The characteristics of traditional discipleship taught and practiced in Samoan society reflect the consideration of the church’s needs and demands which are more important than family. For example, one characteristic of becoming a disciple is that he or she is expected to abandon his or her family and follow Jesus. However, public criticism of this...

This report identified five areas where Creative New Zealand can make a measurable difference to sustaining the health and vitality of Pacific arts over the next five years.

The Australia Council longitudinal study of early career artists aimed to better understand the career development of artists and the impact of receiving an Australia Council grant. The research explores these areas by measuring direct grant impacts, career perceptions and development, and time spent on creative practice and income earned from creative practice. ABOUT THE...

The 'Eleventh Five-year Plan' contains the programme profiles of the ministries, constitutional bodies, autonomous and other government agencies. These programme profiles consist of strategies to achieve the goals for the year of 2013 to 2018. It is also a master plan based on the 'Gross National Happiness' philosophy.

This paper outlines a range of principles and actions that the Australia Council has committed to over the next triennium to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to the arts. Goals Our plan focuses on the following three goals: Leadership There are some strong leaders with disability who work...