NEW ZEALAND EDGE

111 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 2 July 2009

2009-07-02T10:19:00.000+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, http://www.nzedge.com/

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Pictured above: Janet Frame, Anna Paquin, Rachel Paget, Boh Runga and Eleanor Catton.

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Daily Mail, WA Today, Time Out New York, Self, The Boston Globe, Brisbane Times, The Times of India, Hollywood Reporter, The Age, USA Today, Deseret News, Financial Times, PJ Star, Byron Shire News, The Independent on Sunday, Telegraph, Adelaide Now, The New York Times, The Australian, Wimbledon Guardian, and Bloomberg include:

• Janet Frame's struggles mirror Towards Another Summer's Grace
• Junior All Blacks retain IRB Championship title beating England 42-28
• Mt Ruapehu a skiers' paradise either side; tops Australian fields
• New Zealanders frank, friendly but prefer not to talk about religion
• Banks & Jalfon's Teddy "wins over audiences" in San Francisco
• Boh Runga, singer, takes on US with new solo album Right Here
• Acorn HQ, planting oaks for iPods in North Canterbury
• New Zealand vistas inspire US artist Dan Welden; evoke McCahon
• Maori heads to be repatriated by French; in "expression of regret"
• Dave Dobbyn loyal to NZ at London's Toast Festival of bbq and beer
• New Zealand sees number of Australians visit exceed 1 million mark
• Jonah Lomu, 34, "will decide when [career] ends"; joins Marseilles
• Anna Paquin, 26, cuter the outfit, the more gore on True Blood set
• Rachel Paget, 37, She's Got the Look star, "fun, silly, great dancer"
• Queenstown's Winter Festival revellers 'bare all' over Lake Wakatipu
• Tongariro National Park raises "questions of aesthetics" in Nat Geo
• Terry Sturm, literary scholar and Professor, passes away aged 67
• Eleanor Catton, author, 23, awarded £8,000 Betty Trask Award
• New Zealand "lamb whatever the occasion", UK chef Delia Smith
• Queenstown a tippler's paradise with one bar for every 75 people
• Anna Paquin, sex symbol; '50s belle in Self magazine shoot
• New Zealand rated highly by UK expats for property prices, weather
• Quade Cooper, once a Tokoroa Pirate, now in gold on Wallaby side
• Karla Brodie, NZ yoga teacher, bids farewell to husband on Ganga
• Peter Jackson to head review of NZ Film Commission
• Urewera, Mount Tarawera; meanings source of mirth for Australians
• All Whites secure first ever point at FIFA tournament without a goal
• Bay of Islands "important crucible for NZ's human history"
• Sir Keith Park and NZ dairy farmers thanked for war efforts, and butter
• Kim Smith, 27, wins 4-mile race in US; third fastest in circuit's history
• West Coast "windswept, isolated and utterly beautiful"
• André Hodgskin, architect, his latest foldaway 'iPAD', "prefabulous"

THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE is a new way of presenting our identity, people, stories, achievements and our role in the world. Home to a global community of New Zealanders. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite ao nui.

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110 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 24 June 2009

2009-06-24T10:13:00.000+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, http://www.nzedge.com/

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Pictured above: Kiri Te Kanawa, Teddy Tahu, Margaret Mahy, John Walker and Doug Howlett.

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Guardian, Telegraph, The Washington Post, Wine Spectator, The Star, The New York Times, The Times of India, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, International Business Times, The Independent, The Age, Irish Times, Jane's, Cincinnati Enquirer, Los Angeles Times and Art World include:

• Kiri Te Kanawa, diva, inducted into Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame
• Teddy Tahu Rhodes, baritone, "dashing, roguish" in Cincinnati Figaro
• Margaret Mahy's Bubble Trouble best picture book, US Book Awards
• Formway, design co, have office chair "test-driven" in Fast Company
• Bill Phillips' economic invention, "fresh as the day it began gurgling"
• Fotc NZ's "biggest thing"; "wonderful ambassadors", Tourism NZ
• NZ Defence Force, small makes big on world military stage – Jane's
• Uni of Auckland develops test to measure cancer risk in smokers
• New Zealand "unpretentious"; huge range of natural treasures
• Michael Parekowhai, artist, coins title for latest work in Sydney
• Don Sullivan, 'Pestbuster', and team of trappers snag 530, Nelson
• New Zealand knocks Iceland off top spot; most peaceful on planet
• Michael Brajkovich, Kumeu winemaker, 47, on screw caps, Burgundy
• New Zealand no longer "the cousin at the party in short trousers"
• Zespri ad campaign encourages Malaysians to eat two kiwifruit daily
• 100% Pure NZ, a decade old; Australians crave same success
• Doug Howlett, 30, Munster wing, on family, return to NZ and celebrity
• Peter Jackson to attend San Diego's Comic-Con, promoting District 9
• Cloud9, luxury $1700 a night bach in Bay of Islands, "best of the best"
• Roger Dickie NZ offers carbon credit shares, profit, in Onslow Forest
• Dan Carter returns to NZ after sojourn in Perpignan "hungry to play"
• Christine Jeffs, director, explores sisterhood in Sunshine Cleaning
• Ricki Herbert, All Whites coach, sure of a point at Confederations Cup
• Judy Millar, painter: "no one really gets what I'm doing; they never did"
• Andrea Hewitt, triathlete, 27, nabs photo finish victory in Madrid
• Sir John Walker, 57, Olympian, legendary miler, now Knight
• Court Ruler, John Wheeler-trained stead, wins Queensland Derby
• David Bain, 37, "Without Joe [Karam] I wouldn't have made it this far"
• Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers, bags US milk subsidies in WSJ

THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE is a new way of presenting our identity, people, stories, achievements and our role in the world. Home to a global community of New Zealanders. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite ao nui

Top picture, Mt Maunganui; above, looking towards Paekakariki from Poplar Ave, Raumati South. More pictures at http://www.paradiseroad.com/. Fern symbol via http://www.nzflag.com/.

109 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 10 June 2009

2009-06-10T10:11:00.000+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, http://www.nzedge.com/

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Pictured above: Flight of the Conchords, Anna Paquin, Mils Muliaina, Helen Klisser During, David Thodey

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Earth Times, NYArtsmagazine, The New Yorker, Guardian, The Times of India, The Toronto Star, Financial Times, The Age, Las Vegas Sun, National Post, The Age, Telegraph, Guelph Mercury, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, The Washington Post, HAMPTONS, The Statesman, Wall Street Journal, Exclaim, The New Yorker and Granta include:

• Conchords near end of Spring tour in Vegas, "riotous 90-minute set"
• Anna Paquin, actress, 26, relishing her role in HBO's True Blood
• Mils Muliaina, Chief, to skipper All Blacks home games in June
• David Thodey, NZ-born businessman, takes over CEO role at Telstra
• New Zealand 80's indie music scene honoured with two-disc tribute
• Bruce Connew, photographer, explores censorship in Granta #105
• Suraya Singh launches Filament, UK erotica magazine for women
• New Zealand birth rates highest since '91, average per woman, 2.2
• Kiwi Paradise, hard "to understand [NZers'] mysterious mentality"
• Helen Klisser During, arts advisor, excited about Hye Rim Lee, Kihara
• New Zealand banking system healthy for Australian dominance
• Marie Jones, UK-based visual effects producer wins Bafta for Dr Who
• Billy Bowden, umpire, breaks silence, backs cricket review system
• White Island tour guide urges group not to attempt to outrun lava
• Martinborough's Kusuda Wines an example of Japanese perfection
• Kaikoura, Zero Waste district, no curbside collection, "eco-friendly"
• Bernard Beckett, teacher and author, Genesis promoted on WOW
• New Zealand given rave reviews by writers from The New Yorker
• Pipi Quinlan, 3, bids and wins $20,000 earthmover on TradeMe
• Jane Campion urges female directors to take on "old boys' network"
• Albiston and Sutherland awarded Cannes distinction for $6.50 Man
• Palmerston North City Council banishes no. 13 from mailboxes
• Pip Gibbons, RNZ Navy Lt Cdr, poster girl for UN Peacekeepers Day
• Richard Gow, renovator, builds house in Canada from bits and bins
• Unite, NZ's newest union, calls on bosses to "Supersize" youths' pay
• Fiordland kea robs tourist of passport; fear of "fraudulent claims"
• Annabel Alpers, aka Bachelorette, latest album "bright, transcendent"
• Phillip Wilkins, Mitsubishi, free "hardy" goat with every Triton sold
• Montana Winery employs seasonal "vintage" harvest hoppers
• Fisher & Paykel signs $75m deal with Chinese appliance maker Haier
• Jenny Shipley, former PM, lectures Yemeni women in politics
• Richard Nunns, taonga puoro expert, recites Gillian Whitehead piece
• Queen Charlotte Track "what Ritz-Carlton is to a homeless shelter"
• Michael Hill, finalist in Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year

INSPIRATIONAL EDUCATION ABOUT NZEDGE HEROES

A new schools' resource on Katherine Mansfield is the fifth education feature prepared for nzedge by Liz and Russell Shaw of Starters & Strategies from Turangi: "Discuss the idea of KM using a mask or several layers of masks when associating with her literary friends. Why would she do this? Can students find any evidence of her not fitting in well and of being regarded as an outsider?" Other world-changing New Zealanders featured in our education series are mathematician Alexander Aitken, suffragist Kate Sheppard, China revolutionary Rewi Alley, and aviator Richard Pearse.

RECENT NEW ZEALAND PUBLISHING

Generous publishers have been sending me books and journals which I am pleased to showcase here.

The Double Rainbow: James K. Baxter, Ngati Hau and the Jerusalem Commune by John Newton (Victoria University Press) is a compelling examination of the community established by poet and seer James K. Baxter on the banks of the Whanganui River. The Jerusalem commune proved to be more than an experiment in idealistic living; indeed, The Double Rainbow is a story of a Pakeha community earning acceptance by living alongside local Maori. It's a situation that bicultural Aotearoa may yet strive to imagine. Readers of nzedge.com social commentator Denis O'Reilly will know him as a "Baxterite".

Me and My Little Blokes: How fatherhood changes life for the better by Graham Lowe (Random House) is a heartwarming book revealing the gentler side of the legendary league coach. The only coach to win championships in three countries, Lowie finds that coaching his own little blokes throws up insights about his own mortality, and the preciousness of family love.

Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary by John Daniell (Ebury Press) is a riotous confessional of professional rugby in France. A Wellington, NZ and Oxford rep, John Daniell takes us deep inside a French provincial scrum to the dark world of the journeyman player as his team ricocheted between fear and ecstasy, battling to save the club from relegation and their careers from the scrap heap.

New Zealand Geographic was founded 20 years ago by John Woods and Kennedy Warne to do for New Zealand what National Geographic has done for the rest of the world. The journal celebrates this land—its geography, its wildlife, its natural heritage—and salutes its people and their pursuits, in science, culture, leisure or adventure. The current issue features kelp forests, the great white shark, Auckland's unique and adored West Coast, and the Wren of Murchison, New Zealand's avian mountaineer.

Landfall, New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal, founded by poet Charles Brash in 1947 and published continuously by Otago University Press. Issue #217 is edited by international New Zealand writer Paula Morris from New Orleans and in fair edge form is titled "Flung"; an entire diaspora issue featuring Max Gimblett and Jenni Quilter from New York, Michael Jackson from Harvard, Nick Ashcroft from Oxford, Martin Edmond (Sydney), Paul Ewen (London), Jolisa Greenwood (Connecticut), John Kinsella (Cambridge), Robert Sullivan (Hawaii), Marcus Truver (Hong Kong), Francis Upritchard (London), and several other luminaries including Peter Wells, Richard Von Sturmer, C.K. Stead, Gregory O'Brien, Owen Marshall, Peter Ireland, Charlotte Grimshaw and Hinemoa Baker.

Here are the Top 10 titles for May:

Score, short film 1980 – AB's vs France, cut to Tchaikovsky
The Living Room, tv series 2003 – 'worthy' arts magazine show
Tangata Whenua – Waikato, doc 1974 – roots of King Movement
Billy T Live, tv series 1990 – last hurrah for much loved comedian
New Zild, doc 2005 – evolution of New Zealand English
Trio at the Top, doc 2001 – Legends McLaren, Hulme and Amon
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, trailer 2009 – Topps biopic
Peter Snell – Athlete, doc 1964 – Gold Medalist 800m runner
The Governor, tv series 1977 – historical epic on Governor Grey
Gallipoli, doc 1984 – the pick of the ANZAC Collection

THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE is a new way of presenting our identity, people, stories, achievements and our role in the world. Home to a global community of New Zealanders. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite ao nui

Top picture, Flatbush, South Auckland; above Westhaven, Auckland. More pictures at http://www.paradiseroad.com/. Fern symbol via http://www.nzflag.com/.

