Friend and colleague Sean Rivera remembers Jen Lal who died last month – a loss that has dimmed stages across Aotearoa.
For many years she cultivated queer Indigenous nightlife in Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond. This year she took a break. What did it bring her?
In the school holidays, she worked in a record label's distribution warehouse. Now she leads Ka Korokī Ka Maranga, the Māori Music Industry Collective.
What's happening in the garden city this December?