Arts, Culture & Recreation

Strategy Development for the Arts

Arts and culture infrastructure, organisations and programmes operate in a complex and ever-evolving environment.

Digital disruption, changing audience expectations, diversity imperatives and other sector trends offer opportunities as well as challenges.

Sapere can provide credible, informed analysis of the arts industry to assist with making better strategic choices.

What we do

Sapere works with government agencies and sector bodies, providing independent analysis and advice to the arts and culture sector.

We help to develop impactful and sustainable infrastructure, organisations and programmes fostering arts, culture and creative industries.

Our services include strategy development, business case development, financial and economic analysis, programme evaluation, sector analysis and more.

Examples of our work in arts and culture

Program Logic Mapping for creative infrastructure projects for Create NSW
Research and analysis on competition-related issues in NZ’s media system, with a particular focus on the market for news and public interest journalism
Business case development support, cost-benefit analysis and financial analysis for major creative infrastructure proposals for Create NSW
External evaluation of Co-Curious’ Stories from Another Australia writer development programme
Evaluation of the NZ Screen Production Grant, for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Economic impact and growth potential of the NZ interactive media industry, for NZ Tech.

Sapere brings impartial analysis and strategic development to create sustainable infrastructure to the vibrant world of the arts, culture, and creative industries.

Key contacts

Matt Balmford

Director
MELBOURNE
mbalmford@thinkSapere.com

Dr Tom Love

Director
WELLINGTON
tlove@thinkSapere.com

David Graham

Managing Director
MELBOURNE
dgraham@thinkSapere.com

Sally Carrick

Director
MELBOURNE
scarrick@thinkSapere.com

John Wallace

Director
CANBERRA
jwallace@thinkSapere.com

William Li

Senior Managing Economist
MELBOURNE
wli@thinkSapere.com

Some of our recent articles of interest

The economic benefits of a circular economy in Auckland

Client: Sustainable Business Network

This report provides a view on the potential economic benefits of a more circular economy for Auckland. It has been commissioned by the Sustainable Business Network to inform its report on the circular economy opportunity for Auckland.

The emissions footprint of broadband in New Zealand

Client: Chorus

This paper provides a first assessment of the emissions footprint of the current New Zealand fibre network, with a focus on internet provision to households and small to medium-sized businesses.

Making New Zealand safer: regulating the engineering profession

Client: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment

Sapere prepared a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to support MBIE’s proposal for an occupational regulatory regime for engineers.

Infrastructure consenting for climate targets

Client: Te Waihanga / New Zealand Infrastructure Commission

This research models the impact on New Zealand’s emissions reduction targets if the current resource consenting system continues to delay decisions on infrastructure project consenting.

Māori Primary Health Care

Client: Wai 2575 Claimants

Sapere were asked by the claimants to respond to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that a methodology be developed to measure the degree of underfunding of Māori PHOs and providers.

Sizing of the backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia

Client: Australian Eggs

Which came first the chicken or the egg? We don’t have the answer to that, but we do know the size of backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia.

A chance to make clinical trials sustainable, effective, and equitable in Aotearoa New Zealand

Client: Liggins Institute University of Auckland

Sapere provided extensive analytical support to a consortium of researchers from the University of Auckland and the University of Otago on a Health Research Council (HRC) and Ministry of Health funded research project. The consortium was brought together to review Aotearoa New Zealand’s clinical trials activity and infrastructure.