Cultural Sites, Cultural Theory, Cultural Policy The Second International Conference on Cultural Policy Research Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, 23-26 January 2002 Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome. This conference, which takes place every two years, is truly international in its scope and has succeeded in attracting 150 speakers from the United Kingdom, Western Europe, North America, Asia and the Pacific. The full conference will provide a forum for independent, university-based, government and industry researchers to make presentations and share in discussion and evaluation of cultural policy research being undertaken internationally.