research
SOUNDCHECK AOTEAROA INDEPENDENT REPORT: Creating culture change around sexual harm in the music community in Aotearoa
In July 2021 SoundCheck Aotearoa published the report created by independent experts Rachel Harrison and Debbie Teale, Creating culture change around sexual harm in the music community in Aotearoa. You can read the report HERE and the summary/backgrounder HERE. The report follows workshops held by SoundCheck Aotearoa earlier in 2021 and contains a set of ten recommendations for what our music community can do to prevent and respond to sexual harm.
AMPLIFY AOTEAROA: Research on gender inequity in the NZ music industry
In collaboration with APRA AMCOS NZ, Massey University researchers have released a report detailing widespread gender discrimination in the Aotearoa music community in the first report of its kind in New Zealand.
Read the press release and summary
TUNESMITHS AND TOXICITY: Workplace harassment in the Contemporary Music Industries of Australia & New Zealand
SoundCheck Aotearoa welcomes new research from Jeff Crabtree available HERE, based on a survey of 145 people in the music industry in Australia and New Zealand. The report shines a light on women’s experiences of sexual harassment and assault in their workplaces and calls out the underlying issues of power imbalance and lack of diversity in the industry. The report also makes recommendations for change.
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
C/Change Aotearoa
A resource hub and toolkit for industry professionals & performers to discover tangible ways of impacting who gets booked on our stages.
with thanks to Sarin Moddle.
Music Victoria:
Guidance for venues on best practice for preventing sexual harassment:Disrupting the System:
Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace (see pages 29-32 of the PDF for the range of responses)Diversity Works NZ
Website of New Zealand’s national body for workplace diversity and inclusion