Music of the land

“The Kiwi singer-songwriter [with] lyrics and cheekbones as fine as Delft china.” Bic Runga talks to Time Pacific about books, politics and her new album, Beautiful Collision. “Eclectic but emotionally resonant,” Beautiful Collision has an element of Gothic romance to it which Time describes as “peculiarly New Zealand.” Runga agrees: “[NZ’s] got a kind of dark under-current […] It’s pretty, but at the same time it’s so cut off from the world that you feel a bit stranded there.” Runga is touring NZ and Australia in December with sister, Boh (Stellar), as support.


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Amy Brown’s New Novel Inspired by Women and Art

Amy Brown’s New Novel Inspired by Women and Art

Like many writers before her, New Zealand-born Amy Brown takes inspiration from the Australian feminist icon Stella Maria Miles Franklin in her captivating debut novel My Brilliant Sister – but instead…