Creative partners and professional associations

NICAI is an active member of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), the largest international organisation of multidisciplinary creative arts/industries educational institutes, with around 315 member organisations worldwide.

We also have relationships with the Glasgow School of Art and Architecture and the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne, as well as the professional bodies associated with our disciplines.

Our international standing is such that ISPS 2009, the biennial International Symposium on Performance Science, was hosted by NICAI at The University of Auckland. ISPS 2009 explored the theme 'performing excellence' from interdisciplinary perspectives across the arts, as well as the natural, social, and applied sciences. Opening with a lecture by British scientist Lord Robert Winston, the symposium attracted a large number of local and international delegates, and generated unprecedented interest from the general public.

Individual schools and programmes also foster many important connections, both here and overseas.

• Strong links with the professional community through the New Zealand Institute of Architects and the New Zealand Registered Architects Board.
• Several staff sit on the Auckland City Council Urban Design Panel.
• Close links with practising planners through the New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) and its Council, and with local authorities in Auckland and elsewhere in New Zealand.
• Affiliation with the World Planning Schools Congress, the World Society of Ekistics, and close association with several key planning schools in the United Kingdom.
• A member of the Association of Australasian Schools of Architecture, and the Washington DC-based Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
• The Master of Architecture (Professional) is recognised by the Commonwealth Association of Architects.

• Involved with the New Zealand Tertiary Dance Festival, held annually in July.
• Academic partnerships with other dance scholars and practitioners internationally.
• Research partnerships with the University of Quebec (Montreal, Canada) and the Academy for the Arts in Kuala Lumpur.
• A member of Dance Aotearoa New Zealand, with representation on the Board since 1998. The head of the programme is the Chair of the Tertiary Dance Educators Network New Zealand Aotearoa, and an honorary life member of the Australian Dance Council.
• A member of professional associations such as the World Dance Alliance (Asia Pacific Chapter), and the Congress on Research in Dance.

• Formally linked to the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
• Strong links with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
• Strong links with Chamber Music New Zealand.   
• Strong links with the Institute of Registered Music Teachers (IRMT).
• Links with various New Zealand recording companies.
• Developing connections with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Royal College of Music and various other international partners through its KAREN network videoconferencing project.
• Developing formal links with the National Association of Tertiary Music Schools in Australia (NACTMUS).