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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: How a Shakespeare funding decision made global headlines
Description: New Zealand has cancelled William Shakespeare. At least, that’s what you’d believe if you read some of the headlines this week. The latest round of Creative New Zealand funding decisions sparked global outrage after the Shakespeare Globe Centre of New Zealand missed out on funding. But after initial backlash against Creative New Zealand, it appears the outrage was blown out of proportion – and covered up some more serious issues with the latest round of funding. So how did media and commentators get this so wrong, and what can be done to fi...