Could NZ be the new cultural capital?

The announcement of a new festival for emerging New Zealand writers is part of a a cultural boom accompanying a change in the trans-Tasman tide.
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The film The Piano, set in New Zealand, by New Zealand-turned Australian director Jane Campion

This year for the first time in a generation more Australians are likely to migrate to New Zealand than the other way around.

For decades, there has been a one-way stream of over 40,000 New Zealanders to Australia seeking job opportunitiesbut now the New Zealand economy is booming while Australia stagnates.

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator