𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲 : 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻’𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 As St. John Ambulance is struggling to balance the books: “I joined Magic Talk again today to discuss the drama – and this time, the CEO of Creative NZ fronted up to make his case.In the interview, the CEO admits that artists don’t even need to live in New Zealand in order to be eligible for taxpayer funds. Indeed, a number of the grants we looked into were for artists based overseas.The CEO also admits he doesn’t know what an ‘indigenised hypno-soundscape’ is – despite spending $50,000 on one.”