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Pictured: Richard O'Brien, Melanie Lynskey, Ursula Bethell, Suraya Singh, Gin Wigmore
NEW ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES
New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in Variety, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Indian Country News, Sky News, The Miami Herald, The Ecologist, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, The Age, Drift Magazine, The New York Times, The Georgia Straight, Courier Mail, Dumbo Feather, The Independent on Sunday, Los Angeles Times and The Australian include:
• Richard O’Brien, Rocky Horror writer; career began in Tauranga
• Melanie Lynskey, 32, actress, has "pivotal" roles in three films at TIFF
• Ursula Bethell, a “seminal figure in 20th century NZ poetry” – Guardian
• Suraya Singh, 30, Filament editor, first to publish erection pictorial
• Gin Wigmore, 23, singer, releases Holy Smoke; dedicated to dad
• Jason Wynyard, 36, lumberjack, chops to first place in World Champs
• Topp Twins, Toronto darlings, massage NZ identity with affection
• Scott Dixon, 29, wins Indy Japan 300, tops leaderboard, one to go
• Jonah Lomu, 34, 114kg, second in +90kg class at bodybuilding comp
• Robert Pearson gains 2nd in IPA's Abstract Pro section for ‘Entrophy’
• Taieri Gorge a Telegraph one of the ‘world’s most remarkable places
• New Zealand a campervanning mecca, scenery like the Lake District
• Auckland University scientists develop $122,000 wireless heart pump
• Dan Simon, art collective leader and squatter “with serious purpose”
• Linda White Wolf, Chickasaw and Maori US TV host, discovers roots
• Wanganui now Whanganui; spelling debate dubbed the ‘H’ bomb
• Ewan Kingston, on limited budget forgoes air travel from UK to NZ
• Julian & Camilla's World Odyssey broadcasts to 117 countries
• New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Review “green PR gone wild”
• Ladyhawke and artist Sarah Larnach, 30, collaborate on Becks label
• Brendon Hartley, 19, Red Bull F3 driver, wins maiden Euro race, UK
• David Trubridge, furniture creator, considers localising quality design
• New Zealand researchers find living with animals wards off sneeze
• ASR Ltd, Raglan-based reef designers, create waves with geotextiles
• Black Mag one of 23 independent “style bibles” featuring on FTape
• Hoki, McDonald’s filet-o-fish staple; “bounty it seems, is not limitless”
• Nick & Val Martin, Pelorus posties, deliver to “people varied as terrain”
• Jane Campion, to adapt Munro’s Runaway in current vein of love
• Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner’s Bible author, to help ABs rewire
• Haast’s eagle, extinct predator, not scavenger, attacked moa
• Andrew Prieditis, 30, published in 60 global papers in past six weeks
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