Video: Going, Going…Gone West?
https://youtu.be/Qtp85qhUsfM This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. Behind the emotion of Aotearoa's pioneering literary festival's heart-breaking decision and an insightful, insider's guide to the creative community's funding crisis. Published on The Big Idea
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Video: Carve Your Own Path
https://youtu.be/hB21pd64bUM This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. When Levin joiner Phil Benefield retired, he decided to replace the necessary exactness of his trade for the challenging symmetry and beauty that is toi whakairo rākau (traditional Māori wood carving). Studying at Te Wānanga o Raukawa toward a degree in the craft has taken Phil on a journey of both art and culture. With the former tradesman once again the apprentice the relationship between tutor and student has been as important, and rewarding, as that between chisel and timber. Published on The Big Idea
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Video: Naked Ambition
This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. https://youtu.be/UVAUFimIZ6E You can call it the art of getting naked. If you have ever been to a burlesque show, you’ll know it can involve anything from fiery feminist polemic to feathery showgirl to glitter-bearded-boylesque. But whatever the shape and size, it all comes back to the same thing. Burlesque is the art of the tease. It’s an artistic discipline dedicated to telling the story of the body; about sensuality, sexuality, physicality, femininity…all of it. It’s a performance space for all these provocative, interesting, beautiful, challenging, and poignant stories about sexuality, sensuality and society. And yet, despite the fact that desire and sexuality h
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