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Harriett Maire: Reaching for the moon

Harriett Maire: Reaching for the moon

Inspired by visiting her father's film sets since she was a baby, Harriett Maire has channelled their relationship into an award-winning short film about space.

Joel Haines: Composing behind the scenes

Joel Haines: Composing behind the scenes

Composer Joel Haines tells us how he approached a career in writing music for some of New Zealand's favourite TV shows.

Ahi Karunaharan: Untold Stories

Ahi Karunaharan: Untold Stories

Breathing life into the stories of our ancestors.

Anya Tate-Manning: Vulnerability & Resilience

Anya Tate-Manning: Vulnerability & Resilience

Performer, Director and Writer, Anya Tate-Manning brings an honest perspective on pursuing a career in theatre.

Isaac Stone: Vanishing Voices

Isaac Stone: Vanishing Voices

Isaac Stone speaks to the inspiration behind his upcoming concert, Vanishing Voices: Music honouring our endangered languages

Rhys Mathewson: Big Dreams for NZ Comedy

Rhys Mathewson: Big Dreams for NZ Comedy

Rhys Mathewson on life as a young comedian and how he hopes to contribute to New Zealand comedy.

Sacha Copland: Dissolving the Distance Between

Sacha Copland: Dissolving the Distance Between

Sacha Copland on the drive behind her desire to create dance that gets under your skin, and her experiences navigating a career in dance.

Not my Day Job: Saran Goldie-Anderson

Not my Day Job: Saran Goldie-Anderson

Swing-dance teacher by day, stand-up comedian by night, we chat to Saran Goldie-Anderson about juggling multiple creative gigs and her experience signing for deaf theatre audiences.

Building diversity into creative careers

Building diversity into creative careers

Deborah Crowe discusses a sustainable model for building a career in the arts.

Victor Rodger: Broadening the Spectrum

Victor Rodger: Broadening the Spectrum

We talk to Victor Rodger about the personal journey that spurred him into a career in theatre and the creation of a theatre movement that places Pacific Practitioners at its heart.

The life and dreams of a young filmmaker

The life and dreams of a young filmmaker

We chat to Mason Cade Packer about his love of filmmaking from a young age and his most recent award-winning film, Generation G.

Songbroker, building industry resilience

Songbroker, building industry resilience

Jan Hellriegel on the drive behind setting up Songbroker.