#EDGE 257: Phil Keoghan’s LE RIDE Tours USA, Bruce Connew’s Body of Work, Dunedin’s Big Scottish Heritage + China Honors Rewi Alley ++ more

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 05 April 2017 | #257 | New York Film & TV | Salt Lake Tribune (The) 04 April 2017 Phil Keoghan’s LE RIDE Tours USA Phil Keoghan, New Zealander extraordinaire, host of ten-time Emmy Award-winning show The Amazing Race, travels the U.S. in April to screen his critically-acclaimed documentary feature film LE RIDE. LE RIDE recently screened at SXSW, was the second highest grossing… Politics and Economics | Xinhua 04 April 2017 China Honours the Spirit of Rewi Alley Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s just-concluded visit to New Zealand has charted the future of the two countries’ “special” relations, with the spirit of New Zealander Rewi Alley… Agriculture | TVNZ 03 April 2017 Farmer Eric Watson Smashes Wheat Growing Record Ashburton farmer Eric Watson has broken the world record for the greatest wheat yield, with a “staggering” 16.91-tonnes/ha crop that left the current… Education | Guardian (The) 29 March 2017 Dunedin School Offers Same Uniform to All Dunedin North Intermediate has abolished gendered uniforms for its pupils and replaced them with shorts, a kilt and trousers that can be worn by either sex. The move came after… Arts | Americansuburbx 03 April 2017 Bruce Connew’s Body of Work Stirs Superlatives Photographers are snipers, no question, and Bruce Connew – journalist, artist, documentarian – is an exemplar. Paint yourself into the background,… New Zealand | Daily Trojan 04 April 2017 Pasifika Festival Enlightens US Student American university student Hailey Tucker questioned her own cultural identity when she attended Auckland’s recent Pasifika Festival.”As much as studying abroad has taught me… Nature | CBS News 01 April 2017 Kea’s Laughter Positively Contagious New Zealand’s alpine parrot the kea has become the first non-mammal to show signs of contagious “laughter,” according to a study published in the journal Current Biology.Kea… Film & TV | philly.com 02 April 2017 Ambition Got Niki Caro to Where She Is Today Picturing yourself as a successful movie director – then getting there – is notoriously tough for a woman in the United States, the epicentre of the movie… Film & TV | Toronto Star 03 April 2017 Riverdale Is a Guilt-Free Pleasure to Watch “‘Archie got hot – he has abs now!’ An actual line in the pilot episode of Riverdale,” which is Toronto Star columnist Shinan Govani’s latest innocent viewing… Film & TV | Stuff 01 April 2017 Nathalie Boltt Joins KJ Apa in Riverdale Wellington-based actress Nathalie Boltt has been missing fish and chips on the beach with her husband and son. The Riverdale star (she plays Penelope Blossom) is originally from… Community/General | Daily Advertiser (The) 02 April 2017 How Surfing Saved Grant Trebilco’s Life Four years ago, New Zealand-born Sydneysider Grant Trebilco combined his love for surfing with mental health, and founded a non-profit movement known as OneWave, which runs… Visual Arts | London Review of Books 31 March 2017 David Low’s Churchill Cartoons Live On New Zealander David Low, “who became Winston Churchill’s favourite cartoonist”, is included in a new book documenting the iconic images of Britain’s wartime… War & Peace | New Zealand Herald 31 March 2017 NZ Soldier at Heart of Bloody Struggle Against Isis In the heart of Baghdad, a formerly unnamed New Zealander living in a shipping container in a military compound is involved in the campaign… Community/General | Scotsman (The) 01 April 2017 Dunedin’s Big Scottish Heritage “In Dunedin today, there is no shortage of reminders of the first Scots who settled in this part of New Zealand 169 years ago last week and wove themselves into the fabric of the country,” Alison… Community/General | Fiji Sun 30 March 2017 Role Model Farah Khan Serves Legal Advice Fijian-born lawyer Farah Khan, 34, who is based in Auckland, has found her niche in life, Shahani Mala reports for the Fiji Sun. After spending 11 years dealing with the legal… Nature | Voice of America 30 March 2017 Data Shows How Powerful Quake Shifted Parts of NZ New data, including satellite radar imagery, shows that parts of the South Island moved 5m closer to the North Island during last November’s 7.8… Taste | London Evening Standard 31 March 2017 Adam Andrews Adding Colour to London’s Bagels “From beetroot bagels to green galettes, bread is brightening up [in London],” says the Evening Standard’s Phoebe Luckhurst, “and it all started… Film & TV | Guardian (The) 30 March 2017 Deliberating on the Taika-Esqueness of Thor Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi talks to the Guardian about joining the Marvel universe with his interpretation of Thor, which is due out in the United… Taste | Guardian (The) 29 March 2017 How Chef Margot Henderson Cooked and Parented New Zealand-born Margot Henderson is one of five professional cooks featured in the Guardian discussing how having kids changed their lives, in the kitchen and at… See all stories and an 11,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. 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