RNZ2 Jun, 2026 08:01 AM3 mins to readDame Lynda Topp (left), with her late sister Dame Jools Topp, is standing by her attack on the Government over its arts funding cuts. Dame Lynda Topp (left), with her late sister Dame Jools Topp, is standing by her attack on the Government over its arts funding cuts. By Checkpoint of RNZSurviving Topp twin, Dame Lynda, stands by her public blast at the Government’s arts budget cuts, saying she and her late sister, Dame Jools, would never back down.

Through tears at last Thursday’s Aotearoa Music Awards, Lynda described her grief after the