New Zealand | Buzzfeed
31 December 2015
“New Zealand is basically just a country made entirely of absolute beauty. From the beaches to the glacial mountains, there’s nothing New Zealand can’t do,” writes Matt Whitehead in a Buzzfeed article…
New Zealand | Conde Nast Traveler | Condé Nast Traveller
30 December 2015
Koekohe Beach and Slope Point on New Zealand’s South Island have been included in Conde Nast Traveller’s list ‘The Strangest Places on Earth (Are Also The Most Sublime)’.
Koekohe Beach with its famous…
Business | The Financial
29 December 2015
“Air New Zealand is speeding up the check-in process for customers departing from Auckland International Airport with new self-service bag drops featuring world-first biometric technology,” as reported in The Financial.
“We can now…
Golf | ESPN | Golf
28 December 2015
Lydia Ko’s impact on the game of golf extends well beyond her years, according to an article in ESPN.
The South Korean-born, New Zealand-bred 18-year-old golfer, is one of the most precocious sports…
Music | Vice
27 December 2015
Thirty years after its initial release, No Tag’s album ‘Oi, Oi, Oi’ – three tracks of burly and meaty street punk, has been re-issued by New York City label Radio Raheem.
“Guitarist Andrew Boak, singer…
Politics and Economics | Deutsche Welle
26 December 2015
Helen Clark, Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and former Prime Minister of New Zealand was featured in an article on the Deutsche Welle as one of the faces…
Music | Daily Mail | Daily Mail (the)
25 December 2015
“Ed Sheeran has paid a touching tribute to All Blacks great Jonah Lomu by taking to the stage at his concert wearing the late rugby legend’s number 11 jersey”, writes Jenny Awford for
General | Global Retirement Index
24 December 2015
New Zealand has been named the tenth best country to retire in the 2015 Global Retirement Index.
According to the report retirees in New Zealand can enjoy relatively high levels of material wellbeing…
New Zealand | Daily Telegraph (The)
23 December 2015
Hawke’s Bay is one of the hidden gems of New Zealand, according to Warren Smith in an article for The Daily Telegraph.
Only a couple of days spent in the region with its…
Film & TV | National Post
22 December 2015
New Zealand actor Jemaine Clement’s performance in the “not quite rom-com” People Places Things “is understated, often characterised by the type of deadpan wit familiar to fans of his breakout HBO series Flight of…
New Zealand | Traveller.com.au
21 December 2015
David Whitley has collected the Top 10 Adventure Activities you can only do in New Zealand.
Flying into a volcano: White Island is located 48km offshore from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty and is…
Taste | Lucky Peach
21 December 2015
“The mystical New Zealand of contemporary cinema is replete with hobbits and talking trees. But the real New Zealand is rich with leaf-lard crusts containing the unctuous delights of braised mutton, minced beef, and…
Taste | Lucky Peach
20 December 2015
Back in March 1992 in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, The Dead C vocalist Bruce Russell and his wife Kate McRae entertained Siltbreeze record label owner Tony Lax over breakfast where they enchanted him with a…
Visual Arts | Guardian (The)
20 December 2015
A collective of 18 young architects called Assemble – one of whom is New Zealander Louis Schulz – has become the first group of “non-artists”, and the youngest, to win the annual £25,000 British…
Z-Files | Daily Mail
19 December 2015
Former ITV weather presenter and model New Zealander Charlie Smith, 27, and her fiancé, who goes by the name, Captain, 34, made the choice to sell their house and put their wedding plans on…
Taste | Lucky Peach
19 December 2015
New Zealander Margot Henderson, chef of London’s beloved Rochelle Canteen lets Lucky Peach magazine in on the south London spot, Canton Arms where she and her family unwind.
“ serves the sort…
Wine | Los Angeles Times
18 December 2015
When you land in New Zealand, the wine is closer than you think according to Lori Rackl, a freelance journalist writing for the Los Angeles Times. Rackl begins her vineyard tour on Waiheke Island…
Visual Arts | Buckingham Today
18 December 2015
New Zealand-born photographer Mark King, 41, has used state-of-the-art lasers to show how a controversial planned high-speed railway in the UK will cut through the countryside.
King’s photos show two laser beams replicating the track…
Golf | ESPN | Korea Times
17 December 2015
Lydia Ko, 18, might as well be a super hero, according to Korea Times correspondent Brian Han. That’s why Marvel teamed up with ESPN to give the New Zealand golf champion the comic book…
Rugby | ESPN
17 December 2015
Recently-retired All Blacks captain Richie McCaw will test his outdoor skills in the GODZone – a 550km adventure race in early April 2016 – alongside NZ Rugby Players Association chief executive Rob Nicol.
