From Paris to Aotearoa: Navigating TikTok Ad Shifts & Monetisation Pressure

Kia ora. It’s MaTitie here from BaoLiba. Sitting in a sunlit corner of a Wellington flat, the hum of the city blending with the quiet whir of a 3D printer, it’s easy to feel a world away from the frantic energy of a Paris studio. But the pressure? That travels with you in your carry-on. The debt doesn’t care about time zones, and the early supporters who cheered for those first artistic nude photography experiments back in France are now watching to see if the “sci-fi armour babe” pivot pays off. ...

4 September 2026 · 9 min