Election 2020: The arts and culture policies in two minutes

Voting is under way in the New Zealand general election. Explore the main parties’ pledges at Policy.nz, but here’s a whistlestop tour of what’s on offer for the arts, culture and heritage sector. Read more two-minute policy wraps here. When it comes to arts policies, only a few parties have robust policies this election, which … Read more

Creative differences: Labour, National and the Greens debate 2020 arts policy

On Thursday night, arts trust Te Taumata Toi-A-Iwi, in association with The Spinoff, hosted a pre-election forum on arts policy. Sam Brooks picks out the best moments. A conversation about arts policy is never going to get quite the same number of eyeballs as, say, an episode of The Chase, but it can still be … Read more

To fund or not to fund: What our political parties think about arts policy

On Thursday night the arts, culture and heritage spokespeople from Labour, National and the Greens will have a conversation on arts policy, facilitated by Miriama Kamo. We’ve got all their policies here, so you know who stands for what. Earlier this year, Ben Thomas wrote for The Spinoff about why politicians find it hard to … Read more