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we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living

  • Written by Mark Harvey, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, University of Auckland
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It seems unlikely the arts will be a priority in the government’s May 20 budget. With housing affordability, climate change and child poverty all urgent issues, arts funding might not be seen as equally important.

I argue it is — for two main reasons: it makes economic sense, and it is also essential to our health and...

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