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The 2012 Jazz and Blues Festival: Annie Crummer and band perform in the Hagley Park venue set up by the city council after the earthquake. Photo: Supplied/Jodi Wright
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Ready to Rise Again

When it comes to adversity, no arts community has done it tougher than Christchurch over the last decade. Find out how NZ's resilience capital is responding to COVID-19.
Author: 
Nigel Malthus
Jacinda Ardern handing down the Arts Budget at Te Papa. Photo: RNZ/Yvette McCullough.
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Budget 2020: The Mini-Series

With more twists than a scripted drama, we look back at two weeks that had the arts sector gripped. Now the dust has settled we tune into reaction.
Author: 
Kate Powell
Sir Derek Lardelli.
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Creative Artists of Aotearoa Honoured

Check out which members of NZ's creative community have been singled out for their incredible contribution in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.
Author: 
The Big Idea Editor
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Oscar Winning Advice

Weta Workshop visionary Sir Richard Taylor gives The Big Idea tips for the next wave of NZ creatives and why he never stops learning.
Author: 
The Big Idea Editor
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Find Your Next Favourite NZ Music Act

A story with its own soundtrack - listen along while you discover artists who deserve your attention.
Author: 
Kate Powell
Close up of Charteris's toi. Photo: Ben Journee.
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When Your Whakapapa Doesn't Define You

Can you choose your own roots? One New Zealand artist on his passion for Māori toi despite a family revelation.
Author: 
Anonymous
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How to be Award Winning Before Publishing

To win a literary award of any kind is a special achievement. To win one that enhances a piece of work: that has a significance all of its own.
Author: 
Anonymous
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Leave No One Behind

Experience Creative New Zealand's cancelled Annual conference for yourself - its message of resilience is more timely now than ever.
Author: 
Kate Powell
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Making Your Culture Count

Treating your arts practice like a business may not come naturally to Pasifika creatives - expert advise and tips to change the conversation.
Author: 
The Big Idea Editor
A good night at the San Francisco Bath House. Photo: Wendy Collings/Tymar Lighting
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Why Saving Venues Matters

No Venues? No chance. The fight to save the places where memories are made for so many artists and their fans told through those at the coalface.
Author: 
Dominic Hoey