Survival and now growth - that's how the Government is selling its $374 million, Covid-recovery investment in the arts. Overseeing this unprecedented spending in a sector that's often been neglected in the past is the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni. She took over the portfolio from the Prime Minister after last year's election, having served as Associate Minister for the previous three years. She's entrusted Creative New Zealand and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage to hand out the money, so is she confident that the government is getting enough bang for its big bucks? And once we're through the Recovery phase, and that specifically-targeted funding has been spent, what's next?