Director of The Dowse Art Musem, Courtney Johnston, had some pertinent things to say on RNZ's Nine to Noon programme last Wednesday:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/20149071
and Mark Amery's article about the demise of New Zealand arts reporting in The Big Idea/Te Aria Nui is a good one to read:
http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/news/columns/mark-amery-visual-arts/2014/aug/145225-positively-provincial
