Soapbox

As someone with a Master's degree in poetry, Hera Lindsay Bird knows about squandering your life in the pursuit of a culturally obsolete art form. 

Musician and accidental TikTok star Danica Bryant reflects on posting everyday for two years, losing sight of her intentions, and what having an audience really means.

Within disability-led arts practice, technology is not a prosthesis that compensates for lack, but a collaborator that reshapes how agency circulates.

In Girl, In A Savage World, Theia moves away from ‘pop bangers’ to political anthems with Maaori instrumentation.

Interdisciplinary designer Micheal McCabe considers how he turned to the past to imagine a future for queer venues in a recent theatre project.

Penny Ashton hated Shakespeare for much of her life, but new love is sprung from old hate.

One of the leading forces behind Creativity Belongs Here explains why local body elections are so important for the arts.

Art History has been cut from the high school curriculum. Kirsty Baker argues that doing so strips students of an expansive and radical lens to view the world.

As cuts to Manatū Taonga bring the possibility of arts moments from our past and present being lost forever, Dance and performing arts historian Marianne Schultz is calling for action.

The use and threat of Artificial Intelligence is growing in the arts and creative industries. Dr Maggie Buxton gives her expert insight.

As the music community mourns the passing of Fat Freddy's Drop beat maestro Chris Ta’aloga Fai’umu, Hayley Dingwall writes about his role in showing off Aotearoa to the world.

Five years is a long time in the arts world – creative powerhouse and staunch disability advocate Pelenakeke Brown considers how much has changed as she unleashes a profound new work.

A creative academic looks at the real implications for the many self-employed workers in the sector, following the government's latest financial decisions.

The push to revive the Creatives in Schools programme reaches a crucial stage ahead of presenting the petition to Parliament – arts educator & advocate Dr Kerryn Palmer is rallying support.

One of New Zealand's most bold theatre companies is taking their show on the road - and explain why chasing the Aussie dream is so important to many performing arts creatives.

The creative community is being called on to help save the capital's Begonia House – an artist's haven that is facing demolition. Former curator Michael Oates makes his case.

One of the most prominent creative advocates in Aotearoa is calling for a mainstream media heavyweight to lift their arts coverage.

These are challenging times for local content – industry expert Irene Gardiner takes aim at the screen sector's most pressing issues.

The Performing Arts and Young People’s sector must not be left to wither on the vine, writes Dr. Kerryn Palmer.