polo Festival ASB Classic Venue: Aotea Centre
million in sponsorship
Date: 7 - 17 July 2018 Date: 31 Dec 2018 – 12 Jan
funding, with approximately Auckland Art Fair
Venue: Various 2019
$1.35 million available to Date: 1-5 May 2019
Venue: ASB Tennis Arena
allocate for contestable major New Zealand International Venue: The Cloud
events sponsorship. Film Festival Tamaki Herenga Waka
* Confirmed events at 11 April
Date: 19 July – 5 Aug 2018 Festival
Since Auckland’s Major 2017, details may be subject to
Venue: Various Date: Jan 2019
Events Strategy was approved change.
by Auckland Council in 2011,
ATEED-sponsored major
events have contributed
$360 million to the regional
economy and 2.2m visitor
nights (from 2011/12 FY –
2016/17 FY).
ATEED Head of Major
Events Stuart Turner says
major events – defined by
their scale and projected
benefits – are recognised
internationally as a means to
deliver significant social and
economic outcomes for cities
and their populations.
“Festivals like Tamaki
Herenga Waka and
Pasifika help celebrate and
demonstrate to Aucklanders
and visitors what is unique
about this place and its
people.
Supplied
Events Update, April 2018 Page 4
Wake up! There’s a shake up!
community events is a good Kaila is widely recognised
example. as a forward thinker and
an innovative voice in web
The annual Eventing the trends and global online
Future Conference is the communities. She has
“It’s predicted that computer major forum for providing developed a particular
gaming will soon overtake international speakers, expertise in provoking
rugby in our national content and examples of disruptive thinking and in
affections” Your weekend, application to the New bringing together disparate
Sunday Star Times, 31 March Zealand events sector, ideas about humanity. Her
preparing and informing opening keynote session
A provoking article in the event professionals and will give an overview of the
Sunday Star Times last month event services for changing major disruptors creating
on the new threat of ESports business models. exponential change in our
(competitive video games) on Kaila Colbin will challenge our
business and community thinking at ETF18
traditional sport competitions The theme for ETF 2018 is environments
provides a good example of a Disruptors, Opportunities
changing world and disruptive and Differentiators, with A co-founder and Chair of Special rate for NZEA
change that is and will affect some leading international the non-profit Ministry of members and a discount
just one of our event sectors, speakers in the lineup. Awesome, the starting point when 3 or more delegates
but there are many more for early-stage entrepreneurs
that will impact on business, We are excited to welcome book from the same
in Christchurch; the Curator
arts and cultural events. The Kaila Colbin to the conference organisation.
and Licensee for TEDx
focus and interest for our this year as our opening Christchurch in New Zealand
NZ markets and sponsors is keynote speaker. Hailing from Register now:
and TEDx ScottBase in
now global, creating greater the USA but now making New www.eventingthefuture.co.nz
Antarctica; Chair of the New
competition than ever. Zealand home, Kaila is an York-based culinary school
entrepreneur, a published Natural Gourmet Institute; Endean, is another
With our geographic writer, a communications professional who will add
Deputy Chair of CORE
isolation, and lack of expert and the founder of global event experience
Education; and a Director of
international exposure, NZ numerous companies. She around disruption and new
ChristchurchNZ, she will hit
event professionals are spearheaded the hugely opportunities specific to the
us between the eyes but will
often distant from what is successful SingularityU events sector.
also field the questions we all
happening globally until the New Zealand and Australia want to ask.
trends hit, missing out on the Summits, introducing This year will be a don’t miss
awareness and adaptation more than 2,000 people to Our previously announced for any professional running,
phases. The demise of some exponential technologies and second keynote, Tahira funding or servicing the
of New Zealand’s established their impact on humanity. events sector.
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Events Update, April 2018 Page 5
WASTE
MINIMISATION FOCUS
RESEARCH ARTICLE: Love festivals / Hate waste
– How festivals in New Zealand minimise waste
By Joany Grima & Leanne beverage, and street festival.
