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THE GLOBAL LIFE OF NEW ZEALANDERS From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 9 August 2012| #149 | Auckland We tweet four times each weekday and publish daily on Facebook. Cheers. NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES IN GLOBAL MEDIA THIS WEEK Hamish Bond, Eric Murray row everyone out of the water; 450 golden grams of grit – ESPN Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan win rowing Olympic gold in men’s double – TNT Magazine Christchurch aims for college campus rebuild; low-rise with innovation “hubs” – Bloomberg Business Peter Snell, 73, “greatest flying Kiwi of all time,” inducted into IAAF Hall of Fame – Washington Post New Zealand an ever more popular skiing holiday destination for Australians – The Age Brancott Estate’s innovative sparkling sauvignon blanc “tastes of the future” – Telegraph Greentree, business software company, expanding into UK market – Guardian New Zealand increasingly a family-friendly location for British looking to emigrate – Telegraph Jane Campion locked Piano composer in hotel room; let him out on completion – Guardian Waimarama Taumaunu, Silver Ferns coach, 49, calling for young blood – News.com.au NZ Brewers Guild survey rising popularity of local boutique beers – Sky News Francis Upritchard’s weird ‘Horse’ nude, on plaid in LA gallery exhibit – Los Angeles Times Auckland rises in Monocle’s annual Top 25 Liveable Cities rankings to No. 9 Len Brown, Auckland mayor, one of Monocle’s “inspiring local legislators” See all stories and a 7,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2012 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin). Web published by Kirsten McConchie (Auckland).
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Fern Symbol via www.nzflag.com. Banner photo: Gull, Kapiti.
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