EDGE #248: Coromandel NZ’s Favourite Holiday Spot, NZ Films at Berlin Film Festival, Peter Gunn’s Melbourne Hot Spot + Helen Clark To Step Down As UNDP Chief and more ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 01 February 2017 | #248 | New York New Zealand | Epoch Times 30 January 2017 Coromandel NZ’s Favourite Holiday Spot With such a stunning country and so many spots to choose from, what is the favoured destination for locals to head to in the upper North Island, the Epoch Times asks. “You won’t find many tourists here and that’s what makes it so attractive.” “It’s… New Zealand | Greeley Tribune 30 January 2017 At a Loss for Words on Roys Peak “In the dead of summer, in the stunning landscape of Wanaka, I finally managed to summit Roys Peak and was met with one of the most astonishing views of my life,” traveller Hannah Cornish writes for… Wine | Wine Enthusiast Magazine 30 January 2017 Marlborough NZ’s Best Wine Destination The world’s Sauvignon Blanc capital, Marlborough, has much more to offer than its signature wine, according to Wine Enthusiast Magazine managing editor Joe Czerwinski.”New… New Zealand | Food & Wine 29 January 2017 Central Otago Perfect for Gastronomy Getaway Travellers flock to the Central Otago region for two reasons, according to Australian wine writer Andrea Frost. They go for the “great outdoors and the even greater… Film & TV | Stuff 31 January 2017 Trio of Films to Screen at Berlin Film Festival Three New Zealand films will screen at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.Poi E: The Story of Our Song and new-comer, The Inland Road,… Film & TV | Teen Vogue 01 February 2017 KJ Apa’s Dark Take on Comic Book Archie Star of American television show Riverdale, New Zealand actor KJ Apa’s take on the high school sophomore Archie goes far deeper than the inevitable love triangle situating… Film & TV | Little White Lies 27 January 2017 Posters Inspired by Taika Waititi’s Hit Film For Little White Lies’ latest creative brief, the film magazine asked its readers to design a wanted poster inspired by Taika Waititi’s “charming” 2016… Taste | Vogue Australia 31 January 2017 Book a Seat at Peter Gunn’s Melbourne Hot Spot Melbourne “is quietly stepping up its game as Sydney’s cool little sister,” Vogue Australia journalist Lane Nieset writes. “Sold-out… Wine | San Francisco Chronicle 29 January 2017 Winemaker Andréa McBride’s Perfect Pairing The wedding of New Zealand-born winemaker Andréa McBride and American Fabian John, held at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, features in the San Francisco… Taste | Manila Bulletin 27 January 2017 Baker Dean Brettschneider’s Hands-On Approach Dean Brettschneider, the New Zealand-born self-styled “Global Baker” who recently opened Baker & Cook and Plank Sourdough Pizza in Manila, shared a… Politics and Economics | Channel News Asia 26 January 2017 Helen Clark To Step Down As UNDP Chief In April “Helen Clark, the highest ranking woman at the United Nations, is stepping down as director of the UN Development Programme in April”, as reported on… Education | Aljazeera 27 January 2017 Pick Your Teacher: Democratic Schooling in the UK The London Nautical School, “a modern, non-selective inner London state school for boys”, is transforming education with students choosing their… Fashion | Luxury London 28 January 2017 London’s Regal Fashion Designer Emilia Wickstead London-based fashion designer New Zealander Emilia Wickstead, 32, talks to Luxury London about motherhood, the royal wardrobe and styling the Duchess… New Zealand | Toronto Star 28 January 2017 Abel Tasman Covers Heaven on Earth Hot showers, meals, beds – and your luggage – await at stops along the scenic 60km Abel Tasman Coast Track, Lisa Jackson writes for a Toronto Star travel piece.”Seated at the northern tip… Rugby | Daily Record 31 January 2017 Rugby Boss Vern Cotter Says Scotland on the Up It is three years since 54-year-old New Zealander Vern Cotter arrived from French side Clermont Auvergne to take the reigns at Murrayfield. He recalls when his… Business | London Evening Standard 26 January 2017 Britain’s Banking Watchdog Sam Woods Looks Ahead New Zealand-born Sam Woods, chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), is one of the new generation of City regulators who cut… Golf | Daily Mail 26 January 2017 Lydia Ko Wants Golfing Pay Parity The world’s top woman golfer New Zealander Lydia Ko, 19, wants her stunning achievements as a teenager to narrow the sport’s huge gap in prize money between men and women, according to the Daily… Politics and Economics | National (The) 25 January 2017 Scotland’s Labour for Independence Youngest Member The youngest member of the newly relaunched Labour for Independence group New Zealand-born Ben McKinlay, 17, from Earlston in the Scottish… X Files | YouTube 27 January 2017 Christchurch Launches Driverless Shuttle Trial Christchurch Airport has trialled its new autonomous electric vehicle – the first in New Zealand. The shuttle can carry up to 10 seated and… See all stories and an 11,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. 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