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Om: How meditation can help your creative practice

Sabine Brix of Artshub shares the ways in which meditation techniques have reduced anxiety and brought clarity to the creative practice of artists

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The Big Idea Editor

Festival director, Tama Waipara. Image: Strike Photography.

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Where the sun begins

The inaugural programme for New Zealand’s newest major arts festival has been revealed – showcasing its place, and its people.

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The Big Idea Editor

Jess Johnson & Simon Ward are the artistic duo behind the major virtual reality exhibition, Terminus, coming to its first NZ venue this July; Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga.

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Lifehacks for Creatives

Stunning advice - listen in on this conversation between two artists

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The Big Idea Editor

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Government Making Plans

Encouraging signs for transformation of the sector

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The Big Idea Editor

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How do you be sexy and safe?

‘Intimacy can be anything from holding hands, looking into someone’s eyes, sex, dancing, masturbation or nudity.’ Miriama McDowell tells us about her new role in the arts.

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The Big Idea Editor

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I want to write more than anything else in the world

Paula Morris takes us inside the shadow of Katherine Mansfield and her days at the Menton residency on the French Riviera

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The Big Idea Editor

A Waka Odyssey - New Zealand Festival - Matt Grace

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Anna Marbrook's Waka Odyssey

Dominic Hoey spoke to award winning director Anna Marbrook about the sense and scale of her latest project.

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Dominic Hoey

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Sparking connections and making magic as a way of being

Placemaking in a heritage and contemporary setting makes for an amazing creative hub. We hear more of the good hearts involved. [In partnership with Ellen Melville Centre]

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Kate Powell