




UPDATE: Due to the current Red Light setting and the presence of the Omicron, the Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust has decided to cancel Aspiring Conversations 2022.
We know this is disappointing for many of you. We truly appreciate how passionate our community is for this event, and we acknowledge the support we have received in getting us this close.
Our priority is to protect the health and well-being of our audience, our speakers, our wider Wanaka community, and our staff
and volunteers.
We hope to reschedule much of the 2022 Aspiring Conversations programme into next year’s Festival of Colour.
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to seeing you in 2023.
Festival of Colour
The 2021 Festival of Colour arts festival was a hit with our audiences and supporters! Our next arts festival will run from March 26 to April 02, 2023. Click here to find out more.
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Max Rashbrooke: What we are doing now is not enough for those in poverty. People are suffering day by day. Until we change inequality will grow and won’t get better. #taxislove
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Lisa Marriott: Needs a global solution as it is a global problem. The problem is getting everybody on board. #taxislove
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Max Rashbrooke: Need to force companies to pay taxes where they make money not where they choose to pay tax. Pay taxes where sales are - allocate profits to that country and pay that tax tare and prevents siphoning off #taxislove
About a year ago from Aspiring Conversations's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone