Shinji Moon

Sep 17, 2024 | metromag.co.nz | Olivia Laing |Sam Brooks |Shinji Moon

Arts Funding decisions by government bodies aren’t usually a public talking point. When they become one, it tends to be because a government department has made an easy-to-ridicule spending choice or plans to push a cultural sacred cow under the sword of Damocles. But in 2021, a funding decision made by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) raised the eyebrows of more than a few in the literary community.