When: 2009 ongo­ing
Where: Auckland

Auck­land City is the second most diverse city per head of pop­u­la­tion after Toronto in Canada.

The NZ Brit­ish Coun­cil office has focused on reach­ing new audi­ences who have not tra­di­tion­ally looked to Bri­tain for thought and cre­at­ive lead­er­ship: emer­ging lead­ers amongst the indi­gen­ous Maori pop­u­la­tion, and aspir­ants from the bur­geon­ing Asian and new migrant communities.

The Cre­at­ive Cit­ies pro­ject has allowed us to show­case mod­ern mul­ti­cul­tural, inclus­ive and entre­pren­eur­ial Bri­tain in a way which res­on­ates with these two audi­ences, as have media tech­no­lo­gies which “speak” to them in their own lan­guages of tele­vi­sion, video, media and social networking.

Click on the link to see an action-packed nine-minute present­a­tion of high­lights of our Cre­at­ive Cit­ies and local cul­tural rela­tions work: Brit­ish Coun­cil New Zea­l­and
Con­tact: ingrid [dot] leary [at] brit­ish­coun­cil [dot] or [dot] nz