#205: 8 Reasons Why I Voted for the New New Zealand Flag

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 17 March 2016 | #205 | New York Community/General | NZEDGE.com 17 March 2016 NZEDGE.COM EDITORIAL (new): 8 Reasons Why I Voted for the New New Zealand Flag In 2004 I wrote ‘Eight Reasons to Change the Flag’ for Lloyd Morrison’s new flag campaign. Here’s my 2016 update: – The old flag is a relic, like this once mighty VE Valiant, pictured on Saturday – There are only a dozen old flags flying in NZ at any… New Zealand | Financial Express (The) 14 March 2016 5 Great Rides for Mountain Bikers There are numerous mountain bike tracks in New Zealand and a lot of new tracks are being created while old tracks are being reworked. “Many follow old pathways forged by early Māori and pioneer… Science/Tech | Shanghai Daily 14 March 2016 Goat Milk Promises Cheap Cancer Treatments: New Zealand Scientists “Genetically modified goat milk has been used to create a new biotechnology process that promises… Film & TV | Deadline 13 March 2016 Jono Kenyon To Star in Shonda Rhimes ‘Toast’ Kiwi actor Jono Kenyon has landed the male lead in Toast – ABC’s hybrid comedy pilot from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland – alongside… Business | Evening Standard 13 March 2016 Joseph Lawrence’s Business Looks Beyondhealth Joseph Lawrence, a 35-year-old New Zealander and trained musculo-skeletal physiotherapist, thinks he has the answer changing the underlying health issues that… Film & TV | Daily Express 13 March 2016 Mark Vette Teaching UK Dogs How to Fly Planes New Zealander Mark Vette, a professional animal psychologist and zoologist, is currently working on new British television show, Dogs Might Fly. Vette, who taught… Film & TV | Vogue 12 March 2016 Lesley Vanderwalt’s Post-Apocalyptic Beauty Tips New Zealand-born Lesley Vanderwalt, who won both an Oscar for hairstyling and make-up at this year’s Academy Awards and the equivalent at the 2016… Fashion | Wired 12 March 2016 AllBird’s Merino Trainers Wow WIRED AllBird’s new Wool Runners are the brainchild of Tim Brown, 35, a native New Zealander and former All White. And according to WIRED magazine – which rates the sneaker 9/10 – they are… Fashion | Mashable 12 March 2016 Keda Hurtles onto Big Apple Catwalks New Zealander Makeda Soper-Wirangi, 20, was browsing a pharmacy in Melbourne in 2013 when her life changed forever. Scout Phoenix Michael Darley spotted Soper-Wirangi and asked if she had… Fashion | National Indigenous Magazine 11 March 2016 Tina Waru Putting Indigenous Design on Fashion Map Tina Waru organised the recent Global Indigenous Runway event, which was on as part of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival. It was the… Taste | New York Times (The) 11 March 2016 Chef Jean Paul Lourdes Heads to Miami For the menu at El Tucán, a newly opened supper club in Miami, New Zealand-born, French-trained chef, Jean Paul Lourdes did culinary research with big-concept restaurateur Stephen Starr… Film & TV | New York Times (The) 11 March 2016 White Lies Unfolds with Inexorable Weight The 2013 feature film by Mexican director Dana Rotberg, White Lies, is “quiet, graceful, stately and infused with slow tension,” according to New York Times reviewer Paul… Film & TV | Los Angeles Times 10 March 2016 Zoë Bell Stands in for Herself in Camino Quentin Tarantino’s “favourite stunt double,” New Zealander Zoë Bell, 37, “sturdily stands in for herself” in Camino, a survival-thriller set in the jungles of… Music | Entertainment Weekly 10 March 2016 Flight of the Conchords Announce US Tour The Flight of the Conchords return to stages in the United States playing at nearly 30 locations across the country in June and July, the first time the duo has toured since… Music | YouTube 10 March 2016 Tami Neilson – Dynamite Listen to “Dynamite!”, the title track and third single off of Tami Neilson’s album release, “DYNAMITE!”. The music video features male lead/villain as Tom Trevella and housewife/victim as Lizzie Tollemache in a classic… Community/General | Nepali Times 09 March 2016 Kiwi Pilot Jason Laing Honoured New Zealand helicopter pilot Jason Laing has been honoured with this year’s Appareo Pilot of the Year Award. The pilot is best known for his work in the aftermath of last April’s earthquake in… See all stories and an 10,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Andrew Conn (New York), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Samuel Hames (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.