EDGE #420 – Tokyo Paralympians Return Victorious + 25 Global Stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 September 2021 | #420 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2021 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Sport General | Stuff 13 September 2021 Tokyo Paralympians Return Victorious New Zealand’s Paralympians have returned from Tokyo with a medal count of 12, including six gold. It was the athletics and swimming show for New Zealand, with all of the medals coming from those two sports, Stuff reports. New Zealand’s greatest Paralympian,… General | Guardian (The) 13 September 2021 Aoraki Mt Cook Reveals Last Images of a Mountaineer Two decades ago Richard Stiles escaped an avalanche on Aoraki Mount Cook, but friend Steve Robinson wasn’t so lucky. Now the mountain has given…   Writers | Guardian (The) 10 September 2021 An Excerpt From After the Tampa by Abbas Nazari Fulbright winner Abbas Nazari was one of 433 refugees rescued by New Zealand from the Norwegian cargo ship, Tampa, in 2001 after leaving Indonesia in an…   Sport General | PSA World Tour 09 September 2021 Squash Player Paul Coll Wins Historic British Title New Zealand’s Paul Coll, 29, is the Allam British Open champion 2021 producing a formidable performance to come from one game down and get his…   Film & TV | Harper’s Bazaar 08 September 2021 Rose Matafeo Wants More Diversity in Rom-Coms While shooting Season 2 of Starstruck, London-based New Zealander Rose Matafeo, 29, spoke to Harper’s Bazaar about its origin story, her dream guests, and how the…   Taste | Vogue.com 07 September 2021 Vogue 25 List Includes Chef Margot Henderson London-based New Zealander Margot Henderson is one of today’s “most lauded chefs”. She joins Vivian Westwood, the Duchess of Cambridge, Nicola Sturgeon, FKA…   Film & TV | Guardian (The) 06 September 2021 Andrew Dominik on 20 Years of Chopper Few would be unfamiliar with Chopper – both the criminal, and the movie. The former is Mark Brandon Read, the notorious Australian gangster, bestselling author and serial shit-spinner,…   Sport General | BBC Sport 03 September 2021 Commonwealth Games Chief Named as Katie Sadleir New Zealander Katie Sadleir, currently general manager of women’s rugby at World Rugby, has been appointed the first female chief executive of the…   Media | Al Jazeera 02 September 2021 Journalist Charlotte Bellis Questions Taliban New Zealander Charlotte Bellis was the only female journalist at the Taliban’s first official press conference in Afghanistan last week and her bold question to…   Obituaries | Canberra Times (The) 01 September 2021 Labour Giant Michael Cullen Committed to NZ Sir Michael Cullen, Helen Clark’s deputy prime minister and the father of New Zealand superannuation, has died in Whakatāne aged 76, Ben McKay reports for a story…   Music | Atlantic (The) 31 August 2021 Lorde’s Latest Album Too Complex to Be Basic “Ever since people started slinging around the word basic as an insult, delights as disparate as pumpkin-spice lattes, the music of Lizzo, and sunsets have…   Sport General | National Geographic 30 August 2021 Meet Paralympic Cyclist and Adventurer Steve Bate Having become the first person with visual impairment to scale El Capitan, New Zealand-born Steve Bate, 43, is no stranger to adventure. The Tokyo…   Writers | Wall Street Journal (The) 30 August 2021 “Genius” Katherine Mansfield’s “frantic creative flourishing” collected in ‘Strange Bliss’ “One of the genuine, if…   Film & TV | Washington Post (The) 25 August 2021 Taika Waititi Behind Triumphant Reservation Dogs Oscar-winning writer-director New Zealander Taika Waititi is co-creator of the “unforgettable (and caper-filled)” television series Reservation Dogs, a…   General | New York Times (The) 25 August 2021 Is NZ the Best Place to Survive Global Collapse? Two English researchers have found that New Zealand is best poised to stay up and running as climate change continues to wreak global havoc, Heather Murphy…   Business | Guardian (The) 24 August 2021 Allbirds Puts a Label on Fashion’s Climate Impact Allbirds’ sustainability lead Hana Kajimura talks to The Guardian’s Nadra Nittle about why the company, founded by New Zealander Tim Brown and…   Arts | NZ House & Garden 20 August 2021 Philip Roche’s Palm Springs ‘Desert Dreams’ Former Wellingtonian Philip Roche and his iconic Palm Springs Mid Century Modern feature in September’s issue of NZ House & Garden. His design and…   Film & TV | Entertainment Weekly 19 August 2021 Xena’s Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor Reunite One of the most shipped couples in TV history, Xena and Gabrielle, are finally getting back together, Dominic Corry writes for Entertainment Weekly….   Music | Edinburgh Reporter (The) 19 August 2021 Pianist Ben Wilcock’s Fond Edinburgh Connections When Hamilton-born Ben Wilcock signed up for a Fringe run with New Zealand’s Indian Ink Theatre Company in 2003, he had no idea that Edinburgh…   New Zealand | Washington Post (The) 18 August 2021 Fortress NZ Looks to Open Borders to Vaccinated New Zealand, one of the last countries successfully pursuing a zero-tolerance approach to the novel coronavirus, has said it could open its borders for…   Business | Al Jazeera 18 August 2021 Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck Living His Space Dream Rocket Lab’s founder Invercargill-born Peter Beck talks to Al Jazeera about moon shots, deep space exploration and overcoming dream crushers. Beck,…   Sport | Sydney Morning Herald 10 August 2001 20 YEARS AGO This Glorious Tradition Respect: The Sydney Morning Herald offers solace to the demanding expectations of AB fans…   New Zealand | Sydney Morning Herald 20 August 2006 15 YEARS AGO Double Dose of Glacial Magic A Sydney Morning Herald travel writer takes in equal parts local history and jaw-dropping natural scenery at the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. “Tramping, walking…   War and Peace | New Zealand Herald (The) 19 August 2011 10 YEARS AGO Back to the Island of Crete No guns were firing when the New Zealand Herald’s Jim Eagles assembled quietly at the bottom of the steep road to the hilltop village of Galatas on the…   New Zealand | Condé Nast Traveller 09 August 2016 5 YEARS AGO Three NZ Cities Included in World’s Friendliest Cities Ranking Three New Zealand cities have been ranked in the Top 20 of Condé Nast Traveller’s annual World’s Friendliest Cities…