Pua Magasiva, Actor (1980-2019)
Popular television actor Pua Magasiva died on May 11, 2019 aged 38. Born in Samoa but raised in New Zealand, Magasiva played the Red Ranger in 2003’s Power Rangers Ninja Storm as well…
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Quentin Pongia, Kiwi Hardman (1970-2019)
Kiwi rugby league legend Quentin Pongia died on May 18, 2019 aged 48, in Greymouth. “Q” represented the Kiwis 35 times and played for the Raiders, Warriors, Roosters and Dragons in Australia between…
Review: Marilyn Waring The Political Years
Marilyn Waring’s forensic record of her Parliamentary career (Marilyn Waring: The Political Years Bridget Williams Books) is a layered work, a primer in the travails of Aotearoa’s parliamentary democracy. It…
Climate Change A Critical Issue – NZ US Ambassador
Climate change is a critical issue for New Zealand and the Pacific island region as a whole given its exposure to extreme weather events, says New Zealand’s ambassador to the United States Rosemary Banks,…
Pioneering Facial Reconstruction Work Of Harold Gillies Carries Graphic Warning
The pioneering work of Dunedin-born surgeon Dr Harold Gillies is graphically displayed in a Daily Mail spread featuring the facial reconstructions of soldiers wounded in WWI. Under the headline “The rebuilt faces of war:…
Brand Australia Glances Eye At NZ
A high-level group of Australian business leaders charged with formulating a “unified and strategic representation of Australia’s capabilities” has referenced New Zealand’s international performance and perception. According to AFR Boss Deputy Editor Patrick Durkin in…
Hidden Tattoos: Bradley’s Puaki Portraits Conceal Maori Markings
New Zealand photographer Michael Bradley’s Puaki exhibition shows what Maori people would look like without their facial tattoos. Daily Mail reporter Ben Hill explains how Bradley used a digital camera to take photos of…
Jacinda Ardern: How To Stop The Next Christchurch Massacre
In a New York Times op-ed, PM Jacinda Ardern calls for the reform of social media, saying that the right to freedom of expression “does not include the freedom to broadcast mass murder.” The full…
Jacinda Ardern Popular In Australia
Jacinda Arden’s “empathy and grace” in the aftermath of the Christchurch shootings has been applauded in a recent New York Times opinion piece by Sisonke Msimang, an author who divides her time between Australia…
Then & Now: NZ’s Natural Beauty on Display in Turn-of-the-Century Photos
A series of turn-of-the-century photocroms, published by MailOnline’s Tim Stickings, reveal the beauty of the New Zealand landscape a hundred years ago. The colour photographs of the country’s mountains, lakes and fjords “were reproduced…
EDGE #362 Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation + 18 stories
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An Interview with Biljana Popovic
Newly published on online art platform Contemporary HUM, arts writer Eleanor Woodhouse interviews artist and designer Biljana Popovic on her 12-month Visual Arts Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, and her wider…
Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation
The U.S. government has a critical role in working with the private sector to harness emergent technologies such as 5G, quantum computing, AI, advanced manufacturing and synthetic biology, says Chris Liddell, White House Deputy…
Kiwis Among World’s Worst Savers while NZ Banks Deliver Highest Profits
Newly released household income data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that New Zealanders ranked among the world’s worst savers. The study forecasted that by 2020, Kiwis would be in…
Sophie Mashlan – Things I Don’t Mean – Sofar Wellington
Sophie Mashlan is a young New Zealand folk musician, who has “been rapidly gaining attention for her enchanting performances and evocative songs,” as outlined on her…
Air New Zealand Voted Australia’s Most Trusted Brand
“Qantas Airways has been beaten to the top spot once again by its New Zealand counterpart in the annual Australian Corporate Reputation Index. In the institute’s report, Air New Zealand took first position as…
An Interview with Dame Jenny Gibbs
Newly published on art platform Contemporary HUM, HUM’s own editor Pauline Autet speaks with Dame Jenny Gibbs about the forthcoming Venice Biennale and Dane Mitchell’s project for the prestigious international exhibition. As the commissioner…
How to Dad – Teaching a Baby How to Run
Watch one of the latest installments of How to Dad’s comedic instructional parenting videos – How to Teach a Baby to Run. Jordan Watson, a.k.a How to Dad has become well-known…
Caravan Co-Founder Miles Kirby on Business in Food
Miles Kirby, New Zealand-born co-founder of restaurant and coffee-roaster Caravan, oversees a growing five-strong group in London. Kirby spoke with British daily news site BigHospitality about how he made it to the top of…
K.J. Apa & Maia Mitchell Make The Most Of The Last Summer
Netflix has just “released the trailer for The Last Summer” featuring Maia Mitchell and K.J. Apa,” writes Tyler Aquilina in an article for Entertainment Weekly. “The Last Summer follows a group…
The Last Summer – Netflix – Trailer
New Zealand actor K.J. Apa is starring in Netflix’ latest teen romantic movie The Last Summer, which follows four friends trying to make the most of their last summer vacation before…
Bayley LuuTomes Plants Winning Woodland
“(An) exhibit that defied regular display-garden expectations (at this year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show) was the one created by New Zealand designer Bayley LuuTomes,” Megan Backhouse reports for The Sydney Morning Herald. “While…
Patriot Star Michael Dorman Took a Risk and Won
“Amazon’s Patriot is a spy show, a comic drama, an epic test of its protagonist’s will a boldly cinematic tale told occasionally through song, and perhaps the best…
Rugby Australia’s Raelene Castle on Equality