108 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 3 June 2009

2009-06-03T10:08:00.000+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, http://www.nzedge.com/

Pictured above: Karl Urban, Brendan Hartley, Jane Campion, Francis Upritchard, Phil Keoghan, Fire Poi

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines appearing in this sampling of global media from Time, The New York Times, Victoria Advocate, The Kansas City Star, Guardian, The Age, British Vogue, Variety, The Australian, The Boston Globe, Forbes, The New York Times, Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, Grazia, ABC, San Francisco Examiner and Ski Rebel Magazine include:

• Janet Frame's Towards Another Summer critiqued in New York Times
• Phil Keoghan, amazing racer, rides US on bike, raises money for MS
• Xero, Hyperfactory, win at 19th Annual Webby Awards, NY
• Brendon Hartley, 19, earns racing super-licence, reserve for Red
• Niki Caro, Peter Jackson "local helmers poised to soar again," Variety
• Jane Campion returns to Cannes with Bright Star and "few dry eyes"
• Sir Keith Park statue in Trafalgar Sq salutes Battle of Britain ace
• Maori poi set alight for exercise in Hollywood, alternative to jogging
• Andrew Mackintosh, glaciologist, studies difference in hemispheres
• Karl Urban, Eomer in LOTR, is Dr Leonard McCoy in 2009's Star Trek
• FOTConchords US shows attract rave reviews, thousands sing along
• Graeme Hart, reclusive billionaire, tops Australasian wealthy list
• David Trubridge's Baskets of Knowledge lights, "water droplets", Milan
• Upritchard and Millar, Venice Biennale pair ready for June opening
• Queenstown paragliding, "fear worth it", "breathtaking experience"
• Auckland Art Gallery gifted $115m of art by US Robertson family
• The Datsuns release 4th album, and anagram, Head Stunts in US
• Christchurch's contemporary side is SOL Square and Segway tours
• Emilia Wickstead, fashion designer, 25, Chelsea, "one to watch"
• Treble Cone's unsealed 7km road unnerving, now a shuttle option
• Karen Walker's latest eyeware lookbook, pairs fangs with shades
• Heather Begg, mezzo-soprano, "mistress of comedy", dies NSW, 76
• Jaeha-Alex Kim, designer, 23, wins spot in Spanish store Mango
• Martin Phillipps, Chills frontman, on British aversion to NZ 80s sound
• Brian Boyd, English professor, defends the art of fiction in new book
• Anchor butter "from NZ!" not UK; Sex Pistol promotes local spread
• New Zealand ski fields reviewed including Mt Hutt and The Stash
• Rawiri Paratene, actor, 'Koro', plays Friar in R&J at London's Globe
• Kate Sylvester Takes a Hike at AFW with gaiters, pink Docs, bones
• Matt Watson wrestles marlin in Discovery's Extreme Fishermen
• Keisha Castle-Hughes, Vintner's wife, 19, signs up to save whales
• Terenzo Bozzone, triathlete, 24, wins 26th annual Columbia Triathlon
• New Zealand pinot noir second only to sauv blanc in popularity
• New Zealand wine preferred by Brits over EU equivalents in Tesco's
• Queenstown ready for bumper season, result of cheap Tasman flights
• New Zealanders shorter, fatter, but happier, reports OECD
• Anna Wilding launches charity for talented, underprivileged children

THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE is a new way of presenting our identity, people, stories, achievements and our role in the world. Home to a global community of New Zealanders. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite ao nui

Top picture, Mt Ngauruhoe; above Dunstan Range. More pictures at http://www.paradiseroad.com/. Fern symbol via http://www.nzflag.com/.

107 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 28 May 2009

2009-05-28T10:08:00.000+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, http://www.nzedge.com/

Pictured above: Peter Arnett, Daniel Vettori, Lisa Reihana, Lorraine Moller, Euan McLeod, Samantha Collett

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in The Peterborough Examiner, Australian Stage, Independent, Golfweek, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, BBC, Jamble Mag, Bloomberg, Ocean Sentry, Suite101, Bangor Daily News, Farming UK, CBS News, Reuters, Palm Beach Post, New Zealand Times, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Scientific American, Telegraph, Times Online, The Age, Entertainment Weekly, Jewish Exponent, Indian Express, Oyster, The Mainichi Daily News, Hindustan Times and USA Today include (principally from April):

• Lisa Reihana, artist, makes friends in Sydney exhibition Double Take
• Peter Arnett, journalist, VIP at 50th of Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• FOTConchords US shows attract rave reviews, thousands sing along
• Ngai Tahu 32 educates audiences at Tasmanian Arts Festival
• ENZA Jazz apples to export a record 1.2 million cartons in 2009
• Daniel Vettori, Delhi Daredevils spinner, reads batsman's mind in IPL
• Bob Rigg, disarmament campaigner, analyses new US foreign policy
• Temuera Morrison lives in sci-fi world "comfortably", refer Barb Wire
• Ladyhawke, 30, plays Paris with "Burning" drawing devoted queues
• Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones "murderous and optimistic"
• Danny Lee, 18, turns pro with $US10m deal, debuts in New Orleans
• Jamie Wood, Otago post-grad, finds moa coprolite and ancient DNA
• Samantha Collett, 19, jockey, 1 of 3 women to race in Doncaster Mile
• Erin Boag, dancer, 33, UK-famed, star of reality show Ballroom High
• Lorraine Moller, marathon marvel, in Boston for 25th anniversary of win
• Stoats, introduced to take on rabbits, turn to kiwi; DOC fight to save
• Jonathan Dowling, reality show king, plans foray into new show
• Barrie & Yvonne Payne win Loro Piana Record Bale for merino wool
• Aaron de Mey, make-up star, 35, brings bold, Paris back at Lancôme
• Witi Ihimaera, author, rewrites earlier fiction, extending Tangi by half
• Rod Easthope, Craggy Range vintner, attends taste-off vs French
• Anna Paquin stars as heroine in Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
• John Minto, activist, in Capetown backing 127 evicted families
• Lester Waugh, aeronautical engineer, bestowed "rare honor" by NASA
• Kakapo, native parrot, stages mini comeback, numbers reach 125
• South Island Tieke, native bird, joins others at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
• Yellow Pages 'Tree House restaurant' glows in LA Times
• Three native bird species added to the endangered list
• New Zealand, perfect place to tie-the-knot, according to newly-weds
• Hokitika quadruples population for 20th Wild Food Festival
• Plant and Food Research produces 16 new varieties of potato
• Eskimo lollies cause furore when visiting Inuit claims sweet racist
• John Edgar, sculptor, to exhibit 'Ballast' at Edinburgh Arts Festival
• North and South Islands may be officially renamed in Maori next year
• Rupert Holborow, NZ Ambassador, India, hosts WOW event at home
• Kate Sylvester's 'Take a Hike' collection at Australian Fashion Week
• Tane Mahuta, Waipoua Forest giant, has sister tree, a cedar, in Japan
• David Walker, WTO ambassador, appointed as chair of Doha round
• Euan Macleod wins Australian Gallipoli Art Prize for trench depiction
• Mahé Drysdale and NZ rowing team to Henley Royal for Olympic prep
• Malcolm Rands, Ecostore CEO, promotes green in US chain Meijer
• Francis Upritchard, launches book Every Colour By Itself in London
• Richard Webby, virologist, Memphis, at world outbreak science center

THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE is a new way of presenting our identity, people, stories, achievements and our role in the world. Home to a global community of New Zealanders. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite ao nui

Top picture, Aoraki, Mt Cook; above, Ladies Mile, Queenstown. Fern symbol via http://www.nzflag.com/.

106 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 12 May 2009

2009-05-12T09:53:00.000+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, http://www.nzedge.com/

Pictured above: Dame Silvia Cartwright, Lucy Lawless, Richard Chandler, Ryan Nelsen, Nesian Mystic

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in The Australian, Examiner, Guardian, Times Online, Dexinger, Telegraph, The Capital, CNN, Billboard, Guam Pacific Daily News, Chicago Tribune, The Age, Daily Herald, Telegraph, Bleacher Report, Idaho Statesman, The New York Times, The National, The Phnom Penh Post, China Daily, The Gadsden Times, Arty Daily, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Tribune India, The Independent, The Economic Times and Mindfood include:

• Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc "taking the yawn out of sauvignon"
• Richard Chandler, intrepid global investor, buys stake in Russian bank
• Fonterra's "Whole" water campaign shot in continuous 650-frame shot
• Silver Fern Farms, Canterbury, stop using sheepdogs say UK's Tesco
• NZTE woos hundreds of Indian students at education fair in New Delhi
• Unimarket, e-procurement company, open offices in Maryland
• New Zealanders, nine out of 10, rank Quality of Life good or better
• New Zealand: sport and lifestyle favoured over religion and politics
• New Zealand the "second Eden" with a "pristine landscape"
• Hobbiton scenery "so beautiful I thought it to be computer generated"
• Nesian Mystik, Auckland R&B group, snaffle MTV Australia Award
• Black Grace dance in Guam and roam NZ with 'Gathering Clouds'
• Strike, percussion group, play Singapore with "recession-proof" music
• Lucy Lawless 'Lucretia' in Auckland-made slave drama Spartacus
• Dame Silvia Cartwright, KR Tribunal judge, criticises Cambodian PM
• David Hovey, Chicago-based architect, would build dream home in NZ
• Aaron De Mey, artistic director at Lancôme, inspired by sand at Piha
• Kate Sylvester, fashion designer, has a home, not a "minimalist box"
• One Day Sculpture series features goldfish on flight over Tasman Sea
• Clarke Gayford, presenter, finalist for World's Top Job on Hamilton Is.
• Pangaea Expedition makes NZ stop-off en route to Antarctica
• Rebecca Wiig, photographer, finds aesthetic appeal in Sydney's RSLs
• Helen Clark, gives valedictory speech to House, saying "averse" to Sir
• Hone Mihaka, oral historian, shows reporter around Ruapekapeka pa
• Helen Leach, academic, adds new pavlova recipe origins to debate
• Team Hillary vs. Team Tenzing in highest ever cricket match, Nepal
• Ryan Nelsen, footballer, 31, NZ's lifeline to English Premier League
• James Meredith, 19, Boise State tennis freshman, "blazing" future
• Danny Lee, 18, golf's "new blood" plays Augusta before turning pro
• Nick Evans, Harlequins fly-half, the new Dan Carter, thanks very much
• Jock Veitch, Wanganui-born journalist, dies in France, 81
• John Maling, soldier, spy-catcher, Sikh Light Brigade founder, dies, 94

NGA KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE, #33, BY DENIS O'REILLY
An ongoing social commentary on the affairs of Aotearoa and the tribe of Nga Mokai.

STEPPING BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE, MAY 2009
Napier has seen an awful tragedy unfold, and Den reflects on these events and salutes his local Maori copper Len Snee (picture via NZ Herald). Den argues that it's time for quiet support and reflection; to give space to the grieving, respect to the dead, and prayers for the injured. Commentary on amendments to the New Zealand Bill of Rights; Labour's achievement of increasing the prison population by 70%; a reflection on the launch of John Newton's book Double Rainbow telling the story of 'nga mokai', Jimmy Baxter's notional tribe and the commune movement that he built at Jerusalem, Hiruharama, on the Whanganui River, not long before his death in 1972 – and some disorientation on Victoria St as Black Power members, on their way to the launch at Unity Books, run into the local constabulary. (1,830 words) Read more.

TOPP SHOW
Between 1981 and 1987 I worked with two extraordinary (and identical) New Zealanders, Lynda and Jools Topp, as their agent and tour producer. It was an exhilarating time. The Topp Twins have created a wonderful career and performance record, and a fan base reaching into the hundreds of thousands, in New Zealand, Australia and soon-to-be everywhere else via their film Untouchable Girls, produced by Arani Cuthbert and directed by Leanne Pooley. The film has had five star, 10/10 reviews and even the magazine they lampooned with the immortal line "push it, shove it, stick it in the Women's Weekly" said "Heart-warming... It's a hilarious musical romp... this film will leave you feeling proud to be a New Zealander". TVNZ said "Brilliant entertainment, everyone will love it, the best Kiwi film in years" and hometown paper The Waikato Times said "How often is a film punctuated by laughs and clapping and ends with an ovation? ...it has a deserved 5 star rating. This film is not to be missed." Jane Vesty and I have supported the production of the film, we are delighted to be associated with it, and hope it is coming to a cinema near you in 2009. The TT's start a tour – 100 Years of the Topp Twins – in Westport on October 14 and concludes in Auckland on November 7. I booked the first West Coast tour by the Twins in 1986 – the itinerary was Greymouth, Punakaiki, Westport, Karamea and Blackball. Sorry Hokitika. Few other New Zealand artists – Sam Hunt and Rick Bryant principal among them – could span such local geographies. Untouchable Girls is now four weeks in the NZ movie top 10 box office and rising, having just broken the $1 million mark at the New Zealand box office. http://www.topptwins.co.nz/

KEITH PARK COMMEMORATION
Keith Park was an extraordinary New Zealander who is attributed with having saved London during the Battle of Britain. A precision airman in WW1, his genius in logistics and preparation was called upon in full during the decisive air battles of 1940. In 2000 nzedge included Keith Park's story in our "Heroes" page and subset of three Warriors – along with Charles Upham and Nancy Wake, arguably the singularly outstanding man and woman soldiers of WW2. There are many other inspirational warrior stories to read tell – see Patrick Bronte's http://www.ngatoa.com/ for an indepth and eulogistic representation. This week the City of Westminister approved the placement of a statue of Keith Park in Trafalgar Square – on the fourth plinth – for six months until moving to a permanent home in Waterloo Place. This is a great result from an enlightened and determined campaign led by British banker Terry Smith and many distinguished persons from the UK and NZ. http://www.sirkeithpark.com/

JULIAN DASHPHER IN LONDON
LONDON, to June 18: Julian Dashper 'Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue'. lauregenillard, 2 Hanway Place, London W1T 1HB. Exhibiting with John Nixon. International New Zealand artist Julian Dashper's work focuses on the histories, theories and more general or popular ideas of abstraction (in particular abstract painting), conceptualism and minimalism as a working methodology. The geographical positioning of New Zealand globally and how his country receives and disseminates visual information is also a core subject in Dashper's work. His practice manifests itself in various forms, including paintings, unique photographs of paintings, found objects that he infuses with abstract images. For his exhibition, Dashper will show new works based on the legendary pieces of Barnett Newman.

Here are the Top 10 titles for April:

1. Circuits of Gold, doc 1987 – speedway champion Ivan Mauger
2. Britten: Backyard Visionary, doc 1993 – DIY inventor John Britten
3. The Governor, tv 1977 – historical epic on Governor George Grey
4. The Living Room, tv 2003 – 'worthy' arts magazine show
5. Peter Snell – Athlete, doc 1964 – Gold Medalist 800m runner
6. Gloss, tv 1987 – popular "glitter-soap"
7. Double Booking, tv one-off 1998 – stag and hen night comedy
8. Billy T Live, tv 1990 – last hurrah for much loved comedian
9. Queer Nation, tv 1996-2004 – 'out and proud' lesbian and gay series
10. Maori Battalion – March to Victory, doc 1990 – 28th's war stories

PINEAPPLE LUMPS
From the sublime to the ridiculous, nzedge.com, shop now stocks Pineapple Lumps – seducing NZers since 1935.

