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  • Oh C'mon, Omicron! Inside The Latest Cruel Blow to Creatives

    Once again, the creative community's the hardest hit by Aotearoa's Red Light shift. We touch base to see what's been cancelled, what's forging on and how they're coping.
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  • How to Stop Social Media Haters Impacting Your Creativity

    When you put your work or thoughts online - the threat of online trolls and cynics can be crippling. Verity Johnson gives a raw insight into how if affected her & how she finally found a way out.
    Soapbox
  • Brace for Impact

    The Lowdown's back for 2022 with a look at the latest headache for live performers - who's pulled the pin & who's announced their returns - as well as staunch replies to music industry legal threats.
    The Lowdown
  • What if The Earth Had a Heart?

    “They’re tired of hearing about what adults are doing to nature. They’ve had enough.” Kate Parker explains how the environmental views of school children sculpted her latest thought-provoking work.
    Feature
  • Anti-Resolutions: 10 Things to Embrace in 2022

    Why making your artistic ambitions ones you can relate to and can actually achieve will be the ones that actually bring you happiness.
    Arts Smarts
  • Art in the Outfield

    Nothing says summer like a music festival - find out how one event is amplifying their sounds with creative sights.
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Major Breakthrough for Artist Royalties Movement

    Artists involved in one of the creative community's hottest topics has received an early Christmas present. The Big Idea reveals breaking news of a precedent setting move.
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  • Flight Through Adversity

    “I think we should strive for artistry and mastery over success” - The Big Idea gets into the minds of some of NZ's finest creative minds backstage at the Aotearoa Music Awards.
    Feature
  • NFTs Revisited: Exploring Innovation in the Murky Metaverse

    Like them or loathe them, 2021 has been the year of the NFT. We look at how far they’ve come and dive deeper into their pros and cons for artists.
    Feature
  • Be Adventurous, Take Risks, Live Your Values

    One of Aotearoa's most experienced and enduring environmental artists gives us an insight onto how he found his creative outlet.
    Advice to My 22-Year-Old Self
  • Scandal, Controversy & Speaking Up: The Lowdown Review of 2021

    Creatives have not backed down to the challenges the year has thrown at them - we speak to those involved in the biggest issues of 2021.
    The Lowdown
  • Cultural Smorgasbord After Lockdown Famine

    After months of being deprived, Aucklanders are spoilt for choice again. Vicki Holder opens up on what it's been like for Tāmaki Makaurau arts lovers and looks what's on the menu.
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