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Time for art and history to rhyme

The arts matter, and education matters. So why are they further apart than ever? By director and educator Professor Peter O'Connor.

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Feasting in the broken city

Creative director Barnaby Bennett invites you to a common space of “careful activism”, where you’ll eat, dream and party your way to a reimagined future.

Fanny Fern 1811-1872 Library of Congress

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Suffrage essay winner! The damned mob is coming for your words.

Steff Green dives into the outpourings of dead misogynists, and finds their ugly sentiment alive and well and walking the Earth.

Painter Greg (‘Chiaroni’) McDonald opens Chiaroni Gallery in Invercargill

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Lowdown #19: Chorus of discontent as touring shows pass over local artists

Calls are mounting for a fair go in the creative sector. Mark Amery conducts the media flashpoints in the Lowdown #19.

Lemi Ponifasi: Stones in her mouth. Photo by MAU

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MAUSINA: women's suffrage, whakapapa and truth

Susana Lei'ataua considers the ceremony MAUSINA - mau meaning testimony and sina meaning taonga - reflecting on colonial structures, genealogy and truth.

Barbarian Productions company photoshoot 2017 'Ready to Work', photo by Owen McCarthy.

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Passing the bucks: a living wage for artists

Jo Randerson is passionate about artists earning their worth. That’s why her company Barbarian Productions just became a living wage employer. James Littlewood clocks on.

Ani-Piki Tuari and Annette Morehu. Photo via Facebook

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SOAPBOX: “You’re not Māori. You’ve just got Māori in you.”

Shortland Street storyliner and playwright Annette Morehu discovers the racial powers of narrative.

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Eminem v National Party - The thrills of copyright

And what is Bounce Music?

Madame and the Bastard with their minions at the CoCA 50th anniversary dinner. Image: Romy Willing

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Lowdown #18: Sparks fly in funding fireworks

Crash and burn or fire in the sky? Mark Amery lights up in The Lowdown #18.

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Got a great idea and don’t know how to start writing?

Ace screenwriter, script advisor and educator Kathryn Burnett schools you up on nailing your script.

A discussion about art for people with dementia

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Connecting the creative dots for people with dementia

“The parts of the brain that remain untouched for the longest are the parts where imagination and creativity live, and so it's a natural fit to engage people with dementia in an art programme."