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105 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 24 April 2009

2009-04-24T17:33:00.001+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, www.nzedge.com

Pictured above: Jonathan Porritt, John Key, Melissa Lee, Pip Brown (Ladyhawke),
Keith Urban

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES www.nzedge.com/media

New Zealand headlines in this sampling of global media appearing in The Australian, Backpacker, Bloomberg, Energy Current, Los Angeles Times, Telegraph, The Village Voice, Paradizo, Golf Digest, Brisbane Times, Environmental Leader, The New Republic, Solomon Star, 20 Minutos, Philippine Star, Times Online, Bleacher Report, The Canberra Times, The New York Times, The Age, Teen Vogue, Dwell, Australian Financial Review, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Herald, Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, Sports Illustrated, Popular Science Australia, Newark Advocate, CNN, and Wall Street Journal include:

• Jonathan Porritt – "Prosperity without Growth?"
• Keith Urban, country musician, 41, #1 in America, Defying Gravity
• John Key on market-based approaches to the global recession
• New Zealand's vulnerability is high external debt – Forbes
• Bryan Gould, says governments only ones to counter recession
• New Zealand creating 74% of its energy from renewables
• New Zealand could run 2.5 million cars off wind
• AgResearch scientists discover ways for cows to produce more milk
• Carbonscape, Blenheim, makes FT shortlist of 5 in global comp
• Chatham Islands, pop.600, turns off diesel generators for Earth Hour
• Albany the new home for eco-migrants fearful of UK's rising waters
• Government intiates 3 billion dollar high-speed broadband project
• Creative Freedom Foundation victorious with scrapping of Section 92a
• Owen Thor Walker, hacker, 19, hired as security consultant
• Milford Track among the world's best, Backpacker Magazine
• Eagles Nest, Russell retreat, "back-to-nature with rock 'n' roll"
• Cape Kidnappers, Tom Doak golf course, "scenic but challenging"
• Kerosene Creek, Rotorua hotpool, one of "five best freebies"
• Zak Feaunati to play Jonah Lomu in upcoming film on 95 World Cup
• Rugby Sevens could boost medal haul in 2016 Olympics
• Graeme Lowe, ex-Warriors coach, says rugby union no spectacle
• Dick Lancaster, Blind Sailing NZ, wins silver on Lake Rotorua
• Levi Sherwood, 17, wins freestyle motocross event in Mexico on debut
• Ladyhawke, singer, says NZ, is "like being in Iceland"
• Ladyhawke reveals grunge-era acts as big influence on her sound
• David Trubridge, designer, on the consumer binge, objects, identity
• Paul Middleditch, TV ad director, on 200+ awards, beer ads, success
• Rodney Bell, dancer, wins 'Izzie' award in SF: "volatile intimacy"
• Adam Friend, territorial with PhD in viticulture deployed to Solomons
• Melissa Lee, National MP, one of the most beautiful women in politics
• American doctor compares NZ/US health systems
• Darren Tyquin, Australian/NZ horseracing announcer, preacher, 41, d

NGA KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE – BY DENIS O'REILLY
#32: DANGEROUS UTOPIAS, APRIL 2009

Denis O'Reilly's penetrating critique of social justice in
New Zealand
"The poet and creative genius Alan Brunton once described Dr Ian Prior as having 'blood dangerous with utopias'. Ian has died and left us, grieving, yet still propelled by his legacy of action into continued efforts towards social justice. Den tells the story of Sandeep Chawla, Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime who, after a robust discussion with NZ gang members and drug dealers and users, suggests that one way for them to avoid disproportionate attention from the Police and media might simply to be a "little less annoying". Another St Patricks Day Hui & Huilli has gone off with great effect and a sense of locus for those who visited the ancient pa site, Otatara. There is praise for the continuing efforts of Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples who is out engaging Maori gang leaders and encouraging them to lead their crews away from criminality and anti-social behaviours and move towards a lifestyle built on a sense of identity as Maori, as whanau, and as members of community. Den gets the chance to talk to benches of judges and shares O'Reilly's lore: " Focus on the good", "Assume the best", "You'll see it when you believe it". (4,108 words) Read more.

KEVIN ROBERTS ON RUGBY: THINK SMART TO BEAT THE RECESSION, APRIL 2009

It seems that nothing is recession-proof in this new world order and the game of rugby is no exception. Teams are without sponsors, stadium attendances are shrinking - plus tournaments are all too predictable, too boring and are consistently losing audiences in traditional rugby countries. What does this environment mean for New Zealand looking ahead to the 2011 World Cup? "Everyone involved in rugby should pull together over the next 12 months to come up with innovative ideas and solutions so that we can make this tournament the best ever in terms of passion, spectator appeal, spectacular running rugby and fan experience." USA Eagles preview including 2009 games vs Wales and Canada, new coach Eddie O'Sullivan, and the importance of Sevens – "a vital foundational tool for the US as this helps our players in terms of fitness, game awareness, defense, and instinct. It also helps develop team spirit, team belief and a winning attitude." And the campaign to have Sevens added to the 2016 Olympics. Progress is that the game has made the short list along with baseball, softball, karate, squash, golf and roller sports. Noting also that the USA are the current Olympic Champions! Read more.

EDGE OF PARADISE Two items of personal "reaching out" as is said in New York. I have a new photoblog www.paradiseroad.com featuring new work and archival – of New Zealand and America, landscape and street, art and commerce: beautiful and banal, edge and center. About 40 photos up now, two added most days. Enjoy. And a video of a speech to Thrive Wellington in late 08 about the New Zealand Edge – the idea, the operation, the need for global perspective in what we do, and what I have learned as an exporter in international markets. 30 mins. http://www.nzedge.com/speeches/

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104 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 9 April 2009

2009-04-09T16:21:00.001+12:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, www.nzedge.com

A big shout out to New Zealanders across the world who have registered at nzedge.com following our promotion to members of www.oldfriends.co.nz – 1000+ people from 165 international cities and towns and 42 in New Zealand – big responses from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the United States of America – plus call-ins from New Zealanders in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bangkok, Berlin, Brignoles, Brussels, Dubai, Dublin, Dundalk, Durban, Ho Chi Minh City, Jerusalem, Jinja, Johannesburg, Madrid, Mexico City, Morioka, Mumbai, Norfolk Island, Nuku'alofa, Oostende, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, Oxapampa, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Singapore, St Jean De Losne, Suva, Texel, The Hague, Turin, Vientiane, Vilnius, and Yangshou. nzedge.com's subscriber list now reaches New Zealanders in 1042 international cities and towns and 200 in New Zealand. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite aonui – the global community of New Zealanders. See the full list at http://nzedge.com/mailbox/about_you.html

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

Pictured above: Max Gimblett, Helen Clark, Theresa Gattung, Peter Jackson,
Bob Charles

New Zealand headlines in this month's sampling of global media, appearing in Art World, Washington Post, WA Today, ABC News, DC Examiner, The Age, University World News, Northwest Arkansas News, Telegraph, Guardian, The Seoul Times, Ski Rebel Magazine, Scientific American, Irish Sun, The Australian, and Los Angeles Times include:

• Helen Clark, former PM, 3rd in charge at UN, heads development
• Max Gimblett, NY/Auckland artist, in Guggenheim Museum show
• Theresa Gattung leading NZ wool as premium world brand
• Peter Jackson works on custom-made iChat system with Spielberg
• Bob Charles "oldest golfer to make the cut on non-senior tours."
• Jane Peak, Southern Alps, "begging for a beating" by heli-skiers
• Lincoln University to merge with AgResearch in unprecedented move
• David Gendall, judge, approves serving papers on Facebook
• Kakapo, now numbering 100, "evolution's pitiable errors", Stephen Fry
• Cut Off Your Hands, play America's largest festival in Austin, SXSW
• Frank Yukich, Montana founder, celebrates 30 vintages with sculpture
• Rangiora, coastal development near Hokianga, lifestyle replaces pine
• Mt Hutt's new snow makers and groomers most up-to-date in NZ
• Tuatara baby found at Karori Sanctuary, first in 2 centuries
• Matilda Hanlon and Beryl Baguley, identical twins and now 100
• 25% of NZers with tertiary education live abroad, highest OECD rate
• Roger Hill, naval architect, designs catamaran for Gold Coast moguls
• Ayrlies Gardens, Auckland, part of private tour for US gardeners
• Greytown, NZ's first planned town, a mix of Victorian and modern
• Karen Walker dresses Barbie in 'she's cracked' for 50th anniversary
• Le Folauga, contemporary mixed-media Pacific exhibition, in Taiwan
• Sonny Fai, Warriors player, remembered with wreaths on Te Henga
• New Zealand popular destination for 'ecomigrants' from the US

THE LIST: In addition, people and places referenced in nzedge international stories from 01 January 2009 include Zoë Bell, Sam Neill, Judy Millar, Francis Upritchard, Tim Finn, Robert Bruce (RIP), Dave Currie, Natasha Bedingfield, Miles Darby, Rhys Darby, Nadya Vessey, Cliff Curtis, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Ivan Clarke, Scott Gray, Malcolm Campbell, Edmund Hillary, Kapka Kassabova, Jock Freemantle, John Wareham, Jack Yan, Air NZ, Te Waka Huia, Christian Pearce, Greg Broadmore, Jane Campion, Danny Lee, Jay Shaw, Kerry Fox, James Flynn, Waikato U, Tekapo, Russell Coutts, Hannah O'Neill, Phillip Gibson, Weta Workshop, Ngati Toa, Denis Dutton, Stolen Girlfriend's Club, Cloudy Bay, Malcolm Rands, Hokianga, Sara Seruvatu, Herman Seifried, Paul Snowden, Chuck Berry, Sean Marks, Lucy Hockings, Andrew Roy, Gordon Dryden, Mo Zhi Hong, Great Barries baches, Central Otago, Taika Waititi, Margaret Austin, Hanna Frederick, FleurAdcock, Jill Worrall, Martin Henderson, Curt Perano, Daniel Vettori, Jetblack, The Datsuns, Simon Denny, Milford Track, Flight of the Conchords, Christchurch School of Medicine, Abel Tasman park, Greg Locke, Hayden Godfrey, Heath Raggett, Arrowtown, CK Stead, Bic Runga, Gin Wigmore, Katherine Mansfield, Neil Cross, Margaret Mahy, Pelorus, Lindauer, David Hovey, Phil & Ted, Anna Paquin. See http://www.nzedge.com/media/ for full stories.

NGA KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE – BY DENIS O'REILLY
#31: REGGAE'S DOING FINE, FEBRUARY 2009

Denis O'Reilly's penetrating critique of social justice in New Zealand.
"It's a new year and D is right into work. Feedback about the Parihaka Peace Festival, engaging festival goers as participants and bridging the cultural divide between Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti. Den discusses the tragedy around Halatau Naitoko, a young Tongan father, accidentally shot dead by the Police. He commends the Minister and Commissioner for their restorative approach and encourages the gunman to face the Naitoko family and unload his burden. Den sticks up for Social Development Minister Paula Bennett who supported the gang member father of her granddaughter when he was before the Courts. Den reckons she has modelled good whanau leadership, and improved the chances both of a rehabilitated offender, and of loving, respectful relationships between the daughter, granddaughter, and father. Te Ururoa Flavell, stung by the tragic events in Murupara, has voiced his pain, saying that perhaps gang members shouldn't be allowed on marae, or shouldn't be gifted the tradition of tangihana. Den reckons that with leadership from within gangs and from within the body politic New Zealand Maori gangism can pass, and be replaced by a widely shared positive focus on personal achievement within a whanau hapu tribal complex. With Ragamuffin coming up, and the Marley whanau in town, Den reminisces about what happened after Bob's visit to Aotearoa in 1979 and tells the tale of the Keskidee Aroha project, the rise of aggressive black consciousness, and the whakapapa of reggae and Rasta in Aotearoa. Waitangi Day or Bob Marley's birthday, reggae's doing fine. (7,151 words) Read more.

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

Washington, D.C. 14 April, 'Wars Without End' Book Launch
Victoria University of Wellington Professor Danny Keenan gives a guest lecture at Georgetown University, for the launch of his new book Wars Without End. RSVP: CANZ@georgetown.edu

New York City, 18 April – 5 May, The Sleeper Awakens
NY-NZ playwright Julie McKee hosts a season of her L. Arnold Weisberger Award nominated play, The Sleeper Awakens at the HB Playwrights Foundation, West Village (122 Bank Street). Reservations call 212- 989-7856.

London, 23 April, ANZAC Day / Spring Drinks
The NZ Society hosts spring drinks to commemorate ANZAC Day at New Zealand House. Bring your camera for the best central London view. Click here for tickets.

Zonnebeke, Belgium, 25 April, Exhibition at Memorial Museum Passchendaele
New Zealand's Official World War I Artist, George Butler, features in a Belgium exhibition beginning ANZAC Day. Sculpture by New Zealand artist Helen Pollock will also feature. See website, ends 15 November.

Melbourne, 29 April, 7pm, Major New Zealand artworks on Auction
Deutscher & Hackett's forthcoming auction will feature works by two of New Zealand's greatest painters, Charles Goldie and Bill Hammond. Visit auction website for info and to view paintings.

Paul Ward, who for several years was chief writer for nzedge.com, is the editor of a fantastic NZ ON AIR-initiated site NZ ON SCREEN http://www.nzonscreen.com/ – hundreds of titles, all free to watch. It's an amazing team achievement. Congratulations everyone. Here are the March Top 10 titles:

Easter Goodwill, Passover Goodwill, from New York. Nga mihi nui koutou.

Top picture from Raumati South looking south, Pukerua Bay on left, Cook Strait in foreground, Seaward Kaikouras, Mana Island on the right. Horizon/edge is just south of Kapiti Island. March '09.

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103 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 5 November 2008

2008-11-05T14:30:00.006+13:00

From Brian Sweeney, Producer, www.nzedge.com
This has become a mini-magazine. Pour a coffee. The view is from Raumati South, Kapiti, looking towards the top of the South Island.

It's a great Saturday coming up – a New Zealand general election, and an All Blacks test match (vs Scotland). Having a vote is a right, an obligation, and opportunity to influence the future. See how Americans have just taken their democracy seriously. New Zealanders living overseas can vote from now until Election Day, Saturday, 8 November (NZ time). You can still enrol online from anywhere in the world (takes an estimated three minutes), download your voting papers, and post or fax. Your vote must be received in New Zealand by 7pm NZ Daylight Time on Saturday 8 November. Do not waste a moment. Vote now. Go to http://www.everyvotecounts.co.nz (thanks Kea) to check your elegibility and process your enrolment.

ECONOMY ON THE EDGE
Edge is a useful metaphor, in fair times and foul. The paper by the NZ Stock Exchange (NZX) and the New Zealand Institute "Economy on the Edge" is the response by their respective CEOs Mark Weldon and David Skilling, to the extreme volatility of the international financial system, and the risks and must-do's for New Zealand.

