Pathfinders
Meet creatives leading change & challenging the status quo.
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Rangatahi rising: Mātauranga and education at Wairau Māori Art Gallery
Every week, school students walk through the doors of Wairau. What do the education programmes offer them? -
Silo Theatre’s new space for theatre, for the sector, and for the community
Silo Theatre’s new space isn’t being hoarded, it’s being shared. Sam Brooks talks to the company’s directors about the space they call home, and their hopes that others will too. -
Hagley Theatre School, a 'big laboratory' to test theatrical principles
Shanti Mathias visits the Christchurch-based school to watch rehearsals and ask artistic director Pedro Ilgenfritz what he’s changed to differentiate the “brave little school” from other programmes. -
Exploding Rainbow Orchestra: A joyful eruption of sound, colour and spectacle unlike anything else
Rachel Ashby speaks to the conductor of an audacious project which brings together 50 musicians, pseudo-orchestral arrangements, shiny rainbow ponchos and a glow stick. -
Eastern Sound Collective: Amplifying Asian voices in Aotearoa's music scene in six tracks
Ahi Karunaharan speaks to the founders of a beacon for cultural representation and artistic collaboration. -
Te Wā and the art of space-making
Outcomes are antithetical to the intentions behind a new fluid shared space in Ōtautahi. Its founders discuss its beginnings, aspirations, and highlights so far. -
Season is rewriting the dealer gallery rulebook
Ethics, honesty and patience – meet the gallerists doing it their way. -
How to make a really great party… and a really great protest
Co-artistic directors Nisha Madhan and Julia Croft invite us into the blazing, new world they’ve created together with F.O.L.A [AKL], in our new series Pathfinders. -
Laughing through the pain, leading through the punchlines
In a country where the comedy circuit has long lacked Asian representation, Jess Karamjeet is here to change the script.