Diva Productions NZ

23/07/2023

Thank you to everyone who has supported the twins by purchasing a title or two already. Massively appreciated ❤️

If you'd like to rent or buy a title or two, head to the Topp Twins Video On Demand site here: https://ondemand.topptwins.com/

29/06/2023

Please show your support for Lynda and Jools by purchasing a title or two via their Video On Demand site below. And sharing the post with loved ones overseas ❤️

https://ondemand.topptwins.com/

Hi everyone,

As you are all aware, Lynda and Jools are seldom performing now due to their health - although in breaking news they are performing at the FIFA Fan Festival in Dunedin on July 30th for a very special one-off appearance. More news on this soon.

Their new Video On Demand platform was created so the twins can enjoy some ongoing financial reward for entertaining us all so well for so long.

At the moment we are offering 3 titles, but shall be adding more content over the next few months, and hope to have their entire back catalogue available soon.

The twins are chuffed to see so many warm and supportive messages - and wish they could respond to each & everyone of you.

Please show your support for Lynda and Jools by purchasing a title or two. And sharing the post with loved ones overseas.

You can watch their content here: https://ondemand.topptwins.com/

Thanks so much.

Arani Cuthbert,
Topp Twins Manager

20/06/2023

Premium Topp Twins content, now available to buy or rent direct from https://ondemand.topptwins.com/

09/06/2022

“The reason I didn’t go after fashion for a really long time is because I had that typical immigrant guilt, like I should be a social worker, or a doctor, or like, find some way for giving back which is more noble.”

Natasha Ovely’s fashion label Starving Artists Fund is a socially conscious, gender-neutral brand based on Auckland’s Karangahape Road. Her brand offers sizing from 6 – 22 and is sustainably made in New Zealand Her experiences living in disparate cultures across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and New Zealand have informed her frame of reference.

“I think a lot of my friends and people I care about belong to communities or minorities where you feel very self conscious about yourself and you worry about your safety, and whether there are threats coming your way in your everyday life. I think you either try to hide yourself and shy away so you make yourself invisible, or you can kind of own it. I wanted to create this safe little space where people were able to do that.”

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

09/06/2022

“Having grown up here and being raised by Chinese parents, what I’ve experienced is seeing what I see on the street, and that’s really what has led me to this journey of painting graffiti.”

Dr Bobby Hung is a graffiti artist known under the name Berst, who's painted graffiti for 18 years and involved in a range of community centered projects with youth. He has been employed for the past nine years in the Creative Industries at Unitec Institute of Technology and lectures in art and design education.

Bobby holds a PhD in Education from the University of Auckland and his list of accolades includes a second-place award at the international Ono’ U graffiti competition in Tahiti, Guinness World Record for the World’s longest graffiti scroll completed in Dubai, and a recipient of the Unitec- Taipei Artist Village residency programme.

09/06/2022

“That was really interesting for me, getting into underground comics and through that, underground comic fanzines. What struck me from that very young age was that people could make stuff from scratch and have it really impactful. [...] It’s a medium that’s right for so many more voices and more stories to come out.”

Kerry Ann Lee is an artist, designer and educator who creates multi-media installations, print and image-based works that are site-specific and socially engaged. As Creative Director of Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui 2018 and Senior Lecturer at Massey University College of Creative Arts (CoCA), Lee works with diverse communities through collaborative projects, mentoring andpublic programmes.

As an artist of third-generation Chinese descent in New Zealand, Lee’s work reimagines the complex cultural terrain between ‘East’ and ‘West’ through diasporic culture clash occurring in the Pacific.

Made with the support of On Air.

09/06/2022

New Zealand theatre is finally making room for more diverse narratives in episode 5 of ASIA: Art Stories in Aotearoa.

Sarita So is an award-winning playwright, whose one-woman show “Digging to Cambodia” delves into the memory of her parents and their lives through the Khmer Rouge, told through her lens of disconnect. Ahi Karunaharan (Silo Theatre), a former refugee, shares his vision of finding a voice for displacement and new identity. Sananda Chatterjee has directed many large cast ensemble works for Prayas Theatre, Aotearoa’s leading South Asian theatre company as well as First World Problems 3.0 for Auckland’s Basement Theatre in 2021; her work examines identity, gender and relationships from an intersectional feminist lens.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

31/05/2022

From street art to zines to fashion, we meet three artists who push the boundaries and use art to make a bigger statement in the final episode of Asia: Art Stories in Aotearoa.

Dr Bobby Hung is a graffiti artist known under the name Berst, who also lectures in art and design education. We visit the Dowse Art Museum’s 50th anniversary 2021 exhibition, The Most Dedicated : An Aotearoa Graffiti Story that showcases Bobby’s work as part of Aotearoa’s most renowned international street art collective. Kerry Ann Lee is an artist, designer and educator based in Wellington, a third-generation New Zealander of Chinese descent and superstar scholar, who creates multi-media installations, print and image-based works that are site-specific and socially engaged; while on Auckland’s notorious K Road we visit the home of Natasha Ovely’s gender neutral label Starving Artists Fund which made its official debut at New Zealand’s Fashion Week in 2018 and reflects ethical values and body positivity.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

18/05/2022

episode four of ASIA: Art Stories in Aotearoa, and meet three pan-Asian dancers at the top of their game.

From Beijing’s Dance Academy to New Zealand’s Dance Company, Xin Ji has been on a hero’s journey and shares how living in Aotearoa New Zealand has allowed him the creative and personal freedom to develop his art practise that now extends into film; we meet K-pop (Korean pop) choreographer Rina Chae who is wearing her crown as Queen of NZ K-pop proudly and teaching the next generation to take their dance to the world; while in Dunedin Swaroopa Prameela Unni challenges the patriarchy both as a performing artist and a dance educator.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

10/05/2022

In episode three of ASIA: Art Stories in Aotearoa, we explore one of the most diverse and unique music scenes in the world.

We meet young Korean musicians creating exciting sounds though collaboration: Korean NZ rapper Hanju Kim, known as Hans. is making a name for himself as one of Aotearoa’s rising hip-hop stars while synth pop duo Imugi challenge cultural stereotypes and power structures through their music and innovative music videos; meanwhile in South Auckland a new genre of Punjabi pop music is being recorded in a garage and attracting millions of followers around the world; and in the capital Umar Zakaria is taking the double bass to the world, Malay melodies meet modern jazz in a fearless union.