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“It was just one of those moments, where I immediately felt comfortable with the Manhattan crew,” says Hollie Smith of the staff at Manhattan Records. “They just felt very fresh and new and they were saying I could do whatever I chose to do artistically—that I could call the shots.”

It’s not the first time a music executive has promised creative control to an up-and-coming artist, but Smith relies on relationships in her business and her music, as Russell Brown reports in our cover story. She looks to have chosen well—Manhattan is also home to Van Morrison and Tim Finn, not artists who are likely to tolerate an interfering executive. Now that Smith has signed with the New York label, the real work begins. Smith’s willingness to learn from those around her is a huge advantage, as friend—and mentor—Don McGlashan says. The story is on page 34.

Russell Brown turns up elsewhere in this issue, not as a writer but as a figurehead. He’ll laugh, but he’s in good company: Barry Crump, Inga Tuigamala, Lana Coc-Kroft, Josh Kronfeld, John Key, Alison Holst, Doug Graham, Helen Clark and—again—Hollie Smith. They’re each representative of a certain type of New Zealander that Jill Caldwell and Chris Brown have identified in their book 8 Tribes: The Hidden Classes of New Zealand. Don’t let the title fool you: this isn’t a book about class, but it does give the lie to the idea that New Zealanders think alike, act alike, dream alike. Gena Tuffery puts it to the test on page 58.

All magazines aren’t alike, either, and at Idealog we try to push the boundaries where we can. Our industry seems to agree: Idealog was a finalist in no fewer than five categories at the Magazine Publishers Association awards in May, and we took home the gongs that matter: Business Magazine of the Year and Launch of the Year. We’re thrilled.

But even more important than industry recognition is the confidence and engagement of our readers. In our last issue, Vincent Heeringa pointed out the failure and virtual disappearance of efforts to move New Zealand back into the top half of the OECD wealth rankings. Reaction was quick. On page 72, Vincent revisits the issue and finds there’s plenty of support to get focused on that wealth chart. We want to get this inspiring country back into the economic vanguard and will be following this issue on our weblogs, too. Join us at idealog.co.nz.

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