“We know…
Film & TV | LA Confidential | Los Angeles Times
16 December 2015
New Zealander Rose McIver, star of iZombie, one of the Los Angeles Times’ best new television shows of 2015, is “incognito as a coroner’s assistant, find the space between Veronica Mars and Buffy the…
Fashion | Business of Fashion (The)
16 December 2015
A surprise return to snowboarding has prompted New Zealand designer Karen Walker to reconsider the beauty of old-school ski suits.
Last winter, Walker’s seven-year-old daughter convinced her to strap into a snowboard for the first…
Science/Tech | UPI | UPI.com
15 December 2015
New Zealand has joined the Global Geothermal Alliance at the U.N. climate conference in Paris.
“As the world transitions towards a lower carbon future, the increased demand for renewable energy, coupled with the ongoing interest…
Visual Arts | MakeUp Magazine
15 December 2015
“From the battlefield to the hospital ship, attendees get a unique look at the battle of Gallipoli with the Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibit” – a collaboration between the museum and Weta Workshop to…
Film & TV | Deadline | Deadline Hollywood
14 December 2015
“Hobbits, Orcs, Ents and maybe even some Na’vi are getting their own museum in New Zealand’s capital city,” writes Nancy Tartaglione in an article for Deadline.
The project – a combined movie museum…
New Zealand | Huffington Post (The)
14 December 2015
Tourists often claim to have travelled the South Island after having spent a few days in the adventure capital Queenstown, according to Perzen Patel, who has travelled New Zealand extensively. She has collected her…
Nature | Japan Times (The)
13 December 2015
New Zealand has led an “international protest on Monday against Japan’s plans to resume its research hunt for whales in the Southern Ocean, while Australia said it is considering further legal action”, as reported…
Medicine/Health | Enterprise Innovation | Healthcare Innovations
13 December 2015
The New Zealand government recently launched the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge – a program that “will seek better prevention, diagnosis and treatment methods for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, with a burden…
Writers | Malaysian Digest
12 December 2015
Best-selling poet and author Lang Leav’s cult following of devoted fans from all over the world, began with her poetry being shared by millions on Tumblr and eventually culminated with the publication…
Sport General | Hindu (The)
12 December 2015
In Hyderabad, India to give a talk to the students of Woxsen School of Business, the first double amputee to climb Mt Everest, New Zealander Mark Inglis said the best decision he ever made…
Nature | New Scientist
11 December 2015
Entomologists from the University of Auckland have found that harvestmen, Pantopsalis cheliferoides, which live in the wet forests of the North Island, are the first animals found to have different types of weapon in…
New Zealand | Economic Times (The)
11 December 2015
Disembarking in Christchurch after a TranzAlpine rail journey through “knockout” landscapes, Economic Times reporter Charukesi Ramaduri says that though there are signs of the devastating earthquake of 2011 everywhere, it is equally clear Christchurch…
Visual Arts | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
11 December 2015
New Zealand-born artist Jess Johnson’s new exhibition, on at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), is arresting – a series of geometrical, pastel-toned psychedelic prints that bring to mind fantastical worlds and video games….
Taste | Forbes
10 December 2015
“Like Melbournians, Wellingtonians take their food and drink culture extremely seriously,” Jason Lim reports for Forbes. “The city is said to have more restaurants, bars and cafes per capita than New York.
“Wellington is blessed…
Media | Financial Times | News Corp
10 December 2015
New Zealander Tom Mockridge, chief executive of British cable group Virgin Media, talks with the Financial Times about broadband, News Corp and why UK football television rights need a big shake-up.
Mockridge is so habitually…
Music | Wall Street Journal (The)
10 December 2015
One-time member of post-punk band the Durutti Column, composer, arranger and viola player New Zealand-born John Metcalfe has written “Sycamore,” which draws on the disparate influences of minimalist composer Steve Reich and the electronic…
Film & TV | Crawford County Avalanche
9 December 2015
New Zealander Rachel Hunter, once one of the world’s most-photographed supermodels, is now on a quest to discover the secrets of lasting beauty, great health and extraordinary longevity in diverse cultures around the world,…
Visual Arts | Observer
9 December 2015
The booth of Auckland artist Susan Te Kahurangi King is one of seven must-sees at this year’s Art Basel Miami, according to New York’s Observer.
