Arts Funding

What will NZ On Air chief executive Jane Wrightson be doing to address inequality in television and digital media where white males hold the plum jobs. Ethnicity is also out of balance with most… Audio

Creative New Zealand's projecting a 10% drop in funds for the arts sector this year, due to a forecast decrease in Lottery Grant Board funding. This has got arts companies worried, with the Basement… Audio, Gallery

Two big reports on philanthropy in Auckland are about to be released. One asks what motivates philanthropists, and what they hope will come from their donations. The other gives potential donors… Audio

When expensive commissioned art works turn up in public spaces, there's often an outcry. Too expensive, it's in the wrong place,it's plain ugly. A summit in Hamilton this week aims to help communities… Audio

The brand new Waitangi Museum is a major part of the $14 million redevelopment of the Treaty Grounds and has gathered together taonga from around the country and across the world. Kate Martin manages… Audio

An asset or a pest? It all depends on how you look at drones. But for photographer Grant Sheehan, they've opened up all kinds of opportunities to photograph New Zealand from different aerial angles… Audio, Gallery

Matthew Metcalfe is a film producer who has been working in the industry for nearly 20 years. Among the many films he's produced are Nemesis Game, The Ferryman, Dean Spanley, and the Rhys Darby and… Audio

After five years of frantic activity, the earthquake damaged Christchurch Art Gallery is about to reopen, earthquake strengthened and with some other nifty alterations. Initially after the big quake… Audio

Public art works tend to be polarizing - loved or loathed, embraced as a welcome addition to a community or resented because of the cost or the look of the work. Should the public have a say in… Audio

It's taken twenty years but the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes finally has its own venue solely for the arts. Te Oro Glen Innes Music and Arts Centre wants to bring young people together to, in their… Audio

The co-founder of the New Zealand Dance Company has been named the country's top creative entrepreneur for 2015. She talks about what it takes to be an entrepreneur in the arts, the importance of… Audio

Once she was one of London's best arts fundraisers… now Janet Colson is living in New Zealand and has turned her hand to writing a novel called The Shark Party. It's set in the world of art dealing in… Audio

Gut instinct, intuition, and accessing the belly of creativity may sound a bit abstract, but according to Dutch contemporary jeweller Ruudt Peters it is here that the creative process begins. He has… Audio