Weldon and Skilling say they have been compelled to put forward urgent ideas that represent a material response to the global economic situation. With doctorates from Columbia and Harvard respectively, they know a thing or two. Weldon has been leader of the NZX since 2002 and has consistently staked positions designed to strengthen the fundamentals of our economy. A politician with guts and imagination would appoint Skilling as Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury to rev up our local and global economic position. "Economy on the Edge" should be read as a primer for the type of bold responses that New Zealand's under-performing economy needs to take in a rapidly changing world. For the past five years Weldon and Skilling have provoked and pushed against a general climate of no-can-do-ness and macro-economic inertness.

Their proposals include: more dynamic management of the taxation system to encourage greater investment; more dynamic management of the $25b government-owned commercial sector; investing some of the $30b of state financial assets at home to maximize the national interest; more dynamic stimulus to our savings environment (including making saving compulsory); encouraging resourceful international New Zealanders to turn their brains and energy; ways to manage credit and capital channels to overcome heavy reliance on foreign capital.

To their proposals I would add a punchy global marketing campaign promoting New Zealand's uniquely skilled people, innovation culture, sophisticated worldview, terrific global timezone for international operations, stable and non-corrupt systems, ease of doing business …I'm talking double-page spreads in The Economist, TV ads on CNN, sponsoring Davos, direct marketing to the world's top 1,000 CEOs. Being known as a pretty place to visit is a pretty thin marketing proposition in these new economic times. Right now is precisely the time to be repositioning New Zealand in the world – smart edgy ideas amidst the chaos of the center. 1000% EDGE. Read More

PURPOSE FOR NEW ZEALAND
If New Zealand had a US-style Cabinet, then Lloyd Morrison would surely be in it. He and his HRL Morrison team have built an outstanding company, Infratil, investing in New Zealand and international infrastructure including airports, transport, energy, ports and public utilities – and he has several alt careers including being an invaluable New Zealand classical music producer, and instigator of a national dialogue on our identity as expressed in the New Zealand flag (which nzedge.com adopted as its symbol). He has now initiated a search to define and drive towards a national goal which will define a world-changing national purpose. Acting with purpose leads to a more fulfilled life. He cites Ireland, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan as examples of national purpose in action. Conversely, in the absence of purpose, current forecasts have New Zealand's GDP per capita slipping below Kazakhstan and Botswana by 2025. "There is no clearly articulated goal we are pursuing and no solid plan of how we can get there. As a result, there is no definition or accountability for policies or policy-makers. Consequently, we continue our steady decline. NZ needs to embrace a common objective that will provide the means to deliver what we are seeking as a nation. This goal must be catalytic in terms of driving positive change that makes the outcome achievable." Lloyd Morrison's starter-for-ten is that New Zealand should aim to be back in the top 10 countries in the world based on GDP per capita by 2025. I believe such a goal is possible and is congruent with the goals of nzedge.com. The collective intelligence of New Zealanders everywhere could make this happen. There are other goals, of equivalence and of a subsidiary nature. You can email Lloyd at measurablegoal@hrlmorrison.com with your ideas for a national goal, and contribute to the forum on www.blog.nzx.com. The presentations in the 7X7 videos listed below are instructive about the actions and activities to get this country going forward, not in reverse.

ARCHIBALD MCINDOE – "SURGERY'S HEALING EDGE"
#43 in our series of New Zealand Edge Heroes. 5800 words. Story by CJ Williams

Motivated by a desire to be more than just an ordinary doctor, Archibald McIndoe pursued greatness – and became much more than an ordinary surgeon. Appointed Plastic Surgeon to the Royal Air Force in the midst of World War II, McIndoe brought plastic surgery to the forefront of burns treatment and became a pioneer of what is known today as 'therapeutic community'. McIndoe was born in Dunedin 1900 and educated at Otago University. He started his world-changing career at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota ("He was the quickest man to open and shut a stomach that I ever saw"). In London, in a fortuitious stroke of luck in the midst of a personal despair, he formed a partnership with the pioneer of plastic surgery himself – fellow New Zealander (and cousin) Harold Gillies. During World War II he challenged outdated methods for treating severe burns, and pioneered the 'therapeutic community' which saw him dispense with hospital rules in order to meet the psychological needs of his badly deformed patients, and help them re-form their lives in society.

CJ Williams is a BA, BSC (Hon) and MSC graduate of Victoria University, with majors in History, Sociology and Psychology. He is a social and behavioural scientist, multi-media producer and writer of various forms. His main area of interest is the interplay between free choice, fate, individual behavior and social environment. He wrote the nzedge.com hero story on Harold Gillies.

NGA KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE – BY DENIS O'REILLY
#28: TAMA HEIHEI KAHI MARO, November 2008

Whanganui River. Photographer: Mark Brimblecombe

The Whanganui River wends its way through the lives of many people. For Den it has been the feature of the past month as he recalls some of its sons, Rangitihi Rangiwaiata Tahuparae MNZM, 'Tahu', and Gabe Tawhiti, separated both by time and type but linked by their mutual awa. Gabe was a street warrior, stabbed to death in Wellington. Then, as now, there was anger and hurt. The River elders encouraged redress through the law and a quest to find ways for healing and peace. The 'Gabe', a fiercely contested Black Power rugby league trophy, was the result. Den recounts the build up to the 2008 match up at Mamaku. Tahu was a tohunga knowledgeable both in ancient tribal lore and the protocols of Parliament and the Crown. He translated Winston Churchill's riposte to Hitler, when the latter said that he would wring England's neck like a chicken. Churchill reportedly said "Some neck, some chicken". Tahu's rendition was "Tama heihei, kaki maro" and Den reckons that stiff necked roosters, both sinners and saints, better get ready for difficult times. He shares thoughts from prison reformist Kim Workman, criminologist John Pratt and counter-terrorism expert Dr Pete Lentini, examines the issue of free market behaviours and our suppressive approach to those who dare to be different. Lots of Baxter. Read More

NGA KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE – BY DENIS O'REILLY
#27: LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN , September 2008

Signs of the Times – Denis at work 1973

Portrait of the activist as a young man; Paulo Freire, Latin America liberation theology and reflective action; pro-social change, community action, personal responsibility, and making change yourself; criminalisation of gang membership, differential sentencing tariffs; Black Power, the UN, their Waitangi Treaty claim, and Moana Jackson – jurisprudence expert; negative expenditure in the criminal justice sector; growth of the Maori family and the gang environment; moving forward, becoming engaged, less alienated and less marginalised leading to the end of "gangism" through a natural and sustainable process in contrast with the present "make war" suppressive approach; turning your life around and second chance education; Maori volunteerism; the political use of the court of public opinion; James K Baxter – "Ballad of the Junkies and the Fuzz", "Ballad of Calvary Street"; "Zion". (3,079 words) Read More

NGA KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE – BY DENIS O'REILLY
#26: JURASSIC ROAR, August 2008

New prison, Horsham Downs, north Waikato

Sir Brian Lochore's "Jurrasic Roar" about belting kids; a 71% increase in New Zealand's prison population; Government's views on Maoriness as a "criminogenic"factor; the late Laurie O'Reilly, champion of the primacy of children's rights in law and his promotion of non-violence within the whanau of our nation; sitting down with the FBI (Full Blooded Islanders) and the Darksiders/Black Power in Wellington with Police to work out an action plan; research with Edge Te Whaiti on the family, education, employment, lifestyle and community aspirations of Mongrel Mob Notorious chapters in Tokaanu, Putaruru and Auckland; (they are similar to most New Zealanders); breaking the cycle of failure to stop young people getting emeshed in the criminal justice-industrial complex. (5,664 words) Read More

7X7 is an ideas forum I started in Wellington in 2000 with media and cultural producer Jan Bieringa as a way of presenting innovation and radical thinking in the capital's technology, entertainment and design industries (the idea came from TED in 1998). Jan and I have recently produced the 2008 of 7X7 series "The Big Think: Transforming the New Zealand Economy" is now online – featuring 35 videos (of roughly seven minutes each) over five themes – Foundations, Trailblazers, Directions, Connections and Imaginations. Moderated by economics journalist Rod Oram, generously sponsored by the Wellington City Council (Absolutely Positively Wellington, Creative Capital, Heart of the Edge) and presented by SweeneyVesty and Blair Wakefield Productions. Provocative, insightful, and at times mind-bending.

Session 1: Seven Foundations
7X7 co-producer Brian Sweeney on developing global edge in everyday life
Journalist Rod Oram with seven synergies to transform New Zealand's future
Economist David Skilling makes the case against merely "keeping on keeping on"
Economist Brian Easton questions whether affluence leads to well-being
Journalist Michael Field on the possibilities of a Pacific Union to enhance our region
Scientist Jacqueline Rowarth on attracting brains and creativity to NZ's primary industries
Ecologist Morgan Williams on harnessing and managing our natural capital

Session 2: Seven Trailblazers
Xero entrepreneur Rod Drury on why broadbrand is vital for reaching global markets
CEO Nick Lewis on how their Celsius website encourages sustainable action
Comvita CEO Brett Hewlett on the possibilities for NZ in the global "wellness market"
Grove Mill Winemaker Dave Pearce in support of a voluntary carbon market
Aquaflow's Barrie Leay on a wild algae biofuel solution to world energy supply problems
NIWA marine scientist Craig Stevens on clean energy for population, climate pressures
Chef Martin Bosley on New Zealand dining rituals, pleasures and global aspirations

Session 3: Seven Directions
Engineer Gerry Te Kapa Coates on what carbon neutrality means for New Zealand
Fonterra's Andy Shenk on innovation and sustainability for global dairy
Trade Union President Helen Kelly provides a direction for the workplace of the future
Venture capitalist Nick Gerritsen on connecting world-changing people and networks
Development leader Chris Pickrill on Christchurch as an internationally competitive city
Scientist Peter Gluckman on national ambition in science, research and technology
NZ Post CEO John Allen celebrates diversity, reframes our thinking on achievement

Session 4: Seven Connections
Maori businessman Paul Morgan on learnings from Wakatu Inc, inter-generational business
Business leader Charles Finny on a national export strategy playing to our strengths
Victoria U's Sally Davenport on attitudes for creating the New Zealand powerhouse
Entrepreneur Branton Kenton-Dau on embracing our identity as "the Land of New Zeal"
Environmentalist Guy Salmon on collaborative governance process in Nordic countries
Designer Megan Hosking on the power of the Internet to transform sustainability
Poet, artist Greg O'Brien on the deep questions of McCahon's Storm Warning

Session 5: Seven Imaginations
Mobile surgeon Stu Gowland on innovative ways to provide future health services
Scientist / MoRST CEOHelen Anderson makes the case for creativity and innovation
Scientist Paul Callaghan declares the power of optimism, self-belief to fuel success
Radio NZ Political Editor Brent Edwards on the Australia-New Zealand relationship
Geo-spatial expert Gary Nairn on capitalizing on a spatially enabled infrastructure
Wendy McGuinness on aligning industry and national brand with sustainability
Waitangi Tribunal Chief Judge Joe Williams looks out fifty years at our changing culture

Photos Above: Scott Dixon, Sophie Pascoe, Jemaine Clement and Sam Neill.

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES, SEPT–OCT 2008

New Zealand headlines in this month's sampling of global media appearing in Los Angeles Times, Swimming World Magazine, Variety, Yorkshire Post, Christian Today, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Telegraph, Chicago Sun-Time, Freeskier, Science Daily, The West Australian, The Phnom Penh Post, Khaleej Times, The Japan Times, The Washington Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, New Mexico Business Weekly, Bangkok Post, Deseret News, The Independent, Women's Wear Daily, Houston Chronicle, Washington Post, BBC News, The Epoch Times, Guardian, Sports Illustrated, Oyster, Weston & Somerset Mercury, The Norway Post, National Geographic Adventure, Metro UK, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Indian Express, The Guardian Irish Independent , Telegraph-Journal, Daily Mail, The Economic Times, USA Today, Times Online, Stars and Stripes, Metro UK, San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Age and The Boston Globe include:

EXPORT, INNOVATION & STYLE

Canterbury opens first retail outlet in Europe, plans for store in NY

Living Cell gets go-ahead for human pig-cell transplants

Air New Zealand at global "forefront" in reducing carbon emission

Michael Hill buys 17 jewellery stores in Chicago and Missouri

Peter Newport, Airsports CEO, takes virtual Sky Challenge to Spain

Karen Walker influences hipster NY mag with eyewear collection

New Zealand Fashion Week reviewed in Australian Vogue

Rebecca Taylor, Nolita NYC designer, has movie star following

Jamie Fergus, jeweller, part of Coast-garde '09 exhibition, Sydney

Icebreaker's customers able to trace origins of garment to sheep

Grant Harrison behind US bike-share programme, Freewheelin

Minus 5 ice bar chain opens in Las Vegas complete with chapel

FEW, surf fashion label, shows spring '09 collection in San Diego

Rachel Hunter launches budget fashion label 'Rachel' at Warehouse

Jeremy, Simon, Dareen Doherty win with 'Swarovski Mouse'

Darrell Poole's neck protection device an invention from the shed

Don Subritzky auctions his WW2 spitfire to fund more restorations

LEADERSHIP & ISSUES

New Zealand's anti-nuke stance praised in NY Times editorial

New Zealand defence repeats history with closer US relations

Georgina Beyer one of 31 GLBT icons, including Mapplethorpe

Christchurch a model municipality according to Canadian expert

Anand Satyanand, Governor General, on state visit to India

Kevin Roberts keynotes with Nobel laureates in Buenos Aires

Sian Elias, Chief Justice, explores indigenous rights in US

Fonterra experiences melamine-in-milk nightmare in China

ART, FILM, DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER

Ross T. Smith, photographer, exhibits images of 'Paraha' in Alabama

Justin Pemberton's doco Nuclear Comeback wins at eco film festival

Te Papa's Whales, Tohorā exhibition opens in Washington DC

Francis Upritchard, sculptor, tells Guardian "art needs to be used"