Nicholas. This article was first Music and performing arts
published in the November festivals generally featured
2017 issue of NZ Local multiple stages. Community
Government Magazine. festivals were usually single
The waste minimisation stage events and street
landscape in New Zealand festivals took control of up to a
is complex and topical, with kilometre of road with multiple
efforts being made to reduce stages and hundreds of stalls.
waste to landfill across the Food and beverage festivals
country. Wellington Institute focused on food and beverage
of Technology’s Joany producers, supplemented with
Grima and Leanne live entertainment. All but two
Nicholas have just completed festivals featured on-site food
a study providing a and beverage vendors, and all bins, and varied in colour, size at a modest cost. At some
detailed account of waste but three included market- and styles. festivals, patrons could return
minimisation measures style stalls. their cups at the end of the
implemented at festivals. Water
Results Offering free water refills festival and be refunded a
This recent study builds Waste minimisation measures was a simple way of reducing portion of the original cost of
on earlier pilot work which observed being implemented waste from plastic water the cup.
investigated local authority at festivals fell into 16 different bottles at 18 of the festivals. Other measures
guidelines informing waste categories, coded A–P. On Two festivals banned plastic Less commonly implemented
minimisation practices average, festivals implemented water bottles sales – the first waste minimisation measures
at festivals, and waste five waste minimisation time such a measure had included placing covers
minimisation practices measures. The most measures been implemented in New on permanent bins, wash
implemented at festivals by implemented were 11, and the Zealand. One festival banned stations, encouraging or
festival organisers. least, two. vendors from using single use hiring reusable crockery and
Festivals included in the Table 1 presents the waste packaging. cutlery, composting (including
recent study were selected minimisation measures; while Promotion & themed composting toilets) and
due to their commitment to Table 2 illustrates the festivals programming generating renewable energy.
redirecting waste from landfill at which waste minimisation Waste minimisation measures Conclusion & limitations
in some form. This report measures were observed, and being implemented were This study concludes that
focuses on data collected at 22 measures implemented. promoted by over three regardless of the size and
festivals between August 2016 Discussion quarters of the festivals. Pre- location of a festival, waste
and April 2017, where waste The most common waste festival promotion was mainly minimisation measures can
minimisation practices were minimisation measures done via festival websites and be implemented across the
observed and documented implemented at festivals were social media, and advised country where festivals choose
from an audience perspective. recycling stations, free water patrons of waste minimisation to do so, and where budgets
Festival locations & types refills, waste minimisation measures to expect on site. and other resources allow. The
Capturing data from a broad promotion, waste minimisation Signage encouraging waste study commends the efforts
geographical spread of themed programming, minimisation behaviour was of festival organisers in both
festivals was important to the reusable cups and public also widely used, reminding considering, and aiming to
study, as the available waste transport. The following briefly patrons to utilise the systems reduce their environmental
minimisation resources vary outlines how these measures being implemented. Half of the impact. This study was limited
from region to region. The were implemented. festivals in this study included by the number of festivals
festivals took place within waste minimisation themed included, and also by the
Recycling stations
the boundaries of 16 local programming in the form of capacity of the data collectors
Recycling stations were set up
authorities, and were staged at talks, workshops, activities and to accurately observe all
on-site at 19 of the 22 festivals.
a range of venues. information stands. waste minimisation measures
Recycling stations were either
Reusable cups & bottles implemented from an audience
The types of festivals included unstaffed, monitored by a
Almost half of the festivals perspective. Measures
in the study fell into five dedicated team, or staffed at
made reusable cups and / or implemented “behind the
categories: music, community, all times. Recycling stations
bottles for sale to the audience scenes” were not captured in
performing arts, food and featured between two and four
this study.
Events Update, April 2018 Page 6
WASTE
MINIMISATION FOCUS
Compostable food packaging Linked In
trialed at Christchurch events NZEA
SOURCE: ChristchurchNZ. Group
com, 20 March 2018
A future-focused initiative
trialing compostable food
packaging and cutlery across
a swathe of public events in
Christchurch grew out of a Over 250 members
eureka moment involving an have already signed
empty pizza box. up to the Linked In
exclusive NZEA Group.
The sustainability trial, Visit our Linked In page
‘Composting Food Packaging HERE.
at Events’, is being led by
the events production
team at Christchurch City
Council and has potential
to help other councils and
NZEA
event organisers around New
Zealand divert waste from
commercial composting way, involving more than 30 Facebook
Page
facility – Living Earth – medium to large events as well
landfill too. doesn’t accept bioplastics. as externally-produced events.
