EDGE #279: Black Ferns Win World Cup, All-Female Shortlist for Silver Scrolls Award Shortlist, Air NZ’s Safety Videos + Gwithyen Thomas Shares Aroha in US ++ more

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 30 August 2017 | #279 | New York Rugby | Irish Times (The) 28 August 2017 Black Ferns Blitz Red Roses to Take World Cup Crown ““New Zealand are world champions again. [The Black Ferns] ruthlessly snatched the cup from this immensely talented yet ageing English side (seven of them are 30-plus) in a style that must have made the early rising Kiwis go rouse the rest of the population. Come see our girls …   Obituaries | New York Times (The) 28 August 2017 Colin Meads, Revered NZ Rugby Star Colin Meads, one of New Zealand’s greatest and most revered rugby players, died on Sunday in Te Kuiti, New Zealand, his hometown. He was 81,” writes Huw Richards in an obituary published in the New York Times… Rugby | New York Times (The) 28 August 2017 All Blacks Ruthless in Epic Bledisloe Victory The finishing thrust that All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had been seeking all season finally returned during the weekend as Beauden Barrett scored a last-gasp try to give them a 35-29 victory over Australia in their Rugby Championship clash… Sport General | Jakarta Post 29 August 2017 New Zealanders Win Top Ironman Prizes in Bintan New Zealanders Amelia Watkinson, 25, and Mike Phillips, 26, have been crowned as winners at the Ironman 70.3 competition, which was held on Bintan Island in Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago… Music | Guardian (The) 29 August 2017 Silver Scrolls Music Industry First For the first time in its 52-year history, New Zealand’s Silver Scroll Awards feature an exclusively all-female shortlist, made up of Lorde, Bic Runga, Aldous Harding, Chelsea Jade and Nadia Reid, the Guardian reports. The coveted prize, which… Cricket | Cricbuzz 25 August 2017 Tom Pritchard, New Zealand’s Oldest Cricketer “Tom Pritchard, New Zealand’s oldest cricketer, has died aged 100 at his home in New Zealand,” as reported in an article on Cricbuzz. “Pritchard, who played a total of 200 first-class matches and took as many as 818… Sport & General | Radio New Zealand 23 August 2017 Pero Cameron to be Inducted Into Hall Of Fame Former New Zealand basketball player Pero Cameron, 43, will be inducted into the International Basketball Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Geneva in late September… Music | The Wire 25 August 2017 Peter King’s is the Lathe Cutter’s Way Mount Somers is famous for two things: its natural beauty, and being the home of Peter King Lathe Cut Records, Noel Meek writes in a feature for UK music magazine The Wire. King’s parents were both musicians, his mother a classically trained… Music | The Rafu Shimpo 25 August 2017 Take a Sonic Journey in LA With Mark de Clive-Lowe Auckland-born Mark de Clive-Lowe, who now calls Los Angeles home, juggles piano, synths and live sampling with effortless fluidity. De Clive-Lowe will perform Mirai No Rekishi (未来の歴史) / History of the Future… Business | Thrillist 24 August 2017 How Air NZ Makes Airline Safety Videos Exciting Air New Zealand has taken a dull chore and turned it into a viral video phenomenon, complete with jaw-dropping shots from its home country and A-list Hollywood actors, Matt Meltzer reports for men’s digital lifestyle… Theatre | West Australian (The) 27 August 2017 Bird-Brain Comic Rhys Darby All in a Flap New Zealander Rhys Darby believes he was a bird in a former life and it’s this premise that forms the basis for his new live show, Mystic Time Bird, which is on at Perth’s Astor Theatre on 25 August… Theatre | Guardian (The) 26 August 2017 Comedian Trygve Wakenshaw Puts His Baby to Work This year, Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s “best-loved mime act” New Zealander Trygve Wakenshaw has teamed up with his one-year-old son on stage in Trygve vs a Baby. “The publicity asks… Fashion | Telegraph (The) 28 August 2017 Queen of Diamonds Jessica McCormack’s New Lines New Zealand-born jeweller Jessica McCormack recently launched not one but two new ranges from her art-filled Mayfair townhouse in London. The new collections have very disparate… Taste | Ventura County Star 26 August 2017 Café Owner Gwithyen Thomas Shares the Aroha in US Originally from Auckland, Gwithyen Thomas, 28, and his American wife are co-owners of Aroha Restaurant in Westlake Village, California. Aroha, which opened in September 2014, specialises in dishes that feature local… Taste | Gourmand (The) 25 August 2017 Chef Margot Henderson Loves Artichokes London’s “restaurant royalty”, including New Zealand-born chef Margot Henderson of the Rochelle Canteen, “show their love for their favourite food” in a photographic essay for the award-winning… Business | The Edinburgh Reporter 23August 2017 New Legal Role for Josephine Van Lierop in Scotland New Zealander Josephine Van Lierop who relocated from one continent to another has now moved from London to Scotland to lead the employment law team at Slater and Gordon … Visual Arts | Daily Mail 24 August 2017 Triplets Melting Hearts All Over the World Christchurch newborn photographer Cassandra English, of Hazel & Cass, has made hearts melt across the world, after capturing heartwarming images of one-month-old redhead triplets Macy, Toby and Sadie cuddled together… Business | BusinessCloud 27 August 2017 Blue Maestro’s Pacif-i Takes the Heat off Parents Co-founder of UK-based Blue Maestro, New Zealander Kirstin Hancock knew from experience that attempting to take the temperature of a poorly child is no mean feat – whether you’re using an… Visual Arts | Wired 29 August 2017 Insane View of Milky Way from Edge of NZ The South Island spans 50,437sqkm of breathtaking, verdant terrain. But nothing on the ground surpasses what’s in the sky. The region is home to the largest dark sky observatory in the world, glittering with millions of stars and spectacular… Sport General | Evening Express 29 August 2017 Premiere’s Burnley Sign Chris Wood for Record Fee New Zealand footballer Chris Wood, 25, who was most recently a striker for Leeds, has just signed with English Premier League team Burnley for the club-record fee of £15 million. Auckland-born Wood… Rugby | Irish Examiner 27 August 2017 Kieran Keane Happy with Connacht Chemistry Kieran Keane has just arrived in Galway, Ireland to take up his new post as Connacht coach, replacing fellow New Zealander Pat Lam who has moved on to a role with Bristol. Known as a slightly eccentric character… War & Peace | Lenmoore Navy News 26 August 2017 US Sailor Amazed Onboard NZ Navy Frigate American mass communication specialist Cole Schroeder of the supercarrier USS Nimitz was recently granted the opportunity “to view life on the ocean from a New… See all stories and an 12,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2017 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Andrew Conn (New York), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.