Meet three of the ten artists who've received Arts Foundation awards this year.
There's a mix of the well established and the young and aspiring among the ranks.
We speak to new arts Laureate Wetini Mitai-Ngatai -who's a Cultural Entrepreneur, Kapa haka expert, New Generation Award recipient and filmmaker Tusi Tamasese who wrote The Orator, and 2015 Marti Friedlander Photographic Award recipient Rodney Charters who's a photographer and cinematographer.
