New Cultural portal launched
5 October 2006
The Ministry of Culture and Heritage recently launched the new cultural portal, NZLive.com. NZLive.com brings together in one place a wealth of information regarding New Zealand's cultural offering and taonga in a user-friendly site which is free to both users and contributors.
The website includes interactive features that allow users to build their own profile, adding events, links, organisations and articles that they are interested in.
The Ministry consulted around 200 organisations, many at considerable depth, in the design of this site and plan to continue that consultative approach into the future.
The objectives of the site are to:
- connect New Zealanders with their culture
- promote New Zealand culture and cultural events
- showcase New Zealand culture on the international stage
- reflect the richness and diversity of the New Zealand experience
- be a regular and reliable part of New Zealanders’ leisure time planning.
People are urged to continue to visit the site, as it will continue to evolve over time and that the Ministry would be guided by feedback from the public.
Research undertaken by the Ministry in 2003 showed that people are increasingly turning to the internet for cultural information but that it is hard to find.
This is the first phase in a four-year development programme. The events and activities guide has links to cultural websites across the sector and the country, and new content and services will be added over time.
"NZLive.com will evolve in response to the needs of the people who use it and the organisations who publish information on it.
"We want NZLive.com to become a regular part of New Zealanders' leisure time planning," Prime Minister Helen Clark said at the launch.
