How to make it as a live musician in New Zealand

I interviewed Seán Tinker, a friend of mine who's currently making a living as a musician and comedian down in Queenstown, I wanted to pick his brain about how to do it, it was great to listen to what went into quitting his job and how he gets new gigs, just in general the life of a working musician.
If you'd like to listen to this in podcast form, you can always check out this link: api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/...