"She said the creative sector contributes around 4.2 percent of the GDP but the government invested about 0.1 percent into the arts."
"Dame Lynda said once sport, heritage and recreation took their cut, music and arts weren't left with much."
Dame Lynda said her sister Dame Jools, who died days before the Aotearoa Music Awards, would not want her to back down on her passionate plea for more arts funding.