Dead C, Dunedin noise-rock trio, making money and records

Naked and Famous amongst four NZ bands at CMJ Marathon, NY

Rhombus, Wellington band, to headline at NSW music festival

Rhys Darby first NZ comedian to go global with stand-up DVD

Gin Wigmore, Ladyhawke applauded on Hollywood gossip blog

Ladyhawke releases "melodic", "dramatic" debut album in UK

Shigeyuki Kihara, artist, debut exhibit at NY's Met Museum of Art

Anne Noble's 'Ice Blink: Antarctic Photographs', beyond conventions

Dean Spanley "immaculately cast" and "nicely handled", Variety

Parachute Band, Christian rock group, to release album in UK

Jemaine Clement, actor, gives "hipster cred" to teen fantasy film

Max Gimblett paints in black for Berlin 'Edges of Darkness' exhibition

Craig Johnson to direct film about Dubai's "modern-day emigrants"

Ruth Harley, new chief of Screen Australia, "extremely capable"

Tim Finn on solo album 'The Conversation' and his 40-year career

Anna Paquin gets a tan in Louisiana for role in HBO vampire series

TRAVEL & TASTE

New Zealand's pies sampled in 2-week gastronomical jaunt

Kay McMath, sensory scientist, proves ice cream better in cone

Overlander a scenic "fuss-free ride from Wellington to Auckland"

Coromandel Peninsula, tourist mecca for pottery and glow-worms

Queenstown and surrounds finds tourists "perpetually awestruck"

New Zealand geography "trumping religion" in magazine spread

Nick Wood, entrepreneur and now owner of luxury destination club

Shotover Jet part of Queenstown's "adventurous atmosphere"

DOC does "brilliant" job creating outdoor gym with Great Walks

New Zealand a "wonderful combination" of global cuisine

Mollies, Auckland 5-star boutique hotel, "unashamedly romantic"

Possum fur a lucrative luxury for Oregon-based company

Canterbury by train; mesmerised on the TranzAlpine

Kaitiakitanga and high environmental standards keys to tourism

Waiheke Island "pastoral and pinot" 20 minutes from Auckland

INTERNATIONAL SPORT, ADVENTURE & KIWI ADRENALIN

Rod Dixon, 58, readies to run NY Marathon 25 years after victory

Phil Keoghan wins 5th Emmy as 'Amazing Race' leader

Wendy Smith, skydiver, leaps from plane at record 9000m over Everest

New Zealand wins four of six titles on offer at Golden Shears, Norway

Silver Ferns win series against England, now bound for Australia

Earl Bamber, Wanganui teenage racing driver, 2nd in China's F1

All Blacks to don new Adidas-sponsored shirt for HK Bledisloe

Rob Thomson, completes cross-continent solo skateboard odyssey

Byron Kelleher, Toulouse No 9, "multi-dimensional" on field and off

Lake Rotorua to host 2009 World Blind Sailing Champs

David Pocknall, Texas-based geologist and amateur golfer tees off

Graham Henry, ponders Tri-Nations win and "those vexing" ELVs

Byron Kelleher, Toulouse scrum-half, Top 14 player of the season

Nick Willis, 25, Beijing bronze medallist wins Fifth Avenue Mile, NY

Waitemata Harbour, location of inaugural Louis Vuitton Pacific Series

All Blacks retain TriNations title beating Wallabies 28-24

Paige Hareb, 18, Taranaki surfer, no. 2 junior in world wins in NSW

Sophie Pascoe, 15, wins four swimming medals at Paralympics

Scott Dixon nets 2nd US IndyCar Series championship in Illinois

Glenn Turner, "fast-scoring strokemaker", honoured in London

Alistair Eason, Janina Kuzma, plummet for wins at Treble Cone

Nick Evans has debut as fly-half for Harlequins, at Twickenham

NATURE

James Fraser, founder of Avant Gardener UK, digs London jungle

New Zealand's 2,065 native plants grow alongside 22,000 exotic

Cook Strait weta walk long distances for amorous encounters

Fox Glacier trekking awe-inspiring challenge on crampons

EDay sees 15,000 carloads of electronic waste saved from landfill

OBITUARIES

Duncan Laing, Olympic Gold Medal coach of Moana Pool; Dunedin, 77

Rob Guest, OBE, singer, musical star, Phantom; Melbourne, 58

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 7,000-story whare of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

All Blacks Grand Slam Test Feast and a match with Munster
Scotland (Edinburgh, Nov 8), Ireland (Dublin, 15 Nov), Munster (Limerick, 18 Nov), Wales (Cardiff, 22 Nov) and England (London, 29 Nov).

New York City, 6 November 6-8.30pm
'Third Gender' in the Pacific: Art and Human Rights' Panel discussion featuring Auckland Samoan- born multimedia and performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara, currently exhibiting at the Metropolitan Museum, and Joy Liddicoat, Comissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Comission) 116 East 16th Street.

New York City, Wed 19 November 4-8pm Essenze – New Zealand Inspired Design
Opening of new showroom, Metropolitian Design Center, 909 Broadway @20th St; "The edge of the world is closer than ever before".

Dave Dobbyn "Anotherland" tour
Amsterdam (Sugar factory, 22 Nov), Edinburgh (Cabaret Voltaire, 26 Nov), London, (Carling Academy, Islington, 27 Nov, 12 Acklam Road.

Taiwan, 13 December, 'Le Folauga' exhibition opens at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts;
a snapshot the current state of contemporary Pacific art from New Zealand, featuring Edith Amituanui, Fatu Feu'u, Niki Hastings McFell, Ani O'Neill, Michel Tuffery, Jim Viviaere and other artists.

World's Edge 42º South Wellington 2009
Cumulus World's Edge 42º South is an international design conference to be held in Wellington November 2009, convened by the Victoria University School of Design in association with the University of Otago Institute of Design and Auckland's UNITEC. Referencing nzedge.com – "Radical stuff starts at the margins, change comes from the fringes, innovation happens on the edges"- the conference promises "a design conversation about a future world – about innovation, progress and sustainability, and about our cultural, social, economic and spiritual well-being." A subtext of the conference is "our search for identity which has long driven cultural production in New Zealand and given life to new bodies of work across literature, design, film, music and fashion."

Send International Datebook event details to isobel@nzedge.com.
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102 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 5 September 2008

2008-09-05T10:26:00.011+12:00

Photos above: Merino Kids, Patterson Associates' "Mai Mai" house, Phoenix Foundation and Te Reo Google interface.

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this past month's sampling of global media appearing in Daily Mail, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Rockford Register Star, The Monthly, The Washington Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, Denver Post, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Horse & Hound, Daily India, PhotoIcon, Art World Magazine, The Age, Moscow Times, Travel + Leisure, The Age, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Post-Bulletin, International Herald Tribune, The Australian, Times Online, The Seattle Times, Irish Arts Reviews, Poetry London, Art Daily, National Post, The American Spectator, Independent and Fashion Week Daily include:

INNOVATION

Patterson Associates finalists in World Architecture Awards, Barcelona
Merino Kids founder Amie Nilsson's Cocooi Wrap goes global
Glenn Martin's jetpack launched at aerospace show in Wisconsin
Ed Mumm's Colorado earthmoving sandpit Dig Thisa US first
2C Solar Light Cap, "perfect" in the dark on the Mississippi River
ASR Limited, Raglan marine consultants, design Bournemouth reef
Victoria University researchers add pure gold to fine merino
Waitangi Park Wellington environmental model for urban renewal
Jock Freemantle to launch '08 version of BMW V8 Hulme supercar
ZESPRI scientists consider kiwifruit's potential as biogas
Wayne McIlwraith, veterinarian and world authority on equine joints
Wellington and Ottawa compared as "younger, new world" capitals

INTERNATIONAL SPORT

Valerie Vili, 23, throws shot put 20.56m and wins gold in Bird's Nest
Evers Swindell twins beat German rivals by 0.01sec for gold medal
Tom Ashley, 24, relieved at windsurfing past rivals to earn gold
Nick Willis' 1500m bronze "outstanding performance" - Walker
Bevan Docherty wins men's triathlon bronze - "I'll be back"
Rotorua's Danny Lee youngest ever winner at US Golf Amateurs
Jonah Lomu's final try in "greatest" Bledisloe match recalled
Pete Bethune, Earthrace skipper, smashes round-the-world record
Anna Wilding on tennis champion Antony Wilding in New York
Kathryn McPhee, freediver, 28, holds breath to clinch world record
Michael Pickens, speedway driver, 25, dreams of NASCAR future
Scott Campbell, 23, a Toronto Blue Jay, plays Yankee Stadium
Barbara Kendall, windsurfer, 41, to Beijing and fifth Olympics
Dion Lane, Auckland lumberjack, saws to victory in Rochester, US
Jonah Lomu will play Twickenham match in aid of UK soldiers
Mark Todd revels in competition, considers London Olympics, 2012
Mark Todd jumps surprise hor concours at UK amateur event
Marina Erakovic, 20, tennis No 1, an "amazing striker" at Wimbledon
NZ under-20s win with "intelligent rugby" at world champs in Wales
Michael Campbell dodged sheep on rural courses before US Open win
Phar Lap's mysterious 1932 death confirmed: arsenic poisoning

TE REO

Maori art part of Musée du quai Branly Pacific exhibition, Paris
New Zealand advances the land rights lantern into the future
New Zealand's military culture "proudest and toughest of 20th Century"
Te Reo interface goes live on Google with 8750 words translated
Maori population in Australia, dubbed "Maussies", numbering 110,000
Maori taonga part of extensive Pacific collection at Dublin museum
Mountain Landing example of "undiscovered" land aimed at US buyers
Charles Royal, chef, creates outdoor Maori feasts with ferns, tawhara

TRAVEL, TASTE, STYLE

New Zealand's "wondrous" winter sunsets, tempt photographers
Nigel Coventry, travel editor, earns PATA Journalist of the Year award
Alan Blundell-designed/owned Wellington boutique Ohtel reviewed
Ataahua, design company, create "must have" coffee sack trilby
Jessica McCormack, jeweller, designs "meticulous" diamond creations
The Farm at Cape Kidnappers makes Travel + Leisure 2008 "It List"
NZ wineries preferable to French and Californian says wine guru
Far North Olive Oil finds its way to US farmers markets
Matt Moss, caterer, in charge of feeding 10,000 athletes, Beijing
Julianne Frith, 21, selected as barista for NZ Olympic team in Beijing

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP

Stephen Jennings, CEO Renaissance Group, "phenomenal story"
Graeme Hart tops NZ rich list surpassing Trump and Branson
James McArthur takes CEO reins at Harrod's reporting to Al Fayed

LITERATURE, ART, FILM, DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER

Janet Frame's 1954 A Night at the Opera features in New Yorker
Janet Frame's novel Towards Another Summer, "numinous", "piercing"
Kiri Te Kanawa "sang and conquered" with the Chicago Symphony
Et al.'s "altruistic studies" at Basel, sparks curiosity about group
Toa Fraser feature Dean Spanley for Toronto Festival premiere
Joy Cowley, "genius of her place" like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Cut Off Your Hands' frontman Nick Johnston "the new Iggy Pop"
Lemi Ponifasio, choreographer, and MAU perform 'Requiem' in NY
Elizabeth Knox's Dreamhunter Duet highly recommended in Canada
Melanie Lynskey to star in Taranaki-based film, Show of Hands
Shane Cotton's latest paintings "perversely beautiful", Art World
BillyApple continues making art, life in 'The Bruce and Denny Show'
Indian Ink Company's "enchanting" Candlestickmaker on in Brisbane
Ladyhawke, indie rocker, 28, likened to Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks
Fat Freddy's Drop latest 9-minute single 'The Camel' "ambitious"
Martin Campbell, director, filming Edge of Darkness, stars De Niro
Ruth Harley appointed CEO of new film agency, Screen Australia
Ken Rea, Guildhall drama teacher, honoured for 30-year contribution
Daniel Crooks, wins $100,000 Australian art prize for 'Static no. 11'
Russell Crowe "mercurial, irreverent" in lipstick on cover of PhotoIcon
Bret McKenzie, actor, enjoys moonlit rollerdiscos and pies in LA
Phoenix Foundation promotes album, Happy Ending in Australia
Rozi Demant, artist, has international debut in US with Lovebirds
Francis Upritchard, Judy Millar, to represent NZ at '09 Venice Biennale
Bill Manhire features on the cover of London literary magazine
Ruby Suns, Auckland pop band, fuses NZ and Californian sounds
New Plymouth's 3-day music festival WOMAD "truly remarkable"
Kerikeri pub setting for romance between US author and foundryman
Sharon Finn's debut exhibition 'The Gilded Cage' opens in Sydney

NATURE

Auckland U marine biologists solve sonorous reef mystery
Firth of Thames mudflats a feeding-ground for flocks of godwits
Tuatara may become all male with global warming patterns
Muttonbird nest reveals salmon tag, 10,170km from US origin
Little Spotted Kiwi moved to the mainland for first time in 100 years

OBITURARIES

Charles Dempsey, champion of NZ soccer's '82 campaign, dies, 86
Brian Purchase, actor, cult reputation for "Dr Who" role, dies, 69

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story whare of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

NEW: NGA KUPU AROHA: BLOG #25 BY DENIS O'REILLY, JULY 2008

"Low Blow": Friends and whanau of friends pass into the long night: Tam Wong Shi, Joe Dread and Paris Magdalinos. A cross-cultural hari-mate at Waiohiki, Jacob Scott and Para Matchitt provide sculptures, Jimmy Baxter and Aeschylus the words. Denis reviews Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori and likes what he hears. Asian apprehension about crime unleashes the fury of the tiger and Mr Low invokes the threat of the Triads. Baroness Vivien Stern claims NZ is creating criminals by redefining problems of poverty as problems of crime. Denis believes we need to forget about tougher sentences and rethink the destination and application of our "justice dollars". Winter solstice means time for planting and maybe some early crops, but like the outcomes of our community action, "ma te wa", we'll wait and see. (3,105 words) Read More

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

Rotterdam, Netherlands, 15 July - 30 November, Matariki Exhibition
Semi-permanent exhibition of Maori and Pacific art at the Groot Handelsgebouw, Rotterdam. Visit www.matariki.nl/News/GHG.php for more info.
United States (Various Locations), 30 August -14 September, Tim Finn
New Zealand music royalty, Tim Finn, plays across the States as a precursor to his latest album 'The Conversation' set for release in October www.myspace.com/timfinnmusic.
New York City, 10 September, Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra
60-strong contingent perform the likes of Strauss, Ravel and Tchaikovsky on their two-week North American Tour. Starts 8pm at The New York Society for Ethical Culture (2 West 64th Street). Email to ayo@xtra.co.nz for more info.
London, 27 September, Toast New Zealand
New Zealand food, wine and beer, with entertainment from Supergroove and OpShop. Tickets £30. Email to info@toastfestivals.co.uk for more info.

