NZ Musician Magazine Feature - In Aotearoa’s passionate, close-knit music scene, connection is everything. Our community is small – sometimes wonderfully so, sometimes painfully. It’s the kind of place where a former friend might be on a funding panel judging your song, and your best friend is likely to be competing for the same gigs. Lines blur. Roles overlap. And often, the hardest part isn’t the music, it’s the unspoken emotional cost of chasing dreams while trying to protect your heart.