Video: Transcending Oceans And Generations
https://youtu.be/n5PPjW4Mx7A This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. An extraordinary piece of ngā toi Māori isn't just inspiring awe and reflection from New Zealanders, it's proving a connecting kaupapa for indigenous people from across the globe.Published on The Big Idea
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Video: From Crime To Comedy
https://youtu.be/DFBlNK9ATqc This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. Richard Fa’avesi had always dreamed of being in the creative scene. He thought about becoming a rapper, a Broadway actor but has now settled as a stand-up comedian. What makes his creative journey more impressive is where he’s come from. A former gang member who spent years behind bars, Fa’avesi now uses his past experiences to influence his comedy. He’s now turned his life around with the help of faith and comedy and hopes to inspire others to do the same. Published on The Big Idea
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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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Video: Write Them Off At Your Folly
This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. https://youtu.be/HhvfWGygxLk When Emily Broadmore decided to start NZ’s newest literary journal, Folly, the word she kept hearing was ‘brave’. After all, they were “basically three women who nobody knew in the industry, who had no literary credibility.” And who, with no prior literary publishing experience, decided to create a brand new literary journal. Broadmore, fellow co-founder and Marketing Director Tiana Jones and Art Director Dana Turner, faced skepticism and patch protection in starting the journal. But none of that stopped them in their pursuit of a new kind of literary journal that they say embraces funny, silly and sexy writing that they feel hasn’t had
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Video: Young Māori Creatives Shine Bright
This video is made with the support of NZ on Air Public Interest Journalism Fund. Featured on The Big Idea At the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival, a quartet of wāhine toa spoke of their desire to defy creative barriers - entirely in te reo Māori. Taking part in the Tuatahi event were founding member of award-winning slam poetry group Ngā Hine Pūkōrero, Arihia Hall (Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Tūkorehe); Qianna Titore (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Kaharau), the youngest director ever selected for the NZ International Film Festival; children's author Brianne Te Paa (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Te Whānau-a- Apanui), along with MC and actre
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Video: Finding your Voice – Kim Meredith
How family, passion and a desire to hold space for Pasifika people drove Kim Meredith to step into the challenge of becoming a gallery owner. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ on Air. Published on The Big Idea https://youtu.be/WZP4fefUHsk?si=uE75JZ2IdBU3hGiN
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Bittersweet Departure for Tauranga Teen Chasing NRL Dream
Featured on NZ Herald and Bay of Plenty Times By Sam Ackerman One of the most promising young sporting talents in the Bay of Plenty is about to leave the country. This isn’t a story about a disgruntled athlete throwing his toys and taking his talents elsewhere - rather a grateful one who plans to represent the region as he chases his dreams. 15 year-old Marley Igasan is taking up a contract with NRL heavy hitters the Brisbane Broncos as part of its contracted elite development squad, his recruitment putting him on a pathway towards rugby league’s big time. It wasn’t a hard decision from a sporting point of view, but it was from a personal perspective. “I look at it as a bit of inspiration,” Igasan says. “I’m the only boy they’ve looked at from this
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RNZ: Sam Ackerman on Nine to Noon
8 July 22 Sam Ackerman talks to Kathryn about a week of sport that hasn't been short of a headline. He breaks down why he thinks the Warriors losing arguably their best player might just be a good thing, looks at the message the All Blacks are sending for the second test against Ireland, wades in to the equal pay debate and questions whether bad boy Nick Kyrios is the best or worst thing for world tennis right now. Listen in here https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018848720/sports-commentator-sam-ackerman
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