Hugh Sundae checks out the success of Phase 4Hugh Sundae (now of TVNZ's Close Up news/current affairs show) takes a look at the success of NZ On Air's Phase Four funding scheme, which has helped 44 New Zealand albums see the light of day since it was implemented five years ago, and

As well as the all the back-patting stuff, we hear from the always astute Chris Hocquard, who comes through some good comments (a la many an nzmusic.com discussion) with regards to whether or not the scheme fosters the 'artform' of local nz music, or if it justs encourages commercial radio fodder (although Chris does state that if we're going to have derivative crap on radio 'we may as well have our own derivative crap').

Watch the video here.

Also worth downloading: the audio of the David Lange interview with John Campbell from the latter's show, which screened on TV3 earlier this week.

[hat-tip for the Close Up video to Dubber at The Wireless]
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