#218: Helen Clark, Marlon Williams, Lydia Ko, Tiny Ruins, Bruce McLaren memories, Rare Kiwi, NZ Retreats, and more ++

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 09 June 2016 | #218 | New York Politics and Economics | Forbes 07 June 2016 Helen Clark Named One of World’s Most Powerful Women Helen Clark has been ranked #22 on Forbes Magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Women” list. The former New Zealand Prime Minister and head of the United Nations Development Program is currently a candidate for the role of UN Secretary General. German Chancellor Angela… