Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for two new representatives from the Tongan and Tuvalu communities for appointment to the Pacific Arts Committee. Creative New Zealand is the government’s principal arts development agency. Its role is to promote the arts of New Zealand by supporting artists and encouraging more New Zealanders to participate and enjoy the diverse range of arts in this country. The Pacific Arts Committee supports and celebrates both the heritage arts and contemporary arts of Pacific communities. Its role is to support the arts of the Pacific peoples of New Zealand. It does this in two ways. Firstly, it allocates grants to a range of projects by Pacific artists and organisations. Secondly, it establishes special initiatives such as artform development workshops, the annual Arts Pasifika Awards, an artist-in-residency programme and funding information forums. The Pacific Arts Committee is made up of eight members. There are representatives from the seven main Islands groups of Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu, as well as the chairperson of the Pacific Arts Committee, who is also a member of the Arts Board. The Committee meets up to four times a year. Two of those meetings are project funding meetings in which members make funding decisions based on applications from Pacific artists and arts groups. Ideally, people nominated to become members of the Pacific Arts Committee should have: • a passion and vision for the development of Pacific arts in New Zealand • an established network among their community in New Zealand • support from their community, locally or nationally • good communication skills and an ability to work well within a team • proven skills in strategic planning, budget planning and project management • knowledge of the issues facing Pacific artists and groups in their development