89 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines November 18

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

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/