Send International Datebook event details to isobel@nzedge.com.
See also http://www.keanewzealand.com/events/index.html.

New Zealanders living overseas have been vastly under-represented as voters in past General Elections – and so our friends at http://www.keanewzealand.com/ have launched a global campaign to encourage them to vote in this year's election.
"It's estimated that half a million of the Kiwis living overseas are eligible to vote," writes Kea co-founder Stephen Tindall. "In the 2005 election, only 28,000 of them voted." Kea's Every Vote Counts campaign is an independent, non-partisan, non-government campaign launched to help redress that imbalance by reaching tens of thousands of eligible voters overseas and encouraging them to enrol and vote.

Any New Zealand citizen who has visited New Zealand in the last three years is eligible to vote – by Kea's stats, that's up to 90% of New Zealanders living overseas. Enrolling and voting is easy. The Every Vote Counts website http://www.everyvotecounts.co.nz/ shows you how to enrol, and has other election information and links to the political parties.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Yum. Martin Bosley Cooks Award-winning Wellington chef and restaurateur Martin Bosley has launched his first book – down-to-earth recipes and stories that reflect Martin's food philosophy of eating fresh, eating what's in season, eating local, that food should please the eye as well as the palate, and that dining is a social event, not just a culinary one. Chapters from Bread to Liquid Assets. Photography by Jane Ussher. NZ$45.00 from www.martin-bosley.com

Gum. Connecting the Clouds by Keith Newman documents the rise of the Internet in New Zealand and looks to the future as it becomes an increasingly vital part of our economic and social infrastructure. "From promising beginnings – New Zealand was the first nation in Asia-Pacific to fully connect to the US-based Internet backbone – we're lead to the question of what went so wrong that a nation of early adopters of technology and the Internet plummeted to the bottom of the OECD scorecard for broadband, research development and technology reinvestment. We look at just why New Zealand has had to re-regulate the telecommunications market and, looking ahead, examine what happens when telecommunications, broadcasting, entertainment and computing converge on a common platform." Writer Keith Newman has conducted over 100 interviews with visionaries and scientists, computer programmers, telecommunications experts, engineers, business leaders and politicians who have played a part in the rise of the Internet and those who will drive it forward into the next wave. 720pp www.nethistory.co.nz

Hum. Rock from the Edge. The story of New Zealand artists and bands from the 50s through to the 80s who made an impact of one kind or another beyond these shores. This is an encyclopedic romp through the cream of our showbands, rock 'n rollers, crooners and soul and pop outfits footing it in Australia, the USA and the UK. Also features jazz, classical and crossover. Also produced by Keith Newman. http://www.wordworx.co.nz/

Best regards from Wellington. Brian Sweeney, Producer, nzedge.com

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101 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 15 July 2008

2008-07-15T09:44:00.003+12:00

Photos: Vincent Ward, Matariki, Shocking Pinks and Janet Wilsmhurst.

New Zealand headlines in our recent sampling of global media appearing in The Star, Independent, Leader-Post, Economist, International Herald Tribune, National Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, National Geographic, CNN Money, Movie Web, Guardian, The Age, Solomon Times, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, South African, ABC, The Malaysian Star and Adelaide Now include:

Vincent Ward's Rain of the Children "more than the film I set out to make"
Matariki and Maori culture conservation discussed on ABC
Shocking Pinks, Auckland pop band, sign four-album deal with NY label
Janet Wilsmhurst, paleoecologist, decides debate about settlement in NZ
NZ scientists to combat stock flatulence, methane emissions with vaccine
Max Merritt of Meteors fame, inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame
James Watson, Ig Nobel prize winner, explains exploding pants
Sir Ed Hillary and Tenzing's '55 ascent honoured with Google logo
Thomas North, 13, spelling champ, competes in Scripps Bee, D.C.
Jerry Collins, "ferocious flanker", retires from New Zealand rugby
Queenstown, backdrop for $2 million corporate teambuilding
Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers earn reputation for golfing luxury
Peter Jackson, Del Toro, chat online with fans about Hobbiton
GNS Science to harness low-temperature geothermal energy under 150°C
Peter Cooper, develops historical land "at the edge of the world"
Auckland trio recruit online to create crowd-produced "OurBrew"
New Zealand first English-speaking nation to ban smacking, EU to follow
Sydney Shep, lecturer, uncovers emoticon pre-history in UK library
Bloomsbury & Co go global selling "trendy chocolate with a conscience"
Kieran Crowley, ex-Taranaki rugby coach, takes on Canadian team
Robbie Deans earns Wallaby praise: "going to be good for Australia"
Jeremy Coney on UK Test Match Special, an "accomplished raconteur"
NZ Film Festival opens in Beijing, includes No.2 and Eagle vs Shark
Peter Marshall sworn in as Acting Police Commissioner in Solomons
Air NZ plan eco test flight fuelled on oil from poisonous jatropha tree
Wellington is "the undisputed cultural centrepiece of New Zealand"
Remuera Primary School teaches classrooms of Korean "wild geese"
Victoria University Malaysian alumni recall the 70s at reunuion in KL
Bevan Docherty, Samantha Warriner placed at world triathelete champs
Auckland number five on 2008 "WorldWide Quality of Living" survey

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story whare of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

NEW: NGA KUPU AROHA: BLOG #24 BY DENIS O'REILLY, JUNE 2008
"Thud and Blunder": Social commentary from Hawke's Bay-based community leader Denis O'Reilly about malaise in Aotearoa; about a nation on edge over a spike in gang violence and series of vicious assaults and murders; about a bankrupt criminal justice system that imprisons Maori men at a rate of 3:1 over other New Zealanders; about a country acting without purpose. Is Australia a better place to be Maori than New Zealand? Ombudsman Mel Smith says our incarceration system - growing faster than GDP - is unsustainable economically and socially. Denis delves into behavioural economics, principles for policy makers, UK conclusions about retributive vs restorative justice, community-building and empowerment. Frontline feedback from Flaxmere's 'Enough is Enough' march, Otatara Pa a "must-do", Matariki feasting and a little whiskey. (7,021 words)
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NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

London, 19 July- 2 August 2008, Pacific Playhouse
Shaky Isles Festival of Aotearoa - a feast of New Zealand and Pacific arts and culture. Tickets from 7 pounds through Ticketweb. www.shakyislestheatre.com
Auckland, 21 July, 6pm, Kevin Roberts at AUT-Idealog Innovation Series
Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide CEO and nzedge.com co-founder at Sky City http://idealog.co.nz/events
Wellington, 22 July, 6.00pm, Ilott Theatre, Town Hall
7X7 The Big Think, New Zealand 08. 7 People, 7 Ideas, 7 Minutes Each. Ideas forum about NZ economic transformation, innovation, export and policy www.7x7.co.nz.
Sydney, 26 July, Sydney Marae Appeal breakfast launch
Fundraising launch to build a marae in Sydney as a centre for Maori of all tribal groupings and peoples. Maori people have been coming to Sydney since the 1780s. With a community of 100,000-plus, Sydney is a major centre of Maori population. Launch on day of All Blacks v Wallabies http://www.bebo.com/sydneymaraeappeal.
Amsterdam, 25 July, 9.30pm, Pitch Black, at Winston Kingdom
Michael Hodgson and Paddy Free have spent the last eleven years rousing dance floors, generating rave reviews, winning awards and gaining thousands of fans across the world. Organic ambient meets thumping rhythmic grooves; visually in another dimension; warmly embraced by England's Big Chill community www.pitchblack.co.nz. Tickets 10 Euro on the door.

Send International Datebook event details to isobel@nzedge.com.
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JULY RECOMMENDATIONS

Photos: Windy City Strugglers' Shine On, Image from Gabrielle McCone's photoblog, Parsons' New Zealand Room and Untitled, 2007 by Reuben Paterson.

Shine On, by the Windy City Strugglers: vintage proletarian blues, jug, country soul; hurt, pain, love and the gift of making music www.smokecds.com/cd/43510.
Gabrielle McCone's beautiful and unexpected photoblog that starts at Karaka Bay Wellington and fans out from there; a daily meditation and random wandering www.gabriellemckone.com.
Parsons' New Zealand Room, Wellesley St/Lorne, Auckland: serious backroom of New Zealand books, showing the deep imagination and quality of New Zealand writers, artists, editors and publishers www.parsons.co.nz.
GowLangsford's new gallery, Lorne St, Auckland: uber-space from contemporary art meisters, showroom for Shane Cotton, Max Gimblett, Sara Hughes, Judy Millar, Reuben Paterson and others www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz.

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100 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 5 June 2008

2008-06-05T17:30:00.003+12:00

Image: Victory Over Death 2, 1970. Courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.

"The Luminary" For our 100^th letter we publish the story of

New Zealand'

s most revered artist who reconceived Aotearoa "as the land of the long black shadow". At every turn, Colin McCahon's uncompromisingly individual works were underpinned by a deeply felt sense of place and a search to find symbols that might represent this sense. His deep introspections about the New Zealand landscape, and its relationship to universal spiritual truths, leached into his abstract. Standing before the canvas, McCahon's needs were binary. "Most of my work has been aimed at relating to an acceptance of the very beautiful and terrible mysteries that we are part of. I only need black and white to say what I have to say. It's a matter of light and dark." Walking on the wild edge of

New Zealand

, Colin McCahon was our "signwriter for God". The story (4,500 words) is by Paul Ward, nzedge.com editor-at-large and author of several of our "Hero" stories including those of Edmund Hillary, Richard Pearse, Janet Frame, Jack Lovelock, and John Britten.

New Zealanders in Global Headlines

Photos: Scott Dixon, Lucy Lawless, Mark Simmons, Andrew Adamson.

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in U.S. News, New York, Telegraph, BBC World Service, Rocky Mountain News, Sunshine Coast Daily, London Time Out, Times Online, Empire, Guardian, National Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Independent, Maxim, Los Angeles Times, Film Stew, PR Week, Deutsche Welle, Reuters and Travel Mail include:

Scott Dixon makes history with first NZ victory at Indianapolis 500

Lucy Lawless performs live at London's Carling Academy

Mark Simmons, contestant in Top Chef, aims to serve NZ cuisine in NY

Andrew Adamson's Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian opens wide

James Flynn, moral philosopher, rethinks intelligence in 21st Century

Bill Phillips' Economic modelling machine still at work in UK

Youngest country, the new focus of Tourism NZ global branding

New Zealand number four on 2008 Global Peace Index of 140 nations

Anna Paquin, one of the world's most beautiful women, Maxim

Emily Perkins, author, comes home to write London novel, About My Wife

Lake Karapiro, Cambridge, home to "strongest rowing squad in the world"

The Great Romance, 1881 sci-fi novella, dusted off in Dunedin

Lance and James Morcan, Tauranga, to make Precious McKenzie film

Robbie Penny, Auckland greensman, arranges on-set nurseries in Narnia

NZ scientists discover "Brittlestar City" on Macquarie Range peak

Christopher Chandler, tycoon, philanthropist, funds $50m business school

The Conchords clone themselves and release "genre-bending" LP in UK

Otago University asthma, obesity study results published in US journal

From Takaka, journo Peter Foster celebrates autumn's long shadows

Escape to NZ, BBC radio doco, interviews with eco-refugees in Wanaka

Matt Reed, world's tallest triathelete, wins place on US Olympic team

Mihirangi, singer, films No War clip on an iceberg in Antarctica

Neil Berkett, Virgin Media CEO, 8 weeks into the job and pragmatic

The Mongrel Mob argue their "warrior" culture in BBC gang documentary

Jacob Oram, "stretch limo version of fast bowlers" ready for UK Tests

NZ's favourite wizard Sir Ian McKellen to reprise Gandalf role in Hobbit

Tame Iti, activist, heads to Europe to star in NZ production, Tempest II

Hector's World, NZ software, teaches London children about cyber-safety

Sir Richard Hadlee "dodged his father's shadow" to bowl own records

NZ dairy farmers profit from worldwide demand in "best year in history"

Napier's Art Deco and artisan produce "still a bit of a secret", SMH

Nick Evans signs with Harlequins, NZRU think contract strategies

Christchurch to cater for Israeli tourists with first kosher restaurant in NZ

Ruby Suns, Brunettes, two of NZ's "top five" bands signing US, UK deals

Queenstown is "Aspen on Acid", "dramatic" and "visually arresting"

Anton Oliver moves to Oxford, UK for "academic rigour and thought"

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000–08.

Best wishes on this 100th letter from New York and New Zealand:
Brian Sweeney, Kevin Roberts – Partners and Carla Hofler, Isobel Kerr-Newell, Paul Ward, Jane Nye – Contributors

99 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 28 May 2008

2008-05-28T13:49:00.000+12:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in The West Australian, Telegraph, Hindustan Times, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Vancouver Sun, Guardian, The Age, Star Bulletin, The Villager, Independent, The New York Times and Honolulu Magazine include:

Colin Murdoch, "one of NZ's most significant inventors" dies, Timaru, 79
Vaka Moana Auckland Museum's "most ambitious" travelling exhibit
Maori self-determination and reliance a model for Canadian analysts
John Botica's mosaic "Tree of Life" one of the world’s top 100
John Clarke and alter-ego Fred Dagg honoured at Logies
NZ invention, spreadable butter, "a gift from a divine providence"
World of Wearable Arts a platform for winning Indian talent
Raglan more than surf, popular too for "Bohemian" arts scene
David Trubridge's "On Thin Ice" panels in San Francisco eco-exhibit
Geoffrey Knight, tenor, sheds leathers for operetta in Australia
New Zealand committed to eco-tourism in competitive market
Annie Goldson's An Island Calling features in Canadian doco festival
Rotorua attracts geocachers, "outdoor treasure-hunters" with GPS
Peter Jackson and Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Del Toro join forces
CER 25th anniversary of "an almost single trans-Tasman market"
Anthony Wilding, tennis champ, toppled as 90-year world record holder
Te Papa defrosts and dissects rare colossal squid live on Web
Thomas Butson "brought journalistic ambition" to NY's Villager
Pokeno inspires alias for ex-Thompson Twin's armchair art
Shane Bond's transfer to ICL's Dehli Giants a "no brainer"
Darcy Lange's films screen in "textured" and "cool" NY exhibit
Prohunt, NZ company, hired in Hawaii to eradicate wild pigs, goats

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photos: Colin Murdoch; Auckland Museum's travelling exhibition Vaka Moana; Maori role models for Canada; Pebble Mosaic by John Botica.

