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05/08/2026

💡 : "I've heard people go 'oh, I'm not creative.' Bullsh*t. You're creative."

Karen encourages everyone to find your creative thing whether it's in the garden, the kitchen, anywhere you are. Find a way to get it out and be playful.

Do you have any creative outlets around your home?

03/08/2026

🧵 : "My grandmother showed me how to make a circular skirt for my Barbie when I was four. She just looked f-----g awesome."

Fashion designer Karen Walker can remember the look and feel of the fabric that went into Barbie's skirt, the colours, all of it. Can you remember something you made when you were a kid?

27/07/2026

🎤 : "The first time I started writing jokes, I genuinely loved that experience and realised this is what I want to do."

Comedian, actor, screenwriter, and now author Pax Assadi encourages everyone to do that creative thing you've always wanted to do. "It'll enhance the job you do, the friendships you have, your marriage or long-term relationship. It trains your brain."

Pax's creative influences and heroes include Billy T James, Tarun Mohanbhai, Pio Terei, and the unstoppable Che Fu. Who inspires your creativity?

15/07/2026

📖 Hemi Kelly : "When it comes to te reo, learn at least one word a day. The creative part is trying to incorporate it into your life."

Reo Māori educator Hēmi Kelly has a Matariki intention anyone can set for themselves. Watch this to get a quick and easy lesson on a word you might have seen already!

08/07/2026

🌚 : "Look up, look out, look at the weather. Think about the lunar cycle."

Dr Hinemoa Elder says if you need to find creative inspiration this Matariki, check the skies. There's so much we could say or feel just from what we see out the window.

If you looked outside right now, how would you describe the weather as a mood or emotion?

06/05/2026

🎤 "The Big Day Out. It brought all the tribes together. Whether you were into dance music, or rock music, or alternative or whatever, we all congregated in Tāmaki Makaurau."

Like a whole generation of Kiwi musicians and fans, has fond memories of the best artists from Aotearoa and around the world coming together for one massive summer day each January, shaking Mt Smart from morning till night.

What are some of your best festival memories?

22/04/2026

✨ "The very first time we celebrated Matariki as a national holiday, we broadcast live from Te Papa. It just felt so overwhelmingly special, creative, real, reclaiming."

Broadcaster, writer, translator, educator, student, and more - had a personal creative "wow" moment that just happened to be shared live on TV with viewers all over Aotearoa.

Whether it was with an audience of one or an audience of many, what was your own creative "wow" moment?

10/04/2026

🏉 "Whenever I perform the haka, what I put into it is everything: my heart, my soul."

When performing 'Ka Mate' and 'Kapa o Pango' with the All Blacks, Keven Mealamu would feel immense pride in sharing Aotearoa's culture and identity with audiences and opponents around the world.

Whether you're at home or overseas, what are the creative touchstones that help you feel connected to New Zealand?

01/04/2026

💅🏻 "Don't kill the part of you that's cringe, kill the part that cringes."

's advice to anyone who doesn't think they're creative is to stop thinking it's a deep thing, and let go of strict notions about what creativity is.

Lucy's challenge is a good one: stop dwelling on the ways you think you might not be creative, so you can discover the ways you are!

01/04/2026

🎨 "The easel at preschool. The smell of that paint will take me straight back there, even now. Also Play-Doh. The smell and texture of Play-Doh takes me right back to those tables where you were just creative."

Reflecting on her own childhood creativity, is calling on all families and communities to give New Zealand's kids as many opportunities to enjoy music, books, drawing, painting and all the neat things that ignite imaginations.

What was your earliest creative memory? Maybe a story you wrote at school, the classic PVA glue collage, a sculpture made from from a pile of plastic bricks, or something else?

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