Video: Making A Career Out Of Children’s Music
https://youtu.be/ZNZfO8FgSgA It's one of NZ's most unsung success stories - but Aotearoa's children's music scene is the envy of many countries. See why it's so important our stories are shared in song to the next generation.
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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: 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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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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Arts Leadership Crisis Or Dawn Of New Era? TBI Investigates
This article was created for The Big Idea Change is inevitable. Resistance to that is futile - especially since the early months of 2020. But the creative sector is going through a level of movement among top tier decision-makers, administrators and creative directors which is beyond any usual metric of change. Even in these unusual times. Since we brought up this changing of the guard in The Lowdown a few weeks ago, there have been more and more influential names either announcing their departures from key organisations or trying to slink away in the background. Courtney Sina Meredith is standing down as Director of Tautai, Elyssia Wilson-Heti’s vacating her role as Auckland Pride’s Creative Director and James O’Hara has left his post as Co-Artistic Director of Ne
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