NEW: Nga Kupu Aroha: Blog #23 By Denis O'Reilly, May 2008

A review of good work in South Auckland with previously warring groups; the system's dilemma of how to react to pro-social gang leaders; coping with the tough times when things go wrong (stick to the kaupapa and say your karakia); big inflow of P-related product threatening to wipe out progress of demand reduction strategies overnight; ANZAC has become a day of national unity; Maori and Pakeha seem to get on better when at war than when at peace; Napier Pilot City Trust works on this with Unity Week and builds the Robson Collection as a resource for building communities rather than prisons in a time when our numbers have doubled in 20 years; Governor General Anand Satyanand gives the Robson Lecture on the history of capital punishment and pays respects to community volunteers; a 93rd birthday for Helen Mason.

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

30 May 2008, 8pm, Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam
Electronic 3-piece group Minuit live on stage. Ten pounds on the door.

19 June 2008, 6:30pm, NZ Society Summer Drinks, NZ House, London
NZ wine and canapes on the 18th floor balcony of NZ House. Cash bar, members 10 pounds, non-members 14 pounds, reserve tickets at www.nzsociety.co.uk.

20-23 June 2008, TNT Eternal Summer, NewQuay, England
The first weekender to cater for expats, in caravans and with live music. For further information and bookings go to www.tnteternalsummer.com.

28 June 2008, Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
Crowded House play the Pyramid Stage. Online tickets available at www.seetickets.com.

If you have an upcoming event to add to the New Zealand Edge international datebook please send details to isobel@nzedge.com.

Best regards from London. Brian Sweeney, Producer, nzedge.com

98 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 13 May 2008

2008-05-13T08:56:00.007+12:00

Greetings. We are pleased to record our 10 millionth pageview since inception. Ka pai.

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Guardian, Forbes Traveler, Telegraph, Time, Herald Sun, Business Week, PR Week, ABC News, Fiji Times, San Francisco Gate, Earth Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Vancouver Sun, Los Angeles Times, CBS News and The Daily Telegraph include:

Sir Geoffrey Cox, journalist and News at Ten founder, dies, aged 91
Ta moko a "solemn declaration of Maori identity and dignity"
Rachel Hunter the face, and figure, of US weight-loss brand Sure Slim
Phil Keoghan dons a kilt and golfs across Scotland in CBS challenge
NZ world's first developed country to sign free trade deal with China
Anna Fitzpatrick, model ambassador for Australian Alopecia Foundation
Kiri te Kanawa performs on North American summer festival circuit
Sir Edmund Hillary honoured by Queen at St George's Chapel
NZ digger to accompany Australian statue on Anzac Bridge, Sydney
Kate Watson, Wahine survivor, saddened at news of her hero's death
NZ's sexiest beaches rated "sizzling" in Forbes Traveler article
Anna Paquin smitten with a vampire in new HBO series, True Blood
Steve Williams, caddy, "willing to do whatever it took to be the best"
Gorilla Pictures, film company's zombie flick attracts LA interest
Marlborough Sauvignon challenged by winemakers' Pinot excitement
Aquaflow Bionomic Corp, harvesting wild algae, making biofuel
Fraser Colman, politician, remembered for Mururoa frigate protest, dies
Treetops Lodge, Waiheke and Dine "top-notch", Vancouver Sun
Kate Sylvester one of 13 NZ designers at Australian Fashion Week

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photos: Geoffrey Cox, Ta moko, Rachel Hunter, Phil Keoghan.

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

15 May 2008, Ruatepupuke II wharenui, Field Museum, Chicago
NZ and Chicago artists initiate 2009 exhibition "Close Encounters" at a 3-day hui. For more information contact Bruce Phillips bruceephillips@gmail.com
16 May 2008, 8pm, The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
Auckland indie band Cut off your Hands performs at Europe's newest music festival. Three-day tickets 45 pounds. Book at http://www.escapegreat.com/
18 May 2008, 6-9pm, Opening of Essenze showroom, Brooklyn, New York
New Zealand-inspired design: “The edge of the world meets the edge of Manhattan”. rsvpbrooklyn@essenze.co.nz or see http://www.essenze.co.nz/
25 May 2008, 3pm, “Classic All Blacks” vs Leicester Tigers, Welford Road, Leicester
Featuring Marshall, Mehrtens, Gear, Hayman, Howlett, Spencer, Reihana, Oliver, Holah, Tuitupou, Flavell and others more. Tickets from 13 pounds, Tel 08701 28 34 30.
1 June 2008, 2.30pm, Gala Recital, Elder Hall, Adelaide
Bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu performs with UK pianist Malcolm Martineau. Premium tickets $60 / Adults $30. Book at http://www.bass.net.au/
23 June 2008, NZ Cricket Team Luncheon, Oval Cricket Ground, London
Dinner and champagne with the national team. Premier package 1490 pounds / Standard package 99 pounds. Email Mark Hudson mark@nationalsportingclub.co.uk

If you have an upcoming event to add to the New Zealand Edge international datebook please send details to isobel@nzedge.com.

Best regards from London. Brian Sweeney, Producer, nzedge.com

97 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 16 April 2008

2008-04-16T12:24:00.011+12:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in International Herald Tribune, Artforum, Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Age, Guardian, Anchorage Daily News, The New York Times, Macau Daily Times, Policy, Independent, The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, Sydney Morning Herald, San Francisco Gate, Marie Claire Maison, Los Angeles Times, CNN Money and The Aspen Times include:

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

NZ design has sinuous edge in 15-page Marie Claire Maison spread
Black Grace performs "valid and important" NZ stories in Aspen
Phil Rennie, policy analyst, discusses NZ/Australian income gap
Motatapu Track across singer Shania Twain's land opens, Otago
South Island a thrillseeker's training ground for South Pole race
NZ Tunnelling Company's WW2 labyrinth opens as museum, Arras
Cal Wilson performs in Axed! at Melbourne Comedy Festival
Katherine Mansfield stories adapted by Toronto theatre company
Rhys Darby, Conchord's "manager", tours Auckland with Guardian
Jeremiah Trueman, Seawolves basketballer, chants haka in Alaska
Out of the Blue, Duncan Sarkie's film, "astonishing" London
Jeremy Nelson, choreographer, NY show Sail NZ inspired
Te Vaka, 11-piece band, takes South Pacific sounds to Macau
Misery, Illicit artist, in LA group exhibition Anything Could Happen
NZ scientists discover unknown sea creatures on Ross Sea voyage
Liam Finn's "unique and special" US tour mesmerises critics
Margot Henderson, caterer, creates feasts for European chic
Dean Wareham's rock n' roll memoir Black Postcards released, NYC
Merv Wallace, batsman, with "extraordinary natural ability", dies, 91
Royal NZ Ballet, takes contemporary triple-bill Red to Sydney
Stephen Fleming retires from Black Caps with standing ovation
Mt Cook National Park to host legendary 2008 World Heli challenge
George Nuku has first UK solo exhibition at Captain Cook Museum
Richard Taylor's children's show Jane and the Dragon airs on NBC
Jessica Rose, ex-lonelygirl15, returns to Web-only-TV in Blood Cell
Katchafire, Hamilton reggae group, spread "Aotearoa roots" in US
Robin Maconie, composer, defends Karlheinz Stockhausen
Hayden Godfrey, cyclist, wins men's 5-event omnium, Manchester
Lockwood Homes taking on luxury housing market in India
Mike Moore hired by Russian billionaire to chair Altimo Foundation
Cape Kidnappers a Wall St mogul's "wonderful" golf course dream

Photos: Corian tiki by artist Rangi Kipa (Marie Claire); Black Grace Dance company; Policy Review.

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

17 April 2008, 7-10pm, The Liquid Room, Edinburgh
Shapeshifter - live drum n' bass. Tickets 12.50 pounds on the door. (Spacific)
25 April-28 June 2008, The Forbes Galleries, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York
National Jewelry Institute Designer Showcase 2008. Work by Auckland artist goldsmith Christine Hafermalz-Wheeler.
30 April 2008, 6pm-8pm, Moku Boutique, Sydney
Celebrate NZ fashion at Moku Boutique. NZ ready-to-wear pieces with wine and bar snacks. Tickets $35 from kathryn@keanewzealand.com (KEA)

If you have an upcoming event to add to the New Zealand Edge international datebook please send details to isobel@nzedge.com.

Best regards from New York City. Brian Sweeney, Producer, nzedge.com

96 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 10 April 2008

2008-04-09T14:50:00.006+12:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in The New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, Science Daily, Santa Fe Reporter, Evening Standard, Prospect, Dexigner, The Independent, Earth Times, LA City Beat, World Screen, What's On Stage and ArtSlant New York include:

NZ software company Massive plan venture into robotics

Hye Rim Lee, artist, Crystal City "challenges conventions" in NY

Sir Keith Park deserves bronze recognition for Battle of Britain

Die! Die! Die!, Dunedin indie band promote Promises in US

Robert Wade, economist and professor, argues global finance

Mark Brown, golfer, wins Johnny Walker Classic in India

Teddy Tahu Rhodes' "notable" and "robust" debut at Met

Rare Maud Island frogs discovered at Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

Stephen Smith, designer, wins London career with "Arctic Skin"

Adam Hall, paralympian skier, slaloms for gold in Colorado

Lincoln University doctor lectures Irish on better sheep farming

Farewell Spit's windy sand dunes explored in all-terrain buses

Peter Snell reflects upon age, Auckland and Arthur Lydiard

Nick Lowe, entrepreneur, aims for $1million on YouTube

Roger Donaldson's latest film Bank Job is "solid entertainment"

Wellington to host 2009 typography symposium, TypeShed11

Neil Berkett takes on permanent role as CEO at Virgin Media

Alan Dale leaves Ugly Betty for debut in West End's Spamalot

Gibson Group's made-for-mobile My Story bought by French

Christchurch turns off its lights for climate change in Earth Hour

North Island Brown Kiwi hatched at DC's Smithsonian Zoo

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photos: Prototype robot by Massive Software company, Hye Rim Lee's Crystal City and Battle of Britain war hero Sir Keith Park.

NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK

3 April 2008, 7pm, Royal Geographical Society, London
The Himalayan Trust UK presents a charity evening tribute to Sir Ed. Illustrated talk from Peter Hillary Growing up with Ed and a showing of Michael Dillon's Beyond Everest. Tickets 15 pounds through Tony Astill 0238 029 3767, astill.tony@gmail.com or on the door from 6pm.

5 April 2008, 2pm – 6pm, University of London
Fundraiser afternoon of music, readings and an auction hosted by Stella Duffy. Email ian@ianconrich.co.uk for tickets, 15 pounds. (KEA)

9 April 2008, 8pm, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow

The Brunettes live - Boy/girl melodrama pop. Tickets 8 pounds on the door. (Spacific)

16 April 2008, 7pm – 11pm, The Sugar Club, Dublin
Wellington's favourite soul diva Hollie Smith continues her UK Tour. Tickets 15 Euros on the door. (Spacific)

25 April 2008 – 27 April 2008, New York
Anzac Day dawn service in the Anzac Memorial Garden, Rockefeller Centre, 6.00am, 25 April. Commemorative Service at the Church of Transfiguration, 2.30pm, 27 April. RSVP to (212) 351-6550. (KEA)

If you have an upcoming event to add to the New Zealand Edge international datebook please send details to isobel@nzedge.com.

Best regards from New York City. Brian Sweeney, Producer, nzedge.com

95 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 19 March 2008

2008-03-19T11:11:00.012+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in BBC, Variety, Empire, Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, Playbill, Newsday, National Geographic, The Age, The West Australian, Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Statesman Journal and Yachting Monthly include:

• Liam Finn tours US with Eddie Vedder, interviewed by Letterman
• Porirua's Pataka exhibits Native American Crow's Shadows
• Cooper, Walker, Icebreaker, changing world view of NZ fashion
• Et al's altruistic studies at international exhibition, Art Basel 39
• Paul Whelan, an impromptu Raimundo, "electric" in London
• Barry Barclay dies, 63, Rawene, artist laureate and Ngati director
• Keisha Castle-Hughes begins role as Celeste in Vintner's Luck
• New Zealand vineyards predict prosperity from global warming
• Teddy Tahu Rhodes vies for Bianca's affections at DC Opera
• NZs West Coast, "unspoiled" at the Rough and Tumble Lodge
• Paul Middleditch, ad-director, high-profile with Pepsi at Super Bowl
• Richard Evans, Sydney Opera House CEO, faces renovations
• Chatham Island bird fossils discovered, 65 million years old
• Bill Manhire in Adelaide charting the "unmapped space"
• NZ property entices British developers for a quick sale
• Martin Ball's Finn portrait wins Archibald Packing Room prize
• Godwits flock to NZ from Alaska in six days, passage studied
• Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of 50 crime writers to read, Guardian
• Abel Tasman sea-kayaking, "definitely not short on assets"
• NZ whaler, the Essex, sunk 1819, to feature in BBC doco

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media/, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photos: Liam Finn on tour with Eddie Vedder, Image from Crow's Shadows on show at Pataka Museum, "Plant It Hoodster" from Icebreaker clothing 2008 collection.

NEW: Nga Kupu Aroha: Blog #21 By Denis O'Reilly, March 2008

Denis notes the cycle of life as he gathers together the memories of those who have recently passed, Sir Ed Hillary, Hone Tuwhare, Shirley Smith, Del Adams, Ben Dalton Snr. Then its on to life in Aotearoa New Zealand with the Waitangi Day furore over gangs on marae, Shane Jones badmouthing Josh Masters of the Tribesmen and Killer Beez, and the Government's get tough on graffiti intentions means it must be election time. Musical notes around Warren Maxwell, Don McGlashan and the Ragamuffin festival; and grave concerns over body snatching "a new twist on the consequences of miscegany". Read on.

Photos: Sir Edmund Hillary, Shirley Smith, Hone Tuwhare and Del Adams.

