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Class act – how The Lion King yielded a king-size bonanza to the NZ economy
New figures show that while the rest of the world struggled under the weight of covid restrictions, The Lion King’s four-week Auckland season provided an unexpected windfall to the NZ economy, putting much-needed money into the pockets of workers and business owners.
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Power play - conductor Gemma New is poised to become New Zealand’s most important classical musician.
Gemma New was 12 and playing in the violin section of a Wellington youth orchestra when she heard a sound so perfect, so overwhelming, that she knew what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. The sound was The Great Gate of Kiev, a brassy, percussive tour de force, written...