#227: Hurricanes, Local Eateries, Accidents, Blunders & Calamities, Chris Amon, Aaradhna, Astrophotography Prize + NZ Chardonnay and more ++

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 10 August 2016 | #227 | New York Rugby | Telegraph (The) 08 August 2016 Hurricanes Clinch 2016 Super Rugby Title “After 20 years of waiting, Hurricanes fly-half Beauden Barrett dived on a loose ball with little over 11 minutes remaining to score the winning try and secure his side’s first Super Rugby title with a 20-3 victory over South Africa’s Lions [at Westpac Stadium in… Taste | Monocle 08 August 2016 Top Local Eateries Make International List Auckland restaurant Ortolana and Wellington’s Olive are included in Monocle’s annual journal The Escapist’s 2016 Restaurant Awards, a list of 50 establishments from… Film & TV | If (magazine) 04 August 2016 ‘Accidents, Blunders & Calamities’ Wins Best Animated Film at Comic-Con Kiwi short film Accidents, Blunders and Calamities produced by students… Obituaries | Toronto Star 09 August 2016 Fond Farewell to Formula 1 Hero Chris Amon Chris Amon, regarded as one of the best Formula One racing car drivers of his generation, has died in Rotorua at age 73. Toronto Star “Wheels” editor Norris McDonald… Music | Guardian (The) 07 August 2016 Aaradhna: Brown Girl Review Sometimes you hear a song and “you feel the passion, dance the groove and, for a split second, the world makes glorious sense. Affirmation, validation; that’s all many of us are seeking.” Among “the warm old… Arts | Mashable 05 August 2016 Kiwi Photographers Shortlisted in Astrophotography Prize New Zealand photographers Andrew Caldwell (Napier), Lee Cook (Mackenzie District) and Stephen Voss (Invercargill) have been… News | South China Morning Post 06 August 2016 NZ Chardonnays Taking on Burgundy New Zealand chardonnays can be a great substitute for expensive burgundies, as reported in the South China Morning Post. In a New Zealand vs Burgundy blind tasting in London last year, Kumeu River… New Zealand | Monocle 10 August 2016 Escape to Wellington Where Life’s a Breeze Wellington is one of 10 cities to feature in Monocle’s annual “journal of places less explored,” The Escapist. The New Zealand capital is home to incomparable… Film & TV | Guardian (The) 09 August 2016 DJ Zane Lowe Queues Up His Summer Faves From a moody duet to a Mac Miller joyful four-on-the-floor groove, Auckland-born DJ, producer and poptimist Zane Lowe shares the songs he’s got queued up this summer for the… Sport General | Ironman 09 August 2016 Triathlete Aaron Fleming Defies the Odds Blenheim-born Aaron Fleming, 32, will line-up for his eighth Ironman start in Malaysia this November achieving his triathlon goals despite suffering from a collapsed lung… Community/General | Daily Mail 07 August 2016 How To Dad Shows Parents How to Get Out the Door With Kids In The Morning “When you have young children in tow, getting fed, dressed and on the road in… Design | Daily Mail 05 August 2016 Isaac Burrough Concept Catamaran a Luxury Statement New Zealand-born designer Isaac Burrough has inaugurated a new yacht design studio in Amsterdam with the release of a 60m sailing catamaran… Dance | Globe and Mail (The) 05 August 2016 Ballet World’s Rising Star Harrison James Some dancers take more than a decade to rise through the ranks of a professional ballet company. Others, such as the New Zealand-born Harrison James, manage a swift… Music | Rolling Stone 04 August 2016 MAALA Rolls out Debut Album Composure The past few years has seen Aucklander Evan Sinton, better known as MAALA, transform from New Zealand’s Got Talent star to brooding, mysterious electronic artist. With his debut album… Writers | Guardian (The) 04 August 2016 Poet Hera Lyndsay Bird Speaks to a Generation Millions are turning to poetry in response to a year of troubling news stories – with previously excluded voices, like Thames-born writer Hera Lyndsay Bird… Music | Lusaka Times 03 August 2016 Singer Mukuka Musowa Keeping Her Roots Close Hamilton singer-songwriter Mukuka Musowa, 22, talks to Zambia’s Lusaka Times about her latest single “Just Fine”, her musical inspirations, and New Zealand… See all stories and an 10,500 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 Caleb Walsh (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.