It all started with the waste As a certified organic
Campbell says the goal is
left behind at Christchurch compost facility, it can’t risk
80 percent diversion and
City Council’s various public contamination from non-
to get there, buy-in from
events, organised around organic plant products such
food vendors is critical.
annual celebrations such as as corn starch used in poly-
Christchurch City Council
Chinese New Year, Guy Fawkes lactide acid (PLA) – a common
holds workshops with vendors
Night and New Year’s Eve. bioplastic lining. Like our Facebook page
and supports them through
“The environmental impact Campbell says the events the process of sourcing HERE.
was substantial and there production team had to put packaging.
was a need for change,” says on their thinking caps on and year,” Campbell says.
Christchurch City Council If food vendors fail to have the
the lightbulb moment came “We used a completely
events and sustainability approved packaging, they are
when a colleague, Kathryn different model, which
coordinator Shanti Campbell. not permitted to trade. Bins
Ralph-Triebels, was at home made the process more
at every event are labelled
A majority of the waste left sharing takeout pizza with her economically sustainable and
and fundraising groups guide
behind was made up of food family. “Pizza boxes are made still managed to achieve great
people to the right bin.
and disposable packaging and from cardboard without any results. It’s a huge win for us.”
“it was the team’s belief that bioplastic lining. Our challenge Waste teams sort through
was to find a [similar] range of each individual piece of Campbell says it’s great to
such waste could be diverted
disposable food packaging.” rubbish in a waste compound be involved with an initiative
away from landfill and into
not far from the public eye to resulting in visible change and
other waste streams such as The team sourced suitable
ensure minimal contamination she hopes that other councils
composting”, Campbell says. products from New Zealand
in the recycling and compost from around the country will
The scene was set to company Ecoware for Trial follow suit. There has already
skips.
experiment and try a new 1.0, which involved about 100 been a lot of interest from
way of doing things in a food vendors with 190,000 Christchurch City Council’s other councils and another
trial; however, the events attendees across three large latest event was Christchurch bonus of the trial is vendors
production team initially faced public events. Several other Lantern Festival on March adopting more sustainable
a major hurdle. Introducing approved products have since 10 and 11, which achieved practices in their day to day
bioplastic packaging, which been added. 73 percent diversion – a 15 activities outside of events.
is marketed as “compostable” percent increase on last year.
Trial 1.0 achieved an average “This is a Council-led initiative
and seemed like an obvious of 61 percent diversion of “The team is absolutely stoked and its special because we’re
option as it is readily available waste away from landfill and with the result of 73 percent PLA free. If we can overcome
in New Zealand, just wouldn’t into recycling and compost, diversion away from landfill to the barriers to reducing and
cut it. which amounted to more than recycling and compost, with diverting waste, any council
This is because Christchurch’s 12 tonnes. Trial 2.0 is under 55,000 people attending this can.”
Events Update, April 2018 Page 7REGIONAL UPDATES The latest from our NZEA Regional Reps
CANTERBURY:
venue has undergone a on the first floor catering for at the city’s brand-new
complete renovation and up to 200 delegates, and a Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub,
will once again be one of stylish bar and restaurant on attracting some of New
New Zealand’s premier the ground floor. Zealand’s top athletes for the
performance and events Check out the latest aerial three-day event.
venues. Being situated on footage of construction on “We are thrilled to have been
the banks of the Avon River the new Convention Centre. able to attract this iconic
and directly opposite the
New Events major event to Christchurch
beautiful green space of
Victoria Square, the venue Christchurch has and secure it for two years,”
has prime position and a successfully won the bid to Ms Falwasser says.
stunning outlook in central host the New Zealand Track “Events such as these bring
Jen Beatty - jennifer. Christchurch. and Field Championships for real benefit to our city, they
beatty@ccc.govt.nz 2019 and 2020. bring visitors and ongoing
Distinction Hotel has recently
opened and is situated ChristchurchNZ General economic benefit and they
New venues in
right in the heart of the CBD Manager of Attraction Linda give our young people a
Christchurch
next to Cathedral Square. Falwasser says the 2019 chance to see top-class
The Christchurch Town There are 179 elegant New Zealand Track and Field athletes in action. It helps
Hall will be reopening accommodation rooms at Championships will be the kids imagine themselves
in quarter 1 2019. The 4.5* level, conference spaces first major athletics meet achieving great things.”
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