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Protecting our cultural and creative heritage items is no easy feat. We find out from the frontline of preserving these taonga how we all play a role as kaitiaki.
The Lowdown looks at the latest announcements out of the country's leading funding bodies - and where the focus lies - as well as big awards and big occasions for NZ Creatives.
Provenance & patronage are crucial pillars of the GLAM world - but what happens when they clash? Plus the Lowdown on some major musical happenings & award shortlists.
"I'm not a rapper, I'm an artist" - Diggy Dupé has strong advice on not putting up with other people's labels, as a milestone concert approaches.
Get the Lowdown on the issues that are leading the creative conversation in your weekly arts news bulletin.
Arts Laureate Shane Bosher pulls no punches with advice for his younger self - and offers plenty of insight and warmth on how he sculpted his award-winning career.
The Lowdown gets full spectrum of reaction from the creative community to the latest MCH fund and looks at the other creative news that should be on your radar.
Aotearoa's status as a premier international film destination is intrinsically linked to the Screen Production Grant - so why is it under attack again? We dig beyond the headlines.
Everything you need to know about a major new Cultural Sector fund - with an exclusive interview detailing how it will work, who can apply and how creative feedback has been 'a kick up the ass'.
One of the rising stars of Aotearoa theatre talks about what his groundbreaking show Scenes From A Yellow Peril means in his promising career and why its kaupapa is so important.
It's an opportunity too good to pass up - The Big Idea speaks to three former winners of the CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award for tips on what got their projects across the line.
There is a flood of experience, knowledge and talent leaving key roles in the creative sector - some leaving the industry or country. We get insight into what's happening and what's next.