99 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 28 May 2008

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

97 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 16 April 2008

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

95 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines 19 March 2008

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

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

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

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.

91 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines December 21

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.

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/

87 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines October 30

New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in the New York Times, Wall St Journal, BBC, San Jose Mercury Times, The Guardian, Motorsport, Sydney Morning Herald and bokkinden.no include:

• Kurow's Chris Butcher the engineering edge in Halo 3 blockbuster
• Glen Standring’s vampire film Perfect Creature opens, sold to world
• Black Sheep director Jonathan King on film-making at UK release
• NZ 15th in world press freedom; Turkmenistan, North Korea worst
• NZ tops A1 Grand Prix table after Jonny Reid double Czech victory
• 95% NZ wines comes in screwcap bottles, leading global trend
• Sydney exhibition celebrates Fred Hollows and his gift of sight
• AK power-punk Cut Off Your Hands play NY CMJ Music Marathon
• Stacy Gregg’s pony-centric children's fiction leaps WHSmith chart
• Lloyd Jones’ novel Mister Pip now sold into 27 countries post Booker
• Miniature variant of NZ kune kune pig the must-have pet in Britain

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07. Photo of Chris Butcher from Massey University News.

86 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines October 21

New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in the LA Times, Guardian, International Herald Tribune, CIO magazine, The Times, BBC, Scientific American, Melbourne Age and Runners World include:

• Kiri Te Kanawa commences major USA recital tour: “pure” LA Times
• Chef de cuisine Josh Emett x2 Michelin stars Ramsay’s London NY
• Brent Taylor: Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires
• Outstanding academic Elizabeth Croll dies, London, b Reefton (63)
• NZ joins UN effort seeking worldwide abolition of death penalty
• Richard Tomlinson alleges M16 involvement in Diana’s death–inquest
• Conway Witcliffe, special effect legend, dies, Surrey, b Paeroa (41)
• Kris Gemmell wins Rhodes World Cup triathalon event Greece
• Passchendaele commemorated: 10,000 Anzac soldiers lost 1917
• Kalev/During neuroscience paper ok’s low dose alcohol for memory
• Trans-Tasman netball tournament goes semi-professional in 08
• Maori master carver James Rickard workshops Baguio, Philippines

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.
Photos of Kiri Te Kanawa from Sopranos Central

85 – New Zealanders in global headlines October 13

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New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in the Wall St Journal, The Times, Korea Times, Tehran Times, Economic Times of India, CNN, MSNBC, ESPN, USA Today, Vancouver Sun, Globe & Mail, The Independent, Telegraph and Guardian, Palm Beach Daily News, San Jose Mercury News, Honolulu Advertiser and the Sydney Morning Herald include:

• All Blacks burn their edge at Rugby World Cup quarter-finals
• NZ "one breathtaking vista after another"”- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• NZ the "finest country in the world for a wine tourist" – Telegraph
• Central Otago’s Bald Hills Pinot Noir wins Champion Red award IWC
• Korea using NZ as a benchmark for competitive national branding
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa launches farewell tour of North America
• Wellington freediver Dave Mullins sets new world record
• Le Maori Cafe in Lyons stocks Speights, Steinlager
• Wellington’s Sidhe Interactive launches Jackass: The Game in USA
• PM Clark proposes removing the Union Jack from NZ flag design
• Antipode Planter by Patrick Morris a pick of UK’s 100% Design
• Air NZ, Boeing, Rolls-Royce collaborate environmental sustainablility
• Godwit migratory champion of avian world 11,500km non-stop flight
• Conchords " funniest thing on TV" as cult HBO series screens BBC
• US media profile NZ wine, success of sauvignon blanc and pinot noir
• Karen Walker, Havaiana produce limited edition jandals for Summer
• Architect Chris Moller exhibits decade of innovative practice, London
• Wellington to host United Nation’s World Environment Day June 5 08
• NZ "climate change pioneer" after new environmental plan launched
• Bollywood, Wellywood film co-production agreement to be negotiated
• Wall St Journal visits Peter Jackson, Miramar studios, Weta Digital
• Wellington Phoenix to play LA Galaxy with Beckham December 01
• Andy Lark appointed Global VP marketing, communications at Dell
• "Queen of the South Pacific" soprano Rhonda Bryers dies, Hawaii
• NZ spring carnival season attracts horse race-bereft Australians
• 24,000 NZers migrate to Australia, surpasses UK as leading source

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

84 – New Zealanders in global headlines October 1

New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in the NY and LA Times, International Herald Tribune, The Telegraph, Guardian, Herald Sun, Bulletin, Sydney Morning Herald and the Barre Montpelier Times Argus, include:

• US dance professor sees advanced NZ cultural collaboration (px)
• Telegraph goes kayaking, heli-biking, deep sea diving, caving, rafting
• Fairfax CEO David Kirk and banker Ralph Norris are Oz influentials
• Daniel Carter and Dad in backyard rugby goal-kicking vid for Adidas
• #1 NZ pest the possum fur makes eco-friendly hats, scarves, bikinis
• NZ wine attracts highest average retail price in UK, tenner for a bottle
• Soccer keeper Jacob Gleeson trials for ManU, Everton youth squads
• Russell Crowe back to being bad in 3:10 to Yuma, a Western revival
• Director Andrew Dominik helms The Assassination of Jesse James
• Photographer Bruce Connew’s Stopover on Fiji's sugar-cane workers
• NZ intros carbon trading to reduce 45.5m tons of excess emissions
• Wheelchair/Amputee athletes win seven gold in Taipei, Taiwan
• Hong Kong says NZ role model for renewable energy, new envirotech
• NZ fashion unique for preponderance of women designers, owners
• AirNZ shows 30 designers on aero catwalk; Rachel Hunter models

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.
Picture: Atamira Dance Company in "Whare tangata" Photo: Norm Heke/Te Papa Press

83 – New Zealanders in Global Headlines September 29

New Zealanders featured in this week's survey of global media including NY and LA Times, Time, The Telegraph, Guardian, Observer and Age, Sydney Morning Herald and NowPublic.com include:

• Sam Neill talks Pinot Noir to Time: “fickle, voluptuous and complex"
• Crowded House give "emotion-drenched performance" in LA theater
• Debuts, divas and “dark intellectual designs” at AirNZ Fashion Week
• Chris Kissling, John Tiffin publish on the global transport solutions
• Ian ‘Gandalf’ McKellen in NZ as Lear with Royal Shakespeare Co
• Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts exhibiting Longitude in Rarotonga
• AirNZ launches Pink Flight from SF to Sydney for Mardi Gras 08
• Jean Paul Gaultier's models brazened with Moko in European Vogue
• Paul and Kahra Scott-James's Graham selected for Filminute 2007
• More recognition for healing properties of NZ Manuka honey
• Spirit NZ ship nom’d for Nobel Peace Prize: coached 75,000 youth
• Weta Workshop make mermaid tale for amputee swimmer
• Flight of the Conchords HBO series a US sleeper hit, now in UK
• Chris Tate's Titirangi house a glass box floating in the treetops

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.
Picture Peter Hunt for Time, of Sam Neill and family at Two Paddocks Vineyard

New Zealanders in global headlines September 16

New Zealanders featured in this week's survey of global media including NY Times, Scoop, International Herald Tribune, Guardian, The Age, NZNews UK, Billabong.com and FullNoise.com include:

• David Shearer named UN deputy special representative for Iraq
• NZ benefiting from global milk boom: high demand, short supply
• Artist Charles Olsen second in Saatchi Showdown with La Sundari
• Katherine Prumm wins second world women’s motocross title
• Tauranga’s Design Mobel opens Okooko store in Hong Kong
• Guangzhou’s Back Street 19 centered on Matakana wine, cuisine
• Oakura’s Paige Hareb ranks 4th in world under 18 women’s surfing
• Producer Tim Bevan #75 on Vanity Fair New Establishment List
• Maritime historian Joan Druett’s new book set in islands on the edge
• Academic Robin Gwynn code-cracks 17C London political secrets
• Rosalie Gascoigne's typographic imagery, iconic art, features in Eye
• Drysdale, Grant, Men’s Four gold at World Rowing Champs Munich
• Blues-soul-rock man Sonny Day (Hone Wikaira) dies, Auckland, 64
• Philanthropist, RAF, retailer Sir Roy McKenzie dies, Wellington, 84

Photo of Paige Hareb: NZ Surfing Magazine

New Zealanders in Global Headlines September 6

New Zealanders featuring in this week's survey of global media including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Guardian, Scotsman, ABC, West Australian, include:

• Reign of seventh Maori monarch King Tuheitia officially begins
• Black Sheep, The Devil Dared Me head UK horror film fest
• Primal riff'n'roll from Auckland’s The Checks generates UK raves
• Auckland's Rocket Lab’s Atea rockets to head spaceward in 2008
• Kirsty Gunn wins Scot Book of Year award for The Boy And The Sea
• Massey U mathematician Robert McLachlan wins Dahlquist Prize
• Industrialist, construction leader James Fletcher dies, Auckland, 92
• Vintner and wine industry pioneer Nick Nobilo dies, Auckland, 94
• Nelson-born artist Charles Olsen finalist in Saatchi Showdown
• Shotputter Valarie Vili wins gold, in Osaka with PB of 20.54 meters
• Conchords, Brunettes, lead “nerd chic” wave: NZ "the new Seattle"
• Shearer David Fagan, jurist Ken Keith among NZOM honorees
• Venice short film screenings for Coffee and Allah and Cargo

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

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New Zealanders in Global Headlines August 21

New Zealanders featuring in this week's survey of global media including The New York Times, Guardian, Observer, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Marie Claire, SportingLife and Philly.com include:

• Wynyard, Bolstad, Lane, fell Lumberjack Champs, Wisconsin
• Mansfield/Murry:"both most proficient at fantasy” (px)
• Jessica Lee Rose/LonelyGirl15/ Bree off’d after 260-episodes
• Queenstown a world top ten après ski destination - SMH
• Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip in Man Booker Prize longlist
• Antipodean Flat White Soho creating London coffee culture
• NZ’s first commercial bioehtanol fuel - Gull Force 10
• Ponsonby's Harrowset Hall “romantic feminine clutter”- NYT
• Defender Ryan Nelson signs 5-years with Blackburn Rovers
• Sub-Pop Auckland two-piece The Brunettes in NYT playlist
• Stuntwoman Zoe Bell a "bona fide butt-kicker" for Tarantino
• Samantha Warriner wins Triathlon Cup event, Tiszaujvaros
• Rotorua "popera" singer Elizabeth Marvelly signs with EMI
• Richard MacManus's Read/Write Web 2.0 blog world's top 28th
• Russell Coutts back in America's Cup as BMW Oracle skipper
• Jackson/Spielberg use photorealistic motion-capture for Tintin
• West Auckland's Mazuran's Vintage Port Gold in San Francisco
• Electronics seer/export oracle Angus Tait dies Christchurch, 88
• NZ’s better snowfall, runs, range charm SMH’s Miss Snow It All
• Aucklander Nina Rillstone third in New York City Half-Marathon
• Kawerau’s Sarah Walker wins BMX World Champ event Canada
• Te Kopi bach, Palliser Bay, a world-best state-run lodge/cabin

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

New Zealanders in Global Headlines July 31

New Zealanders featuring in this week's survey of global media including BusinessWeek, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Scotsman.com, Toronto Star, Photonics, New York magazine and TimesSquare.com include:

• Govt investing NZ$628m in nanotechnology, primary sector focus
• Anna Paquin nom’d for Emmy for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• Sand Dancer about Peter Donnelly warms Tribeca Film Fest (px)
• NZ “one of the top foodie destinations in the world" - Telegraph
• Te Awamutu company teams with German U to promote manuka honey products to heal wounds, treat stomach and skin problems
• Andrea Hewitt wins first World Cup triathlon title at Kitzbuhel Austria
• NZ filmmakers serving clients from Korea, Hong Kong, China, Japan
• Zinny: ABs World Cup task “difficult but doable" - good chemistry
• Neuroscientist Kerry Spackman tunes minds at Team McLaren
• Otago U taps secret to queen bees' dominance: aversive learning
• Scott Dixon wins third straight IndyCar Series victory in Lexington
• US economist Tyler Cowen ranks fish& chips with barbecue in Texas
• NZ-born BBC character actor Gordon Gostelow dies, London (82)

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

New Zealanders in Global Headlines July 24

New Zealanders featuring in this week's survey of global media including the BBC, New York Times, LA Times, The Guardian, International Herald Tribune, Forbes, rugbyheaven.com, motorsport.com, include:

• Glass artist Luke Jacomb to solo at New Orleans Museum of Art (px)
• Time on Earth from “wondrous pure-pop band” Crowded House
• Lloyd Jones wins Commonwealth Prize for Mister Pip–“extraordinary”
• Aucklander Glenn Jones wins US Threadless t-shirt design contest
• Steve Williams continues eight year partnership with Tiger Woods
• Auckland artist Mark Olsen creates two cars for Le Mans Enduro
• Soprano Marie-Adele McArthur graces Opera America's home page
• NZ dairy, oil, Kiwisaver, NZX get thumbs up from US banker Beuchler
• Anne Gilman, "a rebel from New Zealand", dies, London (75)
• Warkworth Yamaha MX rider Hamish Dobbyn (15) wins Oz series
• Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Napier Deco, up for World Heritage sites
• NZ rowers win four gold at rowing world championships Lucerne
• Artist Lisa Fergusson shows in Chelsea and luxury Manhattan condo
• Jonah Lomu back to physical peak, dreams of return to oval ball

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

Thousands of All Black stories after the weekend's formidable Bledisloe Cup win and naming of the Rugby World Cup side are at Google News. For adrenalin, the Silver Ferns match against Australia that followed Saturday's ruby test was hard to beat.

New Zealanders and Global Headlines July 14

New Zealanders featuring in this week's survey of global media including The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, LA Times, Boston Globe, SFGate, The New Yorker, National Public Radio and motorsport.com include:

• Corporal Willy Apiata awarded Victoria Cross for Afghan action
• Multi-platinum Fat Freddys “island-time ambience” at Glastonbury
• Canterbury U's Blue Fern is 99th in world's top 500 super-computers
• NZ tennis #1 Marina Erakovic wins career first doubles title in Italy
• Alyn Ware activates Parliamentary Nuclear Disarmament Network
• Firefox developer/software engineer Ben Goodger now Googling (px)
• Taika Waititi's oddball comedy Eagle vs Shark has US debut
• Sydney’s Bruce Elder files 91 passionate posts on Trampabout NZ
• Jonathan King's gory horror-comedy “The Birds with sheep”
• Govind Armstrong conjures hip LA eatery Table 8 on Melrose
• AgResearch works to reduce gas emissions from NZ farm animals
• Artist Mark Olsen to customize car in 2007 Le Mans Enduro serie

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 5,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.