94 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines February 28

2008-02-28T14:00:00.012+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in The Independent, The Age, Earth Times, Variety, The Washington Times, The Telegraph, International Herald Tribune, Wanderlust, Financial Times, The Murfreesboro Post, Daily Mail, The Economic Times, Men's Vogue, Guardian, BBC and The New York Times include:

• Flight of the Conchords, Best Comedy Grammy for Distant Future
• Going as far as I can, provocative NZ anti-travel book "charming"
• No Fins, Freediver William Trubridge to attempt new world record
• Sir Ed honoured, Nepal's newly-named Tenzing-Hillary airport
• Anne Noble's Ruby's Room begins European tour, Quai Branly
• Pietra Brettkelly, Sundance Award for "enigmatic" Art Star
• Christchurch International Airport certified as carbon neutral
• Ian Conrich, academic, awarded "NZer of the Year in the UK"
• Maori moko images on show at Peabody Essex Museum
• Seachange hopes for NZ first at Royal Ascot horse races
• Top Country award for NZ in Wanderlust readers' poll
• Read Gainsford, pianist, performs for students in Tennessee
• Christchurch, "Happy mix" of past and future, Financial Times
• Graham Percy, "cerebral" children's book illustrator, dies, 69
• Valerie Reid's doco, Sand Dancer, appeals to Festival goers
• NZ Crop & Food Institute develop gene-silencing, "no tears" onion
• Culinary tour of NZ cuisine from Wellington to Arthur's Pass
• Christopher Liddell, Microsoft CFO's Yahoo challenge
• Mark Adams exhibits Tatau: Samoan Tattooing in Ontario
• NZ dialect 5-year linguistics study of origin concluded
• Alan Gibbs commissions NY video artist Tony Oursler
• NZ scenery favours romance, drawcard for Indian tourists
• Brad Knewstubb, designer, awarded red dot for "Hydra" turbine
• John Minto turns down South African government nomination
• Rob Thomson, Canterbury, 26, boards for Guinness Record
• Shigeyuki Kihara's photographic works acquired by NY's Met
• Black Jacks top medal table at World Bowls Champs, Burnside

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photos: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins by Pietra Brettkelly, Ruby's Room by Anne Noble and portrait of Piri Iti by Hans Neleman, exhibited at Massachusetts Peabody Essex Museum.

93 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines February 7

2008-02-07T17:51:00.001+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in New York Times, Times, Wall St Journal, BBC, Guardian, Financial Times, The Age, ABC News, Monocle, Tatler, St George Leader, NDTV India and New Eurasia include:

Janet Frame’s “rare state of freedom” recalled by Jane Campion
Poet Hone Tuwhare (No Ordinary Sun) dies, Dunedin, 86
Blenheim’s Aquaflow Bionomic proposes global fuel solution
Tauranga transforms from Pleasantville to gutsy export tiger
Alexander Vineyard, Martinborough, taps Kazakhstan
Paige Hareb, Taranaki teen, surfs into Billabong World Pro final
Outram Paralympian ski racer Adam Hall wins US Huntsman Cup
GG Anand Satyanand on commitment to overcome race disparities
Kate Dewes appointed to UN Advisory Board on Disarmament
Daisy Wilkie, Te Rauparaha kin, sits for Archibald Prize portrait
Matakana Village gets global rep as gourmand’s delight
NZ luxury lodges and “flashpacks” make best-in-world lists
Brendan MacFarlane's remake of 13th arrondissement in Paris
Black Beauty driver Jonny Reid wins A1 Grand Prix in Taupo
Te Haumi Maxwell, 13, “best prospect since Ian Thorpe”
Liam Finn’s solo debut, I’ll Be Lightning “spare, melodic” – WSJ
Jonny Reid races Boeing 777 for A1 Grand Prix stunt: draw

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photos: ski racer Adam Hall, swimmer Te Haumi Maxwell, and Kerry Fox as Janet Frame in Jane Campion’s Angel at My Table.

My thanks to Clare Marshall who has edited the newzedge pages of nzedge.com since 2002. She has tracked and filed about 4,000 stories about the international achievements of New Zealanders. A great contribution to a unique resource. Clare commences as an editor with Melbourne University Publishing. Our best wishes. Brian Sweeney

92 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines January 17

2008-01-17T18:04:00.001+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in New York Times, Times, Guardian, BBC, Financial Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Toronto Star, Tehran Times, Telegraph and Entertainment Weekly, include:

Kate Webb, war correspondent, and her edgy story in NY Times
Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, leader, dies, Auckland (88)
Greater Escaper Mick Shand RAF pilot, dies, Masterton (92)
Edwin Marr receives highest honor for China’s broadcasting role
Brendon McCullum 80 off 28 balls for Black Caps in record smash
Beautiful-bio-speed-boat Earthrace for second race around world
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh secure rights, will produce The Hobbitt
Hayley Westenra’s Pure greatest recent classical record in UK
Rhys Darby, international comedian, named in Guardian awards
Operation Nest Egg to hatch 1000th kiwi chick egg in early 08
NZ private schools outperform UK, US – “best value on planet”
Richard Hayes, Te Anau helicopter pilot, Aeronautique award
TranzAlpine Christchurch-Greymouth world top 10 train journey
AirNZ serves 850k bottles NZ wine pa to international travelers
Gates, Nicholson, Theron, Depp reported holidaying in North

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-08.

Photo of Kate Webb: UPI/Bettmann/Corbis via New York Times. Gracias.

Ed Hillary 1919-2008

2008-01-13T15:28:00.000+13:00

BY KEVIN ROBERTS. On January 11 a great New Zealander passed away. Sir Edmund Hillary died at the age of 88 having never recovered from a fall he took in Nepal 8 months ago.

Ed lived up the road from me. (Only in New Zealand heroes/icons live “up the road”.) I got to know him 10 years ago when we were writing our first book on Peak Performance. We talked to Ed for hours and got lots of private footage of him talking about his experiences, his attitude, his beliefs. We use these to this day as the core of our Peak Performance Inspirational Leadership Program. Ed wrote the foreword to the book.

He then helped us enormously when Toyota took a Rav 4 to Everest and we shot commercials and a documentary around that. Ed was the voice.

I asked him what were his first thoughts on summiting Everest. He told me, “Well, firstly I was buggered but then as I caught my breath and saw that other great mountain right next to me. I could see right there that there was a new way to the Summit. No one had ever climbed it that way but from Everest I could see my next challenge right there.”

That’s what Peak Performance is all about. Getting to the top and then finding the next challenge. On challenges, Ed told me that a challenge wasn’t a challenge if you actually thought you could achieve it. What was the point fooling yourself with challenges that were in reach. The only fun was to constantly go after something that seemed unattainable. A true Nothing is Impossible spirit.

Ed conquered Everest in 1953 and was immediately knighted. I asked him what the impact of a knighthood was to “a pretty average New Zealander.” He said, “I use to walk around Papakura in my tattered overalls and the seat out of my pants. But that’s gone forever now. I’ll have to buy a new pair of overalls.”

Once over a bottle of wine and an early dinner I asked Ed about all the debate about whether Mallory had indeed conquered Everest many years before. (There was great excitement when his old Kodak Brownie was finally discovered and everyone was looking for proof. As it turned out the film was spoiled and there was no proof one way or the other.) Ed, in his typically laid back way, said to me “I’ve never thought it was getting to the top that counted. It’s getting back down that matters.”

A couple of years ago I was very honored to accompany Princess Anne on a special trip to Antarctica for three days to visit Shackleton’s huts and track his great adventure. I talked to Ed about this as, of course, he was also another Antarctica hero. He told me he was determined to make one last visit. He did in January 2007. Mission accomplished.

Ed was the greatest of New Zealanders.

Heaven will be a better place today.

Link to New York Times obituary.
Picture of Hillary, 1953, permission of Royal Geographical Society, London.

91 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines December 21

2007-12-19T22:14:00.001+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in New York Times, BBC, CNN, Guardian, Telegraph, Observer, Variety, Citizen-Times, news.com.au, Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Salt Lake City Tribune, Sunshine Coast Daily, Orange County Register, Herald Sun include:

Haka in Utah via Dave Atkinson (Kaeo) for Marae Cttee NZ-US Soc
Henry whistles ref for RFU exit, back as ABs coach, Deans to OZ
Splash with splatter: NZ horror films entry genre for first directors
NZ War Memorial in Hyde Park wins UK communications award
NZ Police uses wiki for global input to update of 1958 Police Act
CanterburyU’s Annie Potts on vegan-to-vegan love: cruelty-free
NZ-Melbourne Cantonese Seamstress wins critics, diners
Book charts tumultuous Earthrace bio-fuelled speedboat journey
North Carolina realist Robert Johnson paints NZ’s edge evolution
Australian travel guide tips Aotearoa’s top 30 lake experiences
NZ voted world’s best holiday in Telegraph: 300k UK visitors
Pro surfer Dave Rastovich in protest over Japan’s dolphin killings
Wellington student Landen Hale-Brown lead role in OZ Billy Elliot
Climate change key issue on Clark-Rudd inaugural PM meet
John Daniell’s French pro-rugby book “a gem off the beaten track”
Balclutha-born Dean Tahana crowned Australia’s sexiest man (px)
Peter Gordon shreds “food miles myth” on UK TV, backs NZ food
Auckland feted for “stunning natural setting”, wineries, architecture
Kohanga reo centres triples fluent Maori speakers; hailed worldwide
09 NZ Winter Games prop’d for elite PacRim athletes pre-Olympics
Beckham heaven: LA Galaxy, Wellington Phoenix charm Capital
Bob Charles’ adrenalin flows on M.Hill’s Q’town NZ Open course
Jesse James film “classic Americana” from Andrew Dominik
Neil Finn “Lennonish” at sellout UK concerts: “big, warm and tingly”
Dave Henderson turns IRD nemises into luxe-modern hotel SO
NYNZ psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson on cats vs birds rights debate
Pietra Brettkelly at Sundance for Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

90 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines December 7

2007-12-07T17:30:00.001+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in The New York Times, The Times, Globe & Mail, Salon, Guardian, The Age, Monocle, Undercover, China View, Telegram, BBC News, Canberra Times, Times of India and The Observer include:

Wellington’s Ponoko pioneer virtual personalized manufacturing
Rotorua microbiologists reveal methane-buster from Hells Gate
New 50 Facts That Should Change the World from Jessica Williams
Nurse Lisa French Blaker writes Heart of Darfur from Sudan
NZ “wine producing country of the year” – Observer’s Tim Atkin
OtagoU scientists patent squid gel to reduce surgical scarring
BEE (Beauty Engineered for Ever) cleaning products make Monocle
Carbon-neutral Arthur’s Pass Wilderness Lodge gets Times aok
Guardian has “thrillingly wild, jaw-dropping” tour of NZ back country
Lloyd Jones talks up raging character of Wellington wind in Times
Digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy Conchords score in Capital
Auckland artist Dane Mitchell selected for Miami’s Art Basel 2008
Peter Boggs compared to Edward Hopper in Canberra exhibition
Chills, “set apart by geography,” in Guardian’s greatest music acts
B+W photographer Stefanie Young in Chelsea NYC show
Baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes shows character range in OZ Opera
Lauren McKee and Wynne Pirini reinvent Tshirts in Vancouver
Windsurfer Barbara Kendall earns fifth Olympic Games spot
Buck Shelford scores 15th in Times’ list of sport’s worst injuries
All Black and NZ Maori legend Pat Walsh dies, Auckland, 71

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

Photos clockwise from top left of Dane Mitchell at Miami's Art Basel, Ponoko pioneers David ten Have and Derek Ellery in the NY Times, BEE cleaning products, Dafur nurse Lisa French Blaker, patent squid gel and baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes.

89 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines November 18

2007-11-19T19:24:00.001+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in The Times, New York Times, Reuters, The Observer, SFGate.com, Daily Telegraph, Open Democracy, Lonely Planet, Undercover, London.net, include:

SurfAid wins global Humanitarian Award for Mentawai Islands work
Stephen Chan charts hubris of Mugabe in Auckland Uni lectures
Anne Geddes sells 20m books worldwide, new autobio published
Split Enz for NZ tour March 08, new album One Out Of The Bag
NZ fifth in world for gender equality - World Economic Forum
Speight's Ale House sails Dunedin-London in 75-day passage
NZ-bred horses make clean sweep of Melbourne Racing Carnival
Pinot Gris hailed in San Francisco as our new sauvignon blanc
Whakatane reggae band Kora in sell-out Camden London show
NZ String Quartet on 8 city US East Coast tour, Bach to Harris
Julian Robertson adds Cape Kidnappers Lodge to luxe portfolio
Six NZ tourist attractions in Lonely Planet Bluelist, incl White Island

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

Photo of SurfAid International founder, New Zealander Dr Dave Jenkins, with Mentawai Islanders.

88 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines November 9

2007-11-09T11:38:00.001+13:00

New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in the New York Times, Reuters, Chicago SunTimes, The Telegraph, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Age, earthtimes, 365 gay, AdWeek, Wallpaper and Conde Nast Traveller, include:

Max Gimblett for Guggenheim show on American art and the East
Peter Dengate Thrush to chair Internet’s chief governing body
NZ’s white aromatic varietals to rival sauvignon blanc - Telegraph
Global mobile marketing hotshop The Hyperfactory wins investors
Neil Berkett tipped as new CEO of UK’s Virgin Media
Self-governance vote by Tokelaus falls just short, to stay NZ colony
Civil unions in NZ reach the 1000 mark, “a comprehensive success”
Dutch academic on impact of Once Were Warriors on NZ culture
Researcher Chris Wheeler denounces artificial sweetener aspartame
1963 Janet Frame novella Towards Another Summer published
Aramoana massacre Out of the Blue debuts NY-“deep and moving”
Dominic Bowden fronts Fox reality series Next Great American Band
Tarantino muse Zoe Bell wins Lost role, MTV projects upcoming
Pre-sales for Niki Caro’s film of Elizabeth Knox’s The Vintner’s Luck
NZ-born director Andrew Dominick “a genius” for Jesse James
Six NZ ceramic artists exhibit at Craft Victoria festival in Melbourne
Annabel Alpers’ Bachelorette “beautifully odd, inter-planetary pop”
Mike Twist juggling up a storm at the Tokyo Bay Hilton
Bay of Islands “most beautiful place on earth” - Conde Nast Traveler
Relaxing Rotorua replicated in booming Nanjing housing compound
Auckland young but arrogant with huge potential – Wallpaper Guide

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

Image of Max Gimblett by Frederic Brenner; detail of Pohutukawa, 2007, 60" diameter, gesso, acrylic and vinyl polymer, epoxy, palladium leaf / canvas. http://www.maxgimblett.com/