#190: New Zealand Is The Ultimate Nature Adventure

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 15 November 2015 | #190 | New York New Zealand | Huffington Post (The) 11 November 2015 New Zealand Is the Ultimate Nature Adventure The main experience you are left awestruck with after a trip to New Zealand, according to the Huffington Post, is “the nature – the overwhelming force of the landscapes.” “New Zealand is one of the world’s youngest countries, the last major land mass to be… Business | Business Insider 16 November 2015 Martin Aircraft to Make Jetpacks for Dubai Firefighters “Martin Aircraft has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Dubai to supply jetpacks and training to its civil defence and…   Community/General | Guardian (The) 16 November 2015 New Zealand Student’s Speech Goes Viral A New Zealand student’s emotional valedictory speech has gone viral online with more than 170,000 views. 18-year-old Jake Bailey, who had been diagnosed with an aggressive…   Te Ao Maori | CBC News 15 November 2015 Indigenous NZ Practice Aims to Reunite Kids in Care with Families A delegation from New Zealand, led by Katie Murray has travelled to Winnipeg to work with the Ma Mawi Wi…   Visual Arts | Jack McLean 15 November 2015 Jack Mclean to Exhibit at London’s FLUX Contemporary Art Exhibition New Zealand artist Jack Mclean will be exhibiting his latest work at the FLUX Contemporary…   Dance | The List 14 November 2015 Tamsyn Russell Amongst Scotland’s Hot 100 Cultural Contributors New Zealand born dancer, teacher and choreographer Tamsyn Russell has been named amongst Scotland’s…   Community/General | Business Insider 14 November 2015 Legatum Institute Releases Annual Global Prosperity Index The London based Legatum Institute has released its annual global Prosperity Index, that ranks 142 countries according to their…   Media | Radio New Zealand 13 November 2015 Kathryn Ryan Wins 2015 International Radio Personality of the Year Award RNZ National’s Nine to Noon presenter, Kathryn Ryan has been awarded the 2015…   Science/Tech | Fast Amphibians 13 November 2015 Gibbs’ Next Generation of Fast Amphibians After bringing “three fast amphibian concepts to the American International Motorcycle Expo in Orlando, Fla.”, Gibbs Amphibians is “hoping to find to find a partner…   Community/General | Romanian Insider 13 November 2015 Adele Rickerby Keeps Her Romanian Promise New Zealander Adele Rickerby had to overcome a number of limitations to adopt a Romanian baby in the 1990s. After she semi-retired, due to back surgery, she found the peace and…   Theatre | Intelligent Life 12 November 2015 All the World Is a Stage for Rawiri Paratene If the Globe Theatre’s Globe to Globe project has a natural figurehead, it is Rawiri Paratene, whose Troilus and Cressida in Maori opened the tour in April 2014,…   Music | YouTube 12 November 2015 Land Slide – Mae Valley On The X Factor NZ Watch the phenomenal performance of the song Land Slide by Mae Valley featured on The X Factor New Zealand. Hosted by Dominic Bowden and with Judges Stan Walker,…   Visual Arts | BBC 12 November 2015 Henry Hargreaves Lets the Air out of the Chip Bag New Zealand-born artist Henry Hargreaves was so frustrated with the problem of empty space in a packet of chips that he decided to size up some of the…   Medicine/Health | Santa Barbara Independent 11 November 2015 Ron Butler Gets Behind New Emergency Vehicle The Cobra Litter is the brainchild of New Zealand-born racecar designer Ron Butler, who has spent countless hours working on the Ford Shelby Cobra, and retired Santa…   Haka | YouTube 11 November 2015 The All Blacks Perform World Cup Winning Haka Watch the All Blacks as they perform their breath-taking and awe-inspiring Haka following their Rugby World Cup trophy presentation.   Film & TV | Los Angeles Times 11 November 2015 Dean O’Gorman Gets Kirk Douglas’ Seal of Approval When Aucklander Dean O’Gorman, 38, was cast in the plum role of Kirk Douglas in Trumbo, the new biopic about blacklisted screenwriter…   Business | New York Post 10 November 2015 Hotel Maven Sean Macpherson Always Ready to Expand “There’s nowhere in Manhattan I wouldn’t open a hotel,” New Zealand-born California-raised hotelier Sean MacPherson tells the New York Post….   Comedy | YouTube 10 November 2015 Can’t Touch The Ground – Jono and Ben Jono and Ben stir up a little trouble in Lake Taupo while racing each other in a classic battle of ‘Can’t Touch The Ground’. How does it work? You’ve gotta get to each checkpoint…   Taste | New York Post 10 November 2015 Chef Amber Rose Shares Celebrity Culinary Secrets A dozen years ago, British actors Jude Law and Sadie Frost hired self-taught New Zealand-born chef Amber Rose to feed their brood in London, and her…   See all stories and an 10,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2015 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Andrew Conn (New York), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Samuel Hames (Auckland). Ferm symbol via www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.