#202: NYNZ artist Max Gimblett; Richie & Lydia NZers of Year; more Marlon Williams; Owls Still Cry; Lonely Lingerie; beautiful pools;

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 24 February 2016 | #202 | New York Visual Arts | UNO Magazine 23 February 2016 Heavenly line for NYNZ artist Max Gimblett “In fact, it was heavenly,” said Grafton, Auckland-born New York artist Max Gimblett, 80, on being invested as Officer of the Order of Merit Award by Governor General Sir Jerry Matapere. “I thought it would be a bit of a production line; we’d all shuffle in,… Rugby | Guardian (The) 22 February 2016 Richie McCaw and Lydia Ko Win New Zealander of Year Awards Richie McCaw and Lydia Ko have been honoured at the New Zealander of the Year Awards. McCaw was voted ‘New Zealander of the… Dance | BBC 21 February 2016 New Zealand Sky-High Trapeze Act in World Record Bid Anna Cochrane, a New Zealand paramedic, has performed a static trapeze act while suspended on a hot air balloon at an altitude of more than… Community/General | Travel Daily News 21 February 2016 New Zealand Wins ‘Top Country in the World’ Award Voted by British Travellers With a satisfaction rating of 97 per cent, New Zealand has been… Music | The 405 20 February 2016 Meeting Marlon Williams “It seems as though Marlon Williams is a storyteller, first and foremost. There’s a character who lives within the fluidity of each song he sings, driven by every cord he strums,” writes Daniel Harris for The405. The… Design | Tip-Online 20 February 2016 New Zealand’s Most Beautiful Pools “New Zealand inspires all those, who want to get away from cold weather to have a nice break from everything,” according to the Austrian travel magazine tip-online. One way to do that… New Zealand | Toronto Sun 19 February 2016 Pania of the Reef a Story to Travel “About 85 per cent of New Zealand’s Maori population live on the country’s North Island, and visitors who want to learn more about the culture of the country’s indigenous people don’t… Music | Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra 19 February 2016 Standing Ovation for Gemma New in Ontario Conductor Gemma New made her long-awaited mainstage debut in Ontario as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s new music director, receiving a standing ovation from a huge… Writers | Guardian (The) 19 February 2016 Owls Do Cry Continues to Astonish 60 Years On The “modern masterpiece” Owls Do Cry, written by New Zealand author Janet Frame in 1957, “about siblings struggling with money, health and grief still has the… Fashion | New York Times (The) 18 February 2016 Lonely Lingerie Features in the New York Times New Zealand-based label Lonely Lingerie, which was founded by Helene Morris in 2009, is profiled in the New York Times. Launched as a small partnership between… Arts | YouTube 18 February 2016 Auckland Arts Festival: Marama Auckland Arts Festival presents Marama, a powerful call from women of the Pacific – the voices of a vanishing world. Directed by Nina Nawalowal, composed by renowned New Zealand composer Gareth Farr, and… Golf | Golf Channel 18 February 2016 Lydia Ko Wins New Zealand Open Lydia Ko has won the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open for the third time “on a remarkable day that began with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattling Christchurch” and “prevailed playing through what… Music | Billboard 18 February 2016 Gin Wigmore Making Music at Home in California “There are singers, and there’s Gin Wigmore,” according to Billboard. “The New Zealand-born, Los Angeles-based artist’s raw, bluesy voice is so… Business | Telegraph (The) 17 February 2016 Banking Boss Ross McEwan Still up for the Fight The Royal Bank of Scotland boss, New Zealander Ross McEwan tells the Telegraph about how the bank is helping UK’s small businesses and why trust is… Community/General | Huffington Post (The) 16 February 2016 Kim Casali’s Love Is An Inspiration Auckland-born Kim Casali created the syndicated cartoon feature Love Is…, originally as notes to her future husband, in the late 1960s. As well, in one of the world’s first cases,… Visual Arts | New York Times (The) 16 February 2016 Francis Upritchard Opens Her East London Home In the commune-esque home of New Zealand-born artist Francis Upritchard and her husband, Italian designer Martino Gamper, the colourful trappings of life and work… 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.