EDGE #410 Holiday Edition – Richie McCaw World Rugby Player of the Decade + 24 Global Kiwi Stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 24 December 2020 | #410 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2020 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Rugby | Guardian (The) 17 December 2020 Richie McCaw World Rugby Player of the Decade New Zealand’s two-time Rugby World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw has been named men’s player of the decade by World Rugby, Reuters reports in an article published online by The Guardian. McCaw, 39, who led the All Blacks to back-to-back World Cup titles in… Business | Times Colonist 20 December 2020 Canada-Based Builder Rob Parsons Lauded New Zealander Rob Parsons a Victoria, Canada contractor known for building high-end homes and for integrity in his business dealings has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from…   Architecture | Ralph Pucci 19 December 2020 David Howell Talks Architecture with Ralph Pucci New York New Zealander David Howell and his wife and business partner Steffani Aarons talk architecture and design on the podcast of renowned American…   Film & TV | BBC 19 December 2020 How Our Film Industry Boomed During the Pandemic Thanks to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand is enjoying an unprecedented boom in film production, with directors seeking safe conditions,…   Film & TV | YouTube 16 December 2020 Kiwi YouTube gaming comedy trio levels up New Zealand-based YouTube comedy trio Viva La Dirt League – which is behind popular video game skit series like Epic NPC Man and Game Logic – has signed with Creative…   General | Hollywood Reporter 18 December 2020 US TV Host Stephen Colbert Revisits 2019 NZ Trip Stephen Colbert, host of US television’s The Late Show, has shared footage from his 2019 travels to New Zealand on a recent episode, including a Lord of…   Fashion | Harper’s Bazaar 14 December 2020 Emilia Wickstead and Royalty a Perfect Fit “Any close followers of the Duchess of Cambridge’s style will know the name Emilia Wickstead,” Ciara Sheppard writes for Harper’s Bazaar. “The New Zealand-born…   Business | New York Times (The) 15 December 2020 Unilever NZ to follow lead of Perpetual Guardian to Trial 4-day Work Week Unilever New Zealand will be trialling a four day workweek for one year,…   Politics and Economics | Harvard Gazette (The) 12 December 2020 Harvard Activist Award for PM Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has received a Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman International Activist Award, which was presented at a…   Wine | Forbes 12 December 2020 Vintner Jules Taylor Celebrates 20 Years As a child in Marlborough Jules Taylor dreamt of another place that offered more options than the animal and vegetable/fruit farming that dominated her area in the late 1970s and…   Writers | New York Times (The) 11 December 2020 Author Chloe Gong is a New York Times Best Seller It’s not every day that a 21-year-old debut author lands near the top of the young adult hardcover list, Elizbeth Egan writes for The New York Times….   Business | Yahoo! UK 10 December 2020 Former Olympic Athlete Now Criteo CEO Megan Clarken Aims Ever Higher Internet advertising company Criteo’s first female CEO, Megan Clarken, has had an illustrious…   General | Travel + Leisure 09 December 2020 Turn Disappointments of 2020 into Forest of Hope To say 2020 has been a year full of disappointments is an understatement, but New Zealand is hoping to inspire some positivity for this coming year with…   Sport General | South China Morning Post 08 December 2020 Football Talent Liberato Cacace Moves to Belgium Wellington-born Liberato Cacace, 20, wants to imitate childhood hero Paolo Maldini by one day donning the captain’s armband for his national team, South…   Medicine/Health | BBC 07 December 2020 Siouxsie Wiles Makes BBC List of Inspiring Women Scientist and public health communicator Siouxsie Wiles has been named on this year’s BBC list of 100 Women, a roll call of “inspiring and…   Politics and Economics | Quarterly Essay 05 December 2020 With Pandemic Australia Has New Lens on NZ “New Zealand’s response to the coronavirus is just the latest reason Australians have sometimes looked wistfully, or at least with interest, across the Tasman,”…   Design | Stuff 04 December 2020 Furniture Design Company PLN Group Thinks Wellbeing West Auckland-based furniture design company PLN Group has created furniture for Apple, Google and Disney to reduce sound and boost productivity…   Business | Guardian (The) 03 December 2020 Ocado Retail CEO Mel Smith Takes on M&S Mel Smith is a plain-speaking, cheery New Zealander who joined online supermarket Ocado as CEO of Ocado Retail just over a year ago from Marks & Spencer, Harry Wallop…   Music | i-D 02 December 2020 October and The Eyes Puts Together EP Collage “October and The Eyes makes music that wouldn’t feel out of place on the soundtrack of an arthouse thriller. Read: dark, sexy and a little dangerous,” Fiona…   Film & TV | Skinny (The) 01 December 2020 Henry Blake’s County Lines Draws From Youth Work A thoroughly absorbing though deeply upsetting drama, County Lines is a remarkable debut feature from New Zealand-born writer-director Henry Blake….   Music | Independent (The) 30 November 2020 Antarctica Trip Motivates Lorde on All Levels New Zealand-born singer Lorde, 24, has teased fans with more information about a new album while announcing her book, Going South, inspired by her 2019 trip to…   Visual Arts | Dazed 28 November 2020 Rebecca Thomas’ Polish Portraits Stand Out “More Radical Empathy, a project by New Zealand-born photographer Rebecca Thomas, is a poignant and inspiring series of portraits of activists from the global queer…   Society | Forbes 07 December 2015 5 YEARS AGO Wellington Aims To Be Most Prosperous, Liveable and Vibrant City in the Southern Hemisphere “Admittedly before visiting Wellington, I didn’t know much about the city, besides that it is supposed to be very windy…   Arts | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 11 December 2010 10 YEARS AGO Island artscape Bailey, a full-time artist whose Maori, Irish and Dutch heritage is central to his work is one of more than 1 who make Waiheke Island their home, many of whom open their studios to visitors, writes former inhabitant   News | Homepaddock 1 December 2005 15 YEARS AGO Each Atom of the Stone I write this on 19 December 2005. Today is the 125th anniversary of the death of Tareha Te Moananui MP of whom I have written much in previous blogs. The regional newspaper ‘Hawke’s Bay…