THE GLOBAL LIFE OF NEW ZEALANDERS

From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 7 August 2013 | #160 | Auckland

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Business / Innovation / Science / Politics & Economics / Society /
Obituaries / Sport / Adrenaline / Taste / Design / Travel / Nature / Film / Arts / Media

NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES IN GLOBAL MEDIA JULY / AUGUST 2013

POLITICS / ECONOMY / DIPLOMACY / SOCIETY

New Zealand pledges to fight for Ross Sea, marine protected area stymied by Russian concerns – Xinhua
Fonterra “imbrolglio” focus of high level Chinese censure, NZ needs to start rebuilding trust – China Daily 
New Zealand experiencing strongest immigration in four years; outperforming peers – Wall Street Journal 
New Zealanders settled on the Gold Coast call for immigrant law changes – GoldCoast.com
Hoana Pearson, principal, shining star of biculturalism promotion in schools – Huffington Post

BUSINESS / INNOVATION / SCIENCE

Ross McEwan, CEO of RBS, “one of the highest-profile, politically-charged roles in banking world” – Guardian
NZ Film Commission execs meet with SA producers to discuss co-production opportuities – Variety
New Zealand’s rich are getting richer; Graeme Hart tops NBR’s ’13 list; Chandler next – The Australian 
Victoria Ransom’s journey from Scotts Ferry to Googleplex, a stunning success story – New Zealand Herald 
Daniel Ammann, General Motors CFO, 41, testament to carmaker’s new culture – Detroit News
Gibbs Amphibians expanding across US with increase in ATV Quadski production – Dealer News 
Chris Ellison, WA mining magnate, 56, appointed honorary consul to Perth’s NZ consulate – West Australian
Michael Shaw’s business thriving; miller at Scotland’s last surviving commercial watermills – The List
Nathan Broadbent hacks his microwave, talks at it and cooks a raspberry pie via the Internet – BBC
Ngaire Woods, dean of new Oxford business school, says first year of tenure a “whirlwind” – Telegraph

OBITUARIES

Barnaby Jack, one of world’s most prominent “white hat” computer hackers, 35 – Irish Times
Mike Moorwood, archaeologist, Homo floresiensis discoverer and “game-changer”, 82 – Telegraph 
Kenneth Minogue, political theorist; leading figure in Britain’s conservative intellectual life, 82 – Telegraph

SPORT / ADRENALINE

Bruce McLaren “transformed racing as driver, designer and owner” – Newsday
Chiefs take home Super 15 title after 15 point sourcing blitz in final 7 mins, beat Brumbies 27-22 – Fox News
Ruth Aitken, 56, takes up role of Netball Singapore’s new national coach – New Straits Times
Phar Lap’s DNA sequenced to determine thoroughbred secrets; S Hemisphere analysis-first – Guardian
Warren Gatland, Lions coach, turns a team’s travesty into triumph with Test series win – Guardian
New Zealand men’s and women’s Sevens teams clinch series titles in Moscow – Toronto Star
Dean Barker, Team NZ skipper, says new Cup multihulls “all the more fun to sail” – New York Times
Scott Dixon, 32, wins 31st IndyCar race of his career at the Honda Indy Toronto – Washington Post
Grant Goes, Dubai’s Fittest Man, completes 300 reps of 10 exercises in under five hours – Khaleej Times

TASTE / DESIGN

New Zealand-inspired menu on offer at Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tony Stewart, opens pop-up restaurant ‘Waiheke Island Yacht Club’ in San Francisco – Denizen
Joe Levy, industrial design student, 20, “crams in functionality” with his SpoolStool – Gizmodo
Michael Hazlewood, chef, opens South London restaurant, Toasted – London Evening Standard
New Zealand wines look about to get better with the ’13 “Vintage of a Lifetime” – Forbes
Annah Stretton, designer, launches competition for same-sex Australian wives-to-be – Telegraph

TRAVEL / NATURE

Tourism NZ says significant growth in number of international visitors this year – Telegraph 
Waitomo’s glowworms still busy with “mock-galaxies” enthralling ever more visitors – Treehugger
Silver Spear one of a number of NZ natives well worth growing in the UK – Guardian
New Zealand “does not seem of this earth”; “Who invented this country?” – Outside Magazine

FILM / ARTS / MEDIA

Peter Jackson a “game changer who transformed the practice of filmmaking” – Harvard Business Review
Eleanor Catton, youngest of 13 Booker longlist nominees; The Luminaries out 1 August – Los Angeles Times
Lorde, focus is on art, not boys, “I just want to do my thing… and stay true to my vision”
– Huffington Post
Shay Horay, aka Rubberband Boy, mutilates face with rubberbands to delight of audiences – Daily Star 
Michael Shanks, aka Timtimfed, 22, creating some of the best online gaming parodies – Kotaku 
Peter Jackson wraps Hobbit trilogy; live-blogs final day on set watching fights – Guardian
NZ Short Film Festival, moving pictures to to make Australian NZers homesick – Time Out
Lorde, true identity mystery for months; elusive approach to success paying off – Wall Street Journal 
Rose McIver, 24, lands fairy tale role as Tinker Bell on ABC series Once Upon a Time – Hollywood Reporter 
Carlo Van de Roer captures auric colour in new book; Miranda July, Taika Waititi psychedelic – Daily Mail
New Zealand director Jane Campion’s mini-series Top of the Lake gets 8 Emmy nods – Variety 
Peter Graham’s “compelling” Parker/Hulme story “unfolds in tabloid-like detail” – Petoskey News-Review
Steve Barry, Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year, on tour as Trio with “elaborate tunes” – Canberra Times
Francis Upritchard’s full-scale NY gallery debut reinterprets and manipulates the past – Art Daily
Fleur Adcock, poet, “has the sharp, exile’s memory of a lost world of childhood” – Guardian
Gemma New, assistant conductor for New Jersey Symphony, directs summer concert series – NJ.com
Lucy Lawless, television star, joins True Blood’s Stephen Moyer on stage in Chicago – Latin Times
Robbie Magasiva, Willy Moon and Anna Paquin make Vice magazine Crush Cakes list
Top of the Lake hailed as New Zealand’s answer to Danish hit The Killing – BBC
Alex Galvin’s low-budget Eternity trumps big-budget to win at Madrid film festival – 3News
Lucy Morris, game developer, promotes powerful female leads in Vancouver game jam – Financial Post
Jane Campion wishes she had consigned Ada to a permanent resting place with her piano – Guardian
The Dead C one of the most original strains of underground rock of past 25 years – Wire
Bill Hawker, musician; “never been able to do anything useful, except for music” – Macquarie Post News
George Nuku, sculptor, draws on inspiration from tricksters for Vancouver show – Vancouver Sun

WRAP-UP

Ivan Sentch, programmer, builds full-scale 3D printed ‘61 Aston Martin replica – Fox News
31 signs you are the child of New Zealand expats; “one word you failed as a vegetarian: lamb” – BuzzFeed
Susan Maxwell Skinner, writer, recalls pressmob mayhem at William and Harry’s births – Sacramento Bee 
Andrew Thomson, Phnom Penh residence features in New York Times’ Great Homes and Destinations
Nancy Beavan, archaeologist, unravelling mysteries of ancient Cambodian graveyard – The Diplomat
Dan Wootton, journalist, 30, joins UK tabloid Sun on Sunday as showbiz columnist – Guardian

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