#198: Luxury Lodge-Hopping in New Zealand

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 26 January 2016 | #198 | New York New Zealand | Financial Times 21 January 2016 Luxury Lodge-Hopping in New Zealand “Once seen by many as a destination for backpackers to hike, bike and bungee jump, New Zealand’s profile is changing,” Mark Jones writes in a Financial Times feature. “In 2014 the national tourist board developed a ‘premium sector strategy’ that would… Writers | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 25 January 2016 Ben Sanders’ Crime Novel Takes on the Big Guns Ben Sanders’ American Blood is a “world-class thriller,” according to Karen Hardy writing for the Sydney Morning Herald. “It’s perhaps a little… Theatre | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 25 January 2016 Thomas Monckton’s The Pianist a Brilliant Hour New Zealander Thomas Monckton is one of a new generation of mimes, a “luminary”, beginning to “carry the torch in a tradition that brought us Charlie… New Zealand | Australian (The) 24 January 2016 Wairau River a Fly-Fishing Paradise Owen River Lodge is about 100km from Nelson and its owner, Felix Borenstein, says Wairau River is fly-fishing’s Everest. One minute they are there and the next they aren’t – three of… Theatre | Telegraph (The) 24 January 2016 Mime’s New Star Is Trygve Wakenshaw “Rubber-limbed” New Zealander Trygve Wakenshaw is “one of the most talented acts of the new mime movement,” Tristram Fane Saunders writes for the Telegraph. Trained at École… Nature | ABC News 23 January 2016 Moa’s Range of Ecological Roles Irreplaceable Filling the ecological gap left by the extinction of the moa with imported Australian emus and cassowaries would not work, according to insights into the… Cricket | ABC News 23 January 2016 Under-15 Cricket Team Breaks with Tradition Wakatipu High School Uunder-15 cricket team impressed locals at January’s Western New South Wales Cricket Carnival, wowing locals in the small rural township of Molong… Film & TV | Guardian (The) 22 January 2016 Heath Cozens Breaks Stereotypes with Doglegs Disabled athletes fight the non-disabled in New Zealand director Heath Cozens’ award-winning documentary Doglegs which provides an outlet for five determined… Adrenalin | Guardian (The) 22 January 2016 Pack up Your Troubles and Paddle New Zealand’s only packraft operator Expedition X takes Guardian journalist Ellie Ross into a “secret corner” of the Rees Valley, an hour’s drive north of Queenstown, for a trek into the… Rugby | New York Times (The) 21 January 2016 New Zealanders Helping Racing 92 to the Top The experience of former All Blacks is helping Paris club Racing 92 with long-term ambitions, both nationally and internationally, said club president Jacky… Dance | Press and Journal (The) 21 January 2016 Designer Tracy Grant Lord Dresses Scottish Ballet Aucklander Tracy Grant Lord is the brains behind the costumes and set of Scottish Ballet’s Cinderalla, a production originally created for the Royal… Wine | Conde Nast Traveler 20 January 2016 Best Italian Wines New Zealand Made You don’t have to go to the source to drink world-class Sangiovese or Montepulciano. According to Condé Nast Traveler, some of the finest Italian wine is made right here in New… Music | New York Post 20 January 2016 David Bowie Changed Geeling Ching’s Life In 1983, Aucklander Geeling Ching was 23 years old and waiting tables at a Sydney café when she was chosen to play the lead role in David Bowie’s “China Girl,”… Business | Guardian (The) 19 January 2016 Here Comes My Jetpack “Until now, the idea of flying your own jetpack has been largely fantasy. But 2016 could be the year when it takes off commercially”, writes Stuart Clark for The Guardian. According to the article several companies are racing to… Music | YouTube 19 January 2016 Sir Howard Morrison – How Great Thou Art NZ Kiwi Music presents Sir Howard Morrison singing ‘How Great Thou Art’ with lyrics. Sir Howard Leslie Morrison OBE, was a New Zealand entertainer. From 1964 until his… Sport General | Fortune 19 January 2016 Fitness Tips from Equinox’s Sarah Robb O’Hagan Top fitness executive New Zealand-born Sarah Robb O’Hagan, president of New York-based Equinox Fitness, tells Fortune how to set realistic goals… 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.