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Madeleine Chapman

n this month’s cover story, Madeleine balances the cultural and economic gains of New Zealand’s heavily subsidised film industry against the costs of those subsidies, which, and we wish her a very fond farewell as well as a load of good luck — she is now the co-editor of online culture magazine The Spinoff, alongside Alex Casey. Having a mid-afternoon kip is not unheard of for Mad, so we hope the Spinoff offices have nice comfy couches.

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