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Governance Policies
Caring for Treasures
Collections
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Human Remains
To provide direction on the care and handling of human remains
Last updated on: 13 February 2009 || File Size: 55 KB
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Deaccessioning
To establish policies for deaccessioning and disposal of objects from the Museum’s permanent collections.
Last updated on: 19 April 2007 || File Size: 85 KB
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Loans
To establish the reasons objects may be lent to or borrowed from other institutions, organisations or private individuals.
Last updated on: 19 April 2007 || File Size: 103 KB
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Storage
Collections will be stored and serviced so as to maximise their life, but still allow appropriate access.
Last updated on: 19 April 2007 || File Size: 78 KB
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Collection Info Systems
The Museum will provide electronic access to its collections and to information about them.Electronic access will be the preferred method of providing access to collections in storage, where appropriate.
Last updated on: 19 April 2007 || File Size: 68 KB
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Governance Policy - Protected Objects
The purpose of this policy is to describe the Museum’s policy relating to protected objects and ensure that related costs are fully recovered
Last updated on: 19 April 2007 || File Size: 25 KB
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Acquisitions
To set out how the Museum will acquire collections for public reference and research, in the exercise of heritage obligations under the Act.
Last updated on: 13 February 2009 || File Size: 46 KB
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Museum Building
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Museum Building v1
The Museum will ensure that the Museum Building is protected and preserved in accordance with its status as a major heritage asset.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 68 KB
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Security
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the Museum’s collections are fully protected from theft, loss, damage and deterioration, its building protected from damage and deterioration, and its staff and visitors protected from injury or accident.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 76 KB
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Energy
To ensure that the Auckland War Memorial Museum is committed to, and practices, responsible energy management.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 69 KB
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Corporate Services
Financial
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Conflict of Interest
To ensure that Board deliberations and decisions are conducted impartially, without bias, in a fair and open minded manner and in accordance with the law. In addition, conflicts of interest when they arise are identified and managed.
Last updated on: 15 June 2009 || File Size: 16 KB
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Funding
The Auckland War Memorial Museum Act 1996 provides for a levy to
be imposed on the seven Territorial Local Authorities from the Auckland region and the Act requires prudence in the management of
the Museum’s financial resources.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 127 KB
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Investment Policy
The purpose of this policy is to define the Museum’s investment objectives and policies.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 25 KB
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Trusts
The Auckland War Memorial Museum Act 1996, vested in the Auckland Museum Trust Board (‘the Board’) ownership of all existing and future Trusts and Bequest Funds to be administered in accordance with the terms of the respective trusts.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 86 KB
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Koha
To ensure Maori values associated with Koha are upheld.To ensure that all koha received is managed and recorded in accordance with the
requirements of relevant legislation.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 82 KB
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Insurance
The purpose of this policy is to describe the Museum’s policy regarding insurance.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 26 KB
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Common Seal
To set out the policies relating to affixing the Common Seal
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 76 KB
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Delegation of Authority Policy
The purpose of this policy is to delegate financial authority to the Director and staff for the operation of the Museum.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 22 KB
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Maori
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Taumata Appointment
To provide for the appointment of persons to the Taumata-a-Iwi pursuant to section 16 of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Act 1996 [“The Act”]. To continue to foster a beneficial relationship as envisaged by the Auckland War Memorial Museum Act 1996.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 99 KB
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Relationships Iwi
To ensure all Museum encounters with iwi (Maori people) are conducted in a manner that upholds the integrity – mana – of both parties.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 77 KB
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Human Resources
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Personnel Policy
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the Museum is complies with the principle of being a good employer. The policy will help to ensure that the Vision, Mission, Values and goals, are achieved through the commitment of its employees and volunteers.
Last updated on: 22 May 2007 || File Size: 35 KB
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Health and Safety
The Museum is committed to and responsible for providing a healthy
and safe workplace for all employees and visitors.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 66 KB
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Sales and Marketing
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Commercial Activities
To provide guidelines for the provision of commercial activities within the Museum
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 34 KB
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Use of Museum Name
To set out the basis for use of the Museum’s names.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 23 KB
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Gathering Knowledge
Research
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Research
The Museum must undertake credible research and must disseminate it to both scholarly and general audiences through its displays and through other means.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 78 KB
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Sharing Knowledge
Sharing our Collections
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Mounting Exhibitions
To establish how the Museum will use permanent, special, temporary and touring exhibitions to further its statutory objectives and fulfil its mission to share knowledge for the enjoyment and enlightenment of Aucklanders and their visitors.
Last updated on: 5 November 2007 || File Size: 18 KB
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Interpreting Collections
The Museum will share knowledge in a variety of ways, and through a variety of programmes and media, each selected to provide concepts, information, knowledge and enjoyment to one or more of the Museum's diverse range of visitors and customers.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 106 KB
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Library Information Services
The purpose of this policy is to set out the role of Library and Information Services in underpinning the Museum’s core role as a major national and international repository of cultural and scientific collections, providing resources for the diverse public of the Auckland region and elsewhere, and for the professional endeavours of the Museum staff.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 92 KB
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Life Long Learning
To provide a framework for the development and delivery of lifelong learning opportunities at the Auckland War Memorial Museum that reflect the core functions of the Museum and relate to the needs and interests of all visitors, volunteers and staff.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 103 KB
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Sharing with Children
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Children
Children are the key audience of the Museum, and every endeavour will be made to share knowledge with them in a variety of enjoyable ways that suit their needs.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 70 KB
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Education
The Museum will encourage use of its facilities and services as an
educational resource, and will work closely with education professionals to ensure that its Information and Interpretive Services
meet curriculum requirements in relevant areas of activity.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 68 KB
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War Memorial
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War Memorial
The War Memorial is sacred to the Memory of those for whom it was built, and is of paramount significance to the Museum as a whole.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 71 KB
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Visitor Services
Sales and Marketing
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Charity Organisation Pro Bono Venue Hire
The Museum will act as a venue for a limited number of charitable
events each year. These events will conform to the Museum’s Events Policy and will be provided at no venue hire cost. The Museum will invite proposals from appropriate charities and the Trust Board will elect which charities it proposes to support annually.
Last updated on: 17 June 2009 || File Size: 18 KB
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Visitor Services
The Museum is committed to the continual pursuit of excellence in the
provision of customer service and in the quality of its displays,
programmes and visitor amenities.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 67 KB
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Retail Stocking
The purpose of the Museum’s retail activities is to generate revenue for the Museum in accordance with sales, stockturn, gross and net profit to targets determined by Annual Plans or Budgets.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 67 KB
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Sponsorship
To ensure that Auckland War Memorial Museum has guidance for the
development of sponsorship and associated advertising with respect to the Auckland Museum’s property and activities.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 143 KB
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Charging Services
Charges will be implemented for the provision of information when
significant staff time and/or external cost is required in answering the
request.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 66 KB
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Events
The Museum will actively promote public appreciation and enjoyment of the Museum facilities by encouraging public, corporate and private events which are consistent with the quality and purposes of the Museum.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 79 KB
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Membership
To guide the Museum in the management of its membership activities and its interface with independent membership bodies, in order to ensure a consistent and coherent membership service is available to the public.
Last updated on: 20 April 2007 || File Size: 69 KB
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