Friday, 18 September 2009

118 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 18 Sep 2009



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

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Pictured: Martin Henderson, Lizzie Gillett, Adam Turnbull and David Melling, Josh Emett, Kris Bright

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in BBC, Wine Spectator, Daily Mail, Guardian, Economist, Billboard, AdFreak, Hollywood Reporter, Big League, Condé Nast, China Daily and Telegraph include:

Martin Henderson, 34, Battle in Seattle star, signs six-figure ABC deal
Lizzie Gillett, 31, “ran a crew of 105 in 6 countries for 2 years”
Turnbull & Melling, 23, cross Cook Strait in floating Toyota Van
Josh Emett, 36, Ramsay’s right-hand-man, stars in Chef de Cuisine
Kris Bright, 22, striker, signs with Shrewsbury; likened to Ole Gunnar
New Zealand runner-up best destination on the planet
Air New Zealand asks Twits for comment on Grab-a-seat campaign
New Zealand wine industry for sale; foreign ownership over 45%
Grant Ryan’s YikeBike “collision between mantis and child’s scooter”
Mark Baldwin, Rambert artistic director, inspired by Darwin and birds
R. Bank, “first to pass hard-and-fast rules for liquidity since crisis”
Danielle Miller, Warriors cheergirl, voted no. 1 in the NRL
Midnight Youth, Ladyhawke nominated in upcoming NZ Music Awards
Short-haired bumble bee queens in NZ help reintroduce insect in UK



NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept 25, 6pm, Len Lye Book Launch, Govett-Brewster
Director Rhana Devenport and the team at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery celebrate the launch of Len Lye, the most comprehensive presentation of Lye’s art to date. Co-edited by Govett-Brewster Len Lye Curator Tyler Cann and critic and poet Professor Wystan Curnow, Len Lye throws fresh light on the inventive vitality of one of our most celebrated artists. Visit Govett-Brewster website for further details.

Artistic Director Mary-Jane O’Reilly choreographs an entire festival of dance across several Auckland venues featuring contemporary showcases, hip hop and urban dance, film, studio open days, late night burlesque, student productions, and workshops. Presentations by Footnote and Royal New Zealand Ballet. Personal highlights include the launch of the book Black Milk, a collaboration between choreographer Douglas Wright, photographer John Savage and publisher Craig Potton based on Wright’s acclaimed 2006 dance-theatre work (pictured); honoring the career of Limbs’ foundation dancer Debra McCulloch; and the late night performances by four stunning veteran performers Marieke Marygold, MJ O'Reilly, Lyne Pringle and the always extraordinary Kilda Northcott. http://www.tempo.co.nz/



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 image, cloud formations above Raumati South; above, Gibbston Valley, Queenstown. More pictures at http://www.paradiseroad.com/. Fern symbol via http://www.nzflag.com/.



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Saturday, 12 September 2009

117 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 12 Sep 2009



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

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Pictured: Lynda and Jools Topp, Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Mahe Drysdale, Tall Blacks' Lindsay Tait and Kirk Penney, Zöe Bell

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Nylon, Toronto Star, USA Today, BBC News, Financial Director, Financial Times, Examiner.com, Guardian, Times Online, Philippine Star, Vogue Australia, Daily Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Telegraph, Nhân Dân and Wall Street Journal include:

Topp Twins, singers, yodelers, Untouchable Girls film plays at TIFF
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, poet of Sth Pacific complexities, dies, 84*
Mahe Drysdale, 31, unbeatable in Poland; 4th single-skulls title
Tall Blacks thump Boomers 100–78; earn spot at World Champs
Zöe Bell, “stuntmaster turned actor of the moment” in Angel of Death
Fonterra’s vast areas of clean grass; clear competitive advantage
Meridian Energy buy US solar facility to explore potential in NZ
Emirates Team NZ “back to their best” winning back-to-back regattas
New Zealand wine, favourite for Australians; exports up by 31%
Rob McCallum, veteran explorer, leads search for Amundsen’s plane
Kevin Hayes, London-based Man Group’s FD and hedge fund maestro
Jan Nye, development advisor, Dili, 59, cycles inaugural Tour de Timor
Anna Paquin, who “has an Oscar and a cool accent”, talks to Nylon
Judy Millar, artist, “at home where the world ceases to exist”
Uni of Otago study shows boys perform best in single-sex schools
Neil Finn, Liam, Elroy, brother Tim, Wilco create album of “real gems”
Jane Campion’s The Piano, “a seminal moment in Australian cinema”
Mark Blumsky, former mayor, on Slippers: Service and Selling
Kiri Te Kanawa no “elitist”; opera sung by“ordinary” people
Ian Yeoman, travel futurologist, predicts robot service, space tourism
Dave Murray one of four NZers in grueling 1000km Mongol Derby
Rachel Reid, 17, wins US scholarship, and time to be with ill sister
Jossi Wells, 19, skier, silver at Winter Games, “big news overseas”
James Kember, ambassador to Vietnam, earns medal for friendship
Shane Bond, 34, back to international cricket after two-year hiatus