“It’s impossible to pick a favourite, but it will be…
Taste | Irish Examiner
9 December 2015
Kai Cafe and Restaurant was opened by New Zealander Jess Murphy and her Irish husband, David in 2011, with a simple formula – high-quality produce, preferably organic or wild, sourced locally and cooked intelligently….
Film & TV | New York Times (The)
8 December 2015
MTV’s new fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles is set in the future but features elves and gnomes and promises plenty of old-fashioned adventure all filmed in the town of Kumeu, in New Zealand’s scenic…
New Zealand | Forbes
7 December 2015
“Like Melbournians, Wellingtonians take their food and drink culture extremely seriously. The city is said to have more restaurants, bars and cafes per capita than New York”, writes Jason Lim in an article for…
New Zealand | Australian Geographic
7 December 2015
“There are many ways to enjoy New Zealand’s spectacular Queen Charlotte Track”, writes Justin Walker in an article on Australian Geographic. Walker himself walked the first part, pedalled the middle section and finished off…
Obituaries | Londonist
7 December 2015
New Zealand-born sportswriter Norman Harris, organiser of London’s Sunday Times National Fun Run, and quite possibly the inventor of the word “jogger”, has died in Britain. He was 75.
Harris worked as a sports reporter…
General | Forbes
6 December 2015
“Admittedly before visiting Wellington, I didn’t know much about the city, besides that it is supposed to be very windy. But after spending a couple of days exploring the town and meeting the people…
Business | AirlineRatings.com | Daily Mail | Daily Mail (the)
5 December 2015
Air New Zealand has been named the best airline in the world in a ranking by AirlineRatings.com for the third consecutive year, as reported in an article on The Daily Mail.
“Air New…
General | Irish Independent
5 December 2015
The world’s latest cat café has opened in Auckland. At BaristaCats café on Queen Street cat lovers can enjoy a hot drink and a cuddle with the café’s resident cats for only NZ$15 cat…
Film & TV | The Republic
4 December 2015
“MTV’s new fantasy series “The Shannara Chronicles” is set in the future but features elves and gnomes and promises plenty of old-fashioned adventure,” writes Nick Perry for The Republic.
The show is based…
Science/Tech | 3DPrint.com
4 December 2015
A collaboration between scientists at Massey University, the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa bring extinct birds species back to life with 3D scanning.
“Technology like 3D printing is the way of the…
General | Hydrogen Fuel News
4 December 2015
A new Soft Plastics Recycling Program that could keep over four million plastic bags out of the landfill has been launched in Auckland by Environment Minister Nick Smith last week.
Whether or not the program…
New Zealand | Guardian (The)
3 December 2015
“Creative, well caffeinated and culinarily blessed, Wellington is surprisingly compact” and “is packed with cool-as cafes, boutique food factories and exceptional restaurants,” writes Nikki Marshall in an article for The Guardian, in…
Dance | Dorset Echo
3 December 2015
Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing star, New Zealand-born Brendan Cole breaks off from a journey to Blackpool to speak about this year’s show and his new tour, which will call in to Dorset early next…
War & Peace | New Zealand Herald
2 December 2015
New Zealander Janna Hamilton, who has worked for Oxfam in the Middle East and Africa, largely with Syrian refugees on the Jordanian and Lebanese borders, argues in an opinion piece for the New Zealand…
Architecture | Treehugger
2 December 2015
A home is not just a building, it’s also a state of mind. For Christchurch woman Lily Duval, 28, it meant creating a charming, cozy space out of her self-built 14sqm tiny home, where…
Music | Guardian (The)
2 December 2015
New Zealand singer-songwriter Nadia Reid’s Look for the Signs is an “extraordinarily assured debut”, Guardian reviewer Kitty Empire writes.
The track Call the Days “suggests an Antipodean Laura Marling, a talented 24-year-old with a preternatural…
Visual Arts | Khaleej Times (The)
1 December 2015
New Zealand-born street artist Gary Yong has been in Dubai participating in the UAE Innovation Week, which saw him place 1600 bags of sand along Jumeirah Beach Residence’s open beach for a piece he…
Rugby | The Daily Mail
1 December 2015
“Thousands of New Zealanders have visited Eden Park to honour the memory of legendary All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu at a public memorial service hosted at the hallowed Auckland rugby venue”, writes Rory Keane…