The arts funding crisis: What will it take to properly support our creatives?

New Zealand loves to celebrate our artistic community when we succeed on the world stage – and especially when a golden trophy is involved. 

But as much as we love championing these artistic wins – we aren’t very good at properly funding our creatives.  

Recent drama with Creative New Zealand has come at the same time as Australia has put significant investment into their local arts and film sector.  

So are we at risk of more of our artists being lured overseas by better funding, and how do we ensure our successful talent keeps making work locally? 

To discuss what needs to be done to better fund the arts in New Zealand, I’m joined by Dr James Wenley, drama lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, for a discussion about the giant gap in funding. 

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