* In Wellington Alistair Campbell associated with a rebellious set of young writers who became known as the Wellington Group and published his first book of poetry, Mine Eyes Dazzle (1950), which was hailed by the New Zealand poet James K Baxter as "one of the defining events of recent New Zealand poetry". Its greatest poem, Elegy, memorialises a friend killed in a mountaineering accident: "The shattered cliff's sheer/ Face spurts myriads/ Of waterfalls, like tears/ From some deep-bowed head/ Whose colossal grief is stone." (Guardian)





Here are the Top 10 titles for August:

  1. Flare – A Ski Trip, NFU short film 1977 – Snow 'ski ballet'
  2. A Haunting We Will Go, TV 1980 – Enter Count Homognized
  3. Revolution – Fortress NZ, doco 1996 – 80s economic reforms
  4. Trio At The Top, doco 2001 – McLaren, Hulme and Amon
  5. Play School, TV series 1975–1990 – Preschooler's programme
  6. Top Town, TV series 1977– Town against town, TV Gold
  7. Billy T James – Live, TV 1990 – Swansong for non-pc comedian
  8. Ten Guitars, doco 1996 – Roots of "national anthem of Patea"
  9. It's In The Bag, TV Series 1973–1990 – Popular TV quiz show
  10. Patu!, feature film 1983 – Doco about 1981 Springbok tour



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 image and above: Raumati South. More pictures at http://www.paradiseroad.com/. Fern symbol via http://www.nzflag.com/.



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Wednesday, 2 September 2009

116 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 2 Sep 2009



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

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Pictured: Jemaine Clement, surfers at Piha, Neil Finn, Black Ferns, Chad Taylor

NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Rolling Stone, National Geographic, Times Online, Bust, Globe and Mail, Dexinger, ABC News, The Weekly Times, The Argus, Brisbane Times, BBC News, Phnom Penh Post, Fox News, The New York Times, The Toronto Star, Guardian, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald include:

Jemaine Clement, Conchord, Bust’s favourite cleft-chinned comedian
Piha beach secures 2010 Quiksilver World Junior Surfing champs
Neil Finn join Wilco, Radiohead on The Sun Came Out for Oxfam
Black Ferns, to play November double-header with ABs, Twickenham
Chad Taylor, writer, pens new book The Church of John Coltrane
Christopher Banks’ 13min Teddy first NZ film to screen at Iris Festival
Rob Hamill, Olympic rower, confronts brother’s murderer at KR trial
New Zealanders vote ‘No’ in smacking debate; “law is working”, Key
New Zealand and Australia; “alot of differences”, union not the answer
Badtown, West Auckland punks, sell possessions for Brighton tour
Coronet Peak, perfect piste for international Winter Olympic training
Jeremy Clarke, NJ-based chopper pilot dies, 32, “skilled, professional”
Lloyd Watkin’s Tirau farm, a “peaceful middle of nowhere”
Fat Freddy's Drop, Dr Boondigga album, “infectious loping grooves”
New Zealand to Australia flights soon as cheap as domestic
Omar Slaimankhel, Afghan, now Warrior, signs 2-year NRL contract
New Zealand type exhibit tells stories in “our own local accents”
Short-tailed bat, endangered walker, evolved from Australian relatives
Andrew Adamson, director, to take helm on adaptation of Mister Pip
New Zealand earthquakes triggered by deep water beneath plates
Napier’s Art Deco Weekend, the city’s “expression of pride, identity”
Sidhe Interactive, Welly gamesters, launch Playstation game Shatter
Michael King, Toronto impresario, renowned for charm, accent
Rhys Darby, comedian, takes Park Ranger, UFOlogist to Edinburgh
Sam Neill, actor, plays ruthless railroad baron in mini-series Iron Road
David Short, Fielding farmer, invents portable shearing handpiece
Harold the Giraffe, mascot, first NZer and giraffe to go to space



If New Zealand is at the edge of the world, then there is no place geographically ‘edgier’ than the province of Southland (Murihiku). Radio and television broadcaster Marcus Lush presents a very personal offering on the grit, charm, and heart that makes up the fabric of the Southern region, in a new seven-part series South, screening 7pm Sundays on TV One. The jaw-dropping scenery is the obvious star of the show but its inhabitants also play a lead role. Characters such as pioneering aviator Herbet Pither, and Peanut, the finder of this country’s largest piece of space junk. The series may be a thank you note from Lush (who fell in love with the region before moving to Bluff six years ago) but it could also be a nod from the rest of the country to an area that delivers more than its fair share of epic geography, pioneering spirit and good old-fashioned heart.



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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