#186: All Blacks Demolish France in RWC Quarterfinal

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Rugby | RTE
19 October 2015
All Blacks Demolish France in RWC Quarterfinal
The New Zealand All Blacks have beaten France 62-13 with a record-breaking nine try performance – the biggest victory in World Cup quarter-final history.

Many French fans had hoped for a repeat of the 2007 Millennium Stadium quarterfinal, where France beat New…

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New Zealand | Buzzfeed
19 October 2015
17 Stunning Spots In New Zealand
17 spots in New Zealand have been featured in a post on Buzzfeed as places that you will want to visit.

1. Lake Tekapo, McKenzie Country: “New Zealand’s highest peaks provide a beautiful backdrop…

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Film & TV | WOW
18 October 2015
New Zealand is the King of Comedy Horror
Kiwis “certainly seem to have a killer knack for comedy horror – gleefully creating tongue-in-cheek shockers that have the ability to make us both giggle and scream”, writes…
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Nature | ABC News
17 October 2015
New Zealand Fur Seal Still Squatting on Opera House Stairs
A young New Zealand fur seal has made the steps of Sydney’s Opera House his permanent home.

The New Zealand seal was…

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Film & TV | People Magazine
17 October 2015
Meet the New Moana Princess
14-year old Hawaiian Auli’i Cravalho has been selected to voice the lead in Disney’s new princess movie Moana.

“From baby time to now, I wanted to be a Disney princess and then I wanted to be a singer or an…

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New Zealand | Conde Nast Traveler
16 October 2015
New Zealand’s Valley of the Trolls
“On a hike across New Zealand’s Southern Alps, we find the kind of beauty fit for myths and legends”, writes Laura Dannen Redman in an article on Condé Nast Traveler.

“We had sweat and…

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Film & TV | Variety Magazine
16 October 2015
Banshee’ Releases Final Season Trailer
The trailer for the fourth and final season of small-town crime drama Banshee has been released. January 29 has been set as the show’s premiere date.

New Zealand actor…

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Film & TV | IGN
15 October 2015
Surprise Ash Vs. Evil Dead Premiere
The audience at the Ash Vs. Evil Dead panel at New York’s Comic Con was surprised with a surprise premiere of the entire first episode, which according to Eric Goldman in an article on…
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Travel | YouTube
15 October 2015
The It List Dunedin
Air New Zealand takes you on a journey through Dunedin’s most unique places. Experience some culture with the Toitu Otago Settler Museum or the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, or try some of award winning cheese from Whitestone Cheeses.
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Visual Arts | Le Figaro
15 October 2015
Jennifer Flay Awarded France’s Legion of Honour
Jennifer Flay, who has been director of Paris’s premiere art fair Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) since 2003, has been awarded the…
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Sport General | Torch (The)
15 October 2015
Luis Esteves Making His Mark as a Johnny in US
Auckland-born Luis Esteves is making a name for himself playing soccer as a senior midfielder for St. John’s University in New York. While he looks towards the…
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Dance | Oxford Mail
14 October 2015
Kapa Haka Tale a Piece of NZ for Oxford
As part of Oxford’s Family Dance Week there is a one-off opportunity to see the haka live in a show performed by Corey Baker’s dance company, as part of a stunning new show…
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Rugby | YouTube
14 October 2015
Rugby World Cup Lipreading
How do deaf people see the Rugby World Cup? CaptionitNZ let’s you experience what lipreading would be like if there were no captions on a video.
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Politics and Economics | Korea Herald (The)
14 October 2015
Celebrating Our Ties to Korea
“The New Zealand Embassy has kicked off a month-long festival in October to celebrate growing commercial and cultural links with Korea, expected to expand further after the free trade agreement likely comes…
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Sport General | Big Island Now
14 October 2015
Callum Millward Ups the Ironman Ante
One year ago, New Zealand-born Callum Millward was showing off cupcakes and interviewing triathletes preparing for the Ironman World Championships, Hawaiian news site Big Island Now reports….
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Fashion | i-D
13 October 2015
Lili Sumner Joins Saint Laurent Model Girl Gang
Originally from Auckland, 21-year-old model Lili Sumner, who took to the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week this month, is one of the “Saint Laurent model girl…
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Sport General | Straits Times
13 October 2015
Silver Fern Stars Aim to Motivate in Singapore
Two of the most storied names in netball, New Zealand’s Irene van Dyk, who recently retired from international netball, and current captain Casey Kopua, will…
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Music | Atlantic (The)
13 October 2015
Lorde One of Stardom’s Vengeful
Lorde joins the ranks of pop singers joyfully and brutally sidestepping tropes about victimhood in the music video for Disclosure’s “Magnets” which ends with the featured New Zealander tying a guy to…
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Politics and Economics | Guardian (The)
12 October 2015
Helen Clark Comments on 70 Years of the UN
As the UN marks the 70th anniversary of its founding this autumn, those imperfections – and how the UN addresses them – have come to the fore as the organisation…
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