In a perfect world there would be no need for this conversation and the role women play in sport would not be addressed as a separate issue, “but we’re still about 10 years away…
AirNZ 3-D Prints Spare Part
Air New Zealand used a 3D printed part in one of its planes. They ordered the digital aircraft part file from Singapore, had it made via 3D printing in…
Air NZ Uses 3D Printing to Install Spare Part
“Air New Zealand’s exploration of 3D technology for parts and tools has ratcheted up a notch after it successfully ordered a 3D bumper protector for seats from Singapore and had it made and installed…
Susan Te Kahurangi King On Show in Chicago
The term “outsider artist” is big enough to include a creative person without classical training – and a silent artist, New Zealander Susan Te Kahurangi King, 68, who communicates only through the mysterious pictures…
NZ Passes Law Banning Most Semiautomatic Weapons
“Less than a month after 50 Muslim worshipers in the city of Christchurch were fatally shot in terrorist attacks on two mosques, New Zealand passed a law banning most semiautomatic weapons on Wednesday —…
Behind the Scenes – Georgia Fowler
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a fashion shoot? Watch this vlog to be taken behind-the-scenes with art director Jed Tallo at three ELLE Canada…
Rose Matafeo To Star In BBC Three Sitcom
Rose Matafeo is to star in BBC Three sitcom Star Struck, which follows a twentysomething woman living in London as she tries to work out life and love. Jay Richardson reports for
Why Some of Our Famous Flightless Birds Can’t Fly
University of Otago researchers in association with colleagues from Harvard University have discovered new evidence of what made some of New Zealand’s iconic birds such as the kiwi and extinct moa flightless. Dr Paul…
Six Kiwis Make Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019
“For the fourth year in a row, our team at Forbes Asia has been scouting the Asia-Pacific region in search for 300 outstanding individuals to highlight in the annual Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia…
Discover Abel Tasman With National Geographic’s Erika Larsen
Watch the third installment in the National Geographic/Tourism NZ series and follow National Geographic photographer Erika Larsen as she explores the South Island’s Abel Tasman National Park.
Your Apples May Soon Be Picked By Laser-Shooting Robots
Roboticists are creating crop-specific machines to harvest fruits and veggies. One of these inventions is “the apple-picking robot, a metallic farmer that just graduated from R&D and won a job in a New Zealand…
What We Do In The Shadows “Has Bite”
“Taika Waititi’s cult mockumentary has arisen on the small screen with the same mix of gravity-defying slapstick and endlessly amusing squabbles,” writes Charles Bramesco in a review for The Guardian.…
HOWL FOR CHANGE with Heperi Mita
The Howl for Change team speaks to Māori filmmaker Heperi Mita about his documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, “with which he revives his mother’s spirit years after her…
The Beths Live
Watch this clip to see and hear a live performance of The Beths in the KEXX studio. The Beths are a New Zealand indie pop band, originally from Auckland. The…
Why Other Politicians Fall Short Of Jacinda Ardern
“When doing my fieldwork with Christian Lebanese fighters in the middle of the Lebanese civil war, I witnessed a conversation concerning what to do with prisoners captured following a successful overrunning of a Palestinian…
“Nothing Consoles You Like Despair”
Newly published on online art platform Contemporary HUM, artist, writer, and curator Boaz Levin unpacks the work of Berlin-based artist Richard Frater, exhibited in Germany and New Zealand in the last few years, most…
Karen Walker’s Advice for Emerging Designers
Late last year iconic New Zealand designer Karen Walker spoke to Cityscape Magazine and shared some advice for emerging designers. Watch the interview here.
Salam Alaikum. Patience Required
Salaam Alaikum. Peace be upon us all. Aotearoa is experiencing an extended tangi. Like any such event emotions ebb and flow, sneak up on you, get you when you are not looking. A frightening…
The Roots of Jacinda Ardern’s Extraordinary Leadership
“In October of 2017, when Jacinda Ardern became the Prime Minister of New Zealand—a country with a population of fewer than five million—she assumed leadership of a place not accustomed to making global headlines,” writes…
Christchurch Choir Perform Emotional New York Concert
Christchurch’s Vocal Collective – on tour to perform at Carnegie Hall as part of a global choir – tonight sang an emotional and inspirational concert at St John’s Church in…
Christchurch Attack International News 30 Articles: Condemnation, Compassion, Commentary
U.S. and other reporting, analysis and investigations in the 24 from The Washington Post, New York Times, New Yorker, CNN, Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, NZ Herald, Intercept, Slate, HuffPo, CBC Canada, Telegraph, Atlantic, Foreign…
New Zealand In Mourning: Global News And Commentary About Christchurch Mosque Massacre
The tragic attack by a white supremacist on two Mosques in Christchurch resulting in 50 dead and as many critically injured has drawn both condemnation and compassion from world leaders and media, including analysis…
Christoph Niemann Visits New Zealand
In this Tourism NZ clip, join National Geographic Travel illustrator Christoph Niemann and learn about the secrets of Māori woodcarving with a visit to New Zealand’s National…
EDGE #356: “The Roots of Jacinda Ardern’s Extraordinary Leadership” The New Yorker + 18 stories
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EDGE #355: New Zealand In Mourning: Global News Commentary About Christchurch Mosque Massacre + 18 stories
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That Guy John Wareham
Some years ago I had a ring from Saatchi & Saatchi chief Kevin Roberts, a man I’ve always found to be inspirational, generous, and unflinchingly courageous. Seems a New York friend of Kevin’s, a…
