EDGE #247: NZ the Safe Haven for Super-Rich Preparing for Doomsday, Cool Capital, Long-Lasting Significance Of LOTR Trilogy + more ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 25 January 2017 | #247 | New York New Zealand | New Yorker 24 January 2017 New Zealand the Safe Haven for Super-Rich Preparing for Doomsday “Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization,” writes Evan Osnos in an article in The New Yorker. While some are “stocking up on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency”, others try… Community/General | UPI 24 January 2017 Push for More Electric Cars on NZ Roads Energy and Resources Minister Judith Collins said the Government would set aside $2.5m to help stimulate the electric-vehicle market in the country.”The funding will provide up… Business | Telegraph (The) 23 January 2017 Financiers Make Debrett’s Most Influential List Two New Zealanders have made the 2016 Debrett’s 500 list of most influential people in Britain. CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Ross McEwan… Community/General | Phnom Penh Post (The) 23 January 2017 Volunteer Sue Thompson’s Cambodian Recipe of Hope New Zealander Sue Thompson arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia in July for four days, but stayed on in the city, opening the Kitchen of Hope which… New Zealand | New York Times (The) 25 January 2017 Discovering Auckland’s Charms and Idioms New Zealanders are “extraordinarily hospitable”; “the natural beauty of New Zealand is second to none; and while Auckland has some worthwhile sights, it’s important… New Zealand | Daily Herald 24 January 2017 Six Not to Miss in New Zealand’s “Cool” Capital “Wellington long ago shed its staid, bureaucratic image,” Katherine Rodeghier writes for Chicago’s Daily Herald. “For many laid-back… Adrenalin | Guardian (The) 24 January 2017 Thrilling Start to 2017 in Queenstown Queenstown and its reputation as the adventure capital of the world, is a centre for every kind of extreme sport imaginable – but it is best-known for bungee jumping. New Zealand is… Fashion | Harper’s Bazaar 23 January 2017 Zippora Seven’s Croatian Dream Comes True Model and It-girl Auckland-born Zippora Seven, 25, talks to Harper’s Bazaar about her recent four-day trip to one of Europe’s hidden gems, Dubrovnik in… Design | Business Insider 23 January 2017 Ulysses One of the Year’s Largest Yachts The Graeme Hart-commissioned 107m megayacht Ulysses was one of the six largest yachts delivered in 2016, according to Business Insider.Built by Norwegian commercial… New Zealand | ABC News 22 January 2017 What to Do in New Zealand’s South Island “If New Zealand is on your bucket list, then 2017 may be the year your travel dreams come true,” according to Travelzoo senior editor Gabe Saglie. “The South Island,… Film & TV | Huffington Post (The) 22 January 2017 Long-Lasting Significance Of LOTR Trilogy On the 15th anniversary of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, actors Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen reflect on the trilogy’s… New Zealand | Stuff 22 January 2017 Airbnb Confirms Queenstown on New Trips Platform Adventure capital Queenstown will be the New Zealand guinea pig for a new wave of tourism – Airbnb Experiences.The global travel company announced… Film & TV | Slate 21 January 2017 Jemaine Clement’s David Bowie-Ode Best in Moana “He may appear in just one scene, but Tamatoa, the glam rock crustacean voiced by Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement, is quite possibly… Wine | LA Times 21 January 2017 New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Widens Its Scope “Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is like no other wine on Earth,” according to Los Angeles Times wine critic Patrick Comiskey. “It’s one of the most recognisable,… New Zealand | Telegraph (The) 21 January 2017 Find Your Fortune in Hills of Gold “When the star-crossed prospectors featured in [Eleanor Catton’s] novel The Luminaries set out in search of gold on [the] West Coast, they took their lives in their hands,” Telegraph travel… War & Peace | Centenary News 21 January 2017 Marian Fountain’s Sculpture Honours NZ Tunnellers Hundreds of New Zealand soldiers who dug a network of tunnels beneath Arras in the run-up to the Allies’ spring 1917 offensive in Northern… Community/General | National Geographic 20 January 2017 Robin Hammond Trans Image on Cover of Nat Geo New Zealand-born photojournalist Robin Hammond’s image of transgender girl Avery Jackson, 9, has made the cover of the January 2017 special issue of National… Taste | Stuff 20 January 2017 Eight NZ restaurants Named on La Liste’s Top 1000 Eight of New Zealand’s finest restaurants have been named among the world’s best, included on La Liste’s 1000 outstanding restaurants for… Writers | New York Times (The) 19 January 2017 Why US Poet James Galvin Is like New Zealand American poet James Galvin’s “Why I Am Like New Zealand” featured in the New York Times recently.Why I Am Like New Zealand My feet stick out from beneath… Politics and Economics | New York Times (The) 19 January 2017 Hot House-Hunting in Auckland Auckland is “going through a building boom,” Ross Hawkins, a salesman with New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty told the New York Times, noting that at the moment you can count 40 or so construction… Taste | San Diego Reader 19 January 2017 Queenstown Public House a San Diego Find New Zealand-inspired American cuisine is served up at San Diego’s Queenstown Public House. Reviewer Ed Bedford, writing for the San Diego Reader went along for a taste… Innovation | Wall Street Journal (The) 19 January 2017 Welcome to New Zealand’s Gateway to Space New Zealand has become the unlikely frontier in a drive to open a private rocket-launch site, servicing a soaring market for tiny satellites, many the size of a shoebox,… See all stories and an 11,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 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.