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1. Edmund Hillary – King of the World |
| He explored
places where no human being had gone before, conquered Everest and
captured a world’s imagination. Yet where others would have been
content to admire the view, look down and bask in the sheer
individuality of achievement, for Sir Edmund Hillary it was only the
beginning of a lifetime of service to others.
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2. Latest Newzedge |
| Every week across
the planet, thousands of New Zealanders are upsetting assumptions,
rocking equilibriums and putting the edge back into the globe.
Newzedge highlights the global community of New Zealanders causing a
stir. READ MORE... |
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3. Film and TV Index |
| Having directed,
written, produced and hosted some of the biggest films in Hollywood history, New Zealanders in the film and television industry are certainly a force to be reckoned with. Find your favourite screen moments, big and small, in the film and TV media index.
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4. Style Index |
| Edge style has been gracing magazine covers, cutting up international catwalks and producing medal winning wines. When it comes to
fashion,
taste,
design and
wine New Zealanders are internationally acclaimed for their sense of style. Celebrate our style successes in the
style media index.
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5. Ernest Rutherford – Atom Man |
| The creator of modern atomic physics and forerunner of the nuclear age, one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1908. The man who
"tunnelled into the very material of God": inventor, experimenter and Nelson farm boy.
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6. Music Index |
| Freddy, Hayley,
Hollie, Kiri, Tim, Neil, Bic, Boh, Keith, Scribe, Fran, Daniel, John, Zane,
Tama, Brent, Tali, Lyell, Dolf, Che, Teddy, Jon, Lynda, Jools,
Nathan, Mark, Martin, Kylie, Dean Jonathan, P, Gillian, Jeremy,
Phil, Paul and dozens more...a distinct New Zealand groove is
permeating world music. nzedge music media index charts the
international coverage. READ MORE... |
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7. Katherine Mansfield – Literary Transformer |
| Katherine
Mansfield revolutionised the 20th Century English short story. Her
best work shakes itself free of plots and endings and gives the
story, for the first time, the expansiveness of the interior life,
the poetry of feeling, the blurred edges of personality. Famously,
Mansfield remarked "Risk, risk anything! Do the hardest thing
on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." READ MORE… (5,244 words) |
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8. Nancy Wake - The White
Mouse Nancy Wake was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of WWII, and the Gestapo's most-wanted person. They code-named her 'The White Mouse'. She led an army of 7,000 Maquis troops in guerrilla warfare to sabotage the Nazis. Nancy Wake was born in Wellington in 1912. READ MORE... (2,599 words) |
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9. Maurice Wilkins - DNA Enabler |
| Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine in 1962.
Research undertaken by New Zealander Maurice Wilkins helped lead to
the discovery in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick of the DNA
molecule structure - the very essence of life itself. The discovery
revolutionised biology and medicine. READ MORE... (2,072 words) |
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10. Landscape Images Gallery |
| From the lofty
heights of Mount Aoraki to the verve and hum of our urbanity, New
Zealand's landscapes are at once distinct and startling. Cruise
through the majestic and edgy landscapes of Aotearoa captured in
landscape image gallery. SEE MORE… |
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