In our first episode of Election Murmurs Austin Harrison interviews incumbent Minister for arts, culture and heritage Carmel Sepuloni about how her government has overseen the sector over the past three years, and where she sees policy progress in the future.
Sepuloni revealed that Labour has an Arts and Culture policy on it's way before the election, but indicated that it won't include a National Arts Strategy.
We then unpack the interview and review the state of the arts with director of the New Zealand Fringe Festival Vanessa Stacey, and co-host of RNZ's Culture101 show Mark Amery.
"That was a liquid moment when Creative New Zealand could have been reignited by the Ministry. I feel an opportunity was missed"- Mark Amery
"[The arts] should be part of our mental health and wellbeing policy because it is. It's intrinsically weaved within our wellbeing."- Vanessa Stacey
Listen to the full podcast on the media player at the top of this page, and please do leave a comment here, on Facebook or Instagram to let us know your thoughts. How have you faired the past 3 years, and what would improve your life as an artist? What questions would you like us to ask on next week's show? Korero mai!
Election Murmurs is funded by Creative New Zealand and Wellington City Council and hosted by Wellington Access Radio.