South Auckland choir boy turned opera singer, Manase Latu is one of ten Lexus Song Quest Semi-Finalists.

Sensational community-minded soprano Madison Nonoa is one of ten Lexus Song Quest Semi-Finalists.

Beer brewing soprano Chelsea Dolman is one of ten Lexus Song Quest Semi-Finalists.

Opera singing scientist Joe Haddow is one of ten Lexus Song Quest Semi-Finalists.

Ready to explode onto the stage is soprano Eliza Boom - one of ten Lexus Song Quest Semi-Finalists.

By her books we will know Wellington poet Helen Heath.

Newly-wed Auckland-based banker Joel Amosa is one of ten Semi-Finalists in the 2018 Lexus Song Quest.

Sublime opera singing busker Emily Mwila is one of ten Lexus Song Quest Semi-Finalists.

Christchurch-based Amy Head won the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction in 2014 for her short story collection, Tough. Here she shares the creative inspiration behind her first novel, Rotoroa.