The region wants to boost visitor numbers and get the community back up and running after COVID-19 hit businesses hard.
Chelsea Winstanley says it shows Māori storytelling "resonates with the world".
Victor Billot says Jordan Williams should "get a real job".
A copy of a painting by artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was disfigured after a dodgy restoration.
Artists were hit hard by COVID-19, with most unable to work at all during lockdown.
Climate change is one of Corey Baker's dominant themes.