Steven Mark Gaskell: Chisels, Carvings & Cash: How Your Tax Dollars Are Funding the “Traditional Arts Revival” Industry

Ever wondered where your hard-earned tax dollars go? Roads? Hospitals? Teachers? Silly you. The real action is in carving workshops, cultural wānanga, and Toi Ake grants - where Māori artists and carvers are busy keeping “ancient traditions” alive, with a little help from Creative New Zealand’s million-dollar wallet... and you.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 31/5/24

There WAS something in the Budget for Maori – it’s the farm sector and rural communities that Willis overlooked

Agriculture – the backbone of the economy – was not mentioned in Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ first Budget speech. Nor was there any mention of “farming” or “horticulture” or “rural”.

Hmm.

Maybe there’s something for the farm sector in the deluge of press statements from Ministers eager to lay claim to having secured something for the sectors in their domains of responsibility…