111 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 2 July 2009

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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"

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110 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 24 June 2009

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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

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109 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 10 June 2009

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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

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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.

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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.

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Here are the Top 10 titles for May:

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

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108 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 3 June 2009

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

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107 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 28 May 2009

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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

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106 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 12 May 2009

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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

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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.

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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/

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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/

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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.

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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

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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Top picture: South Taranaki Bight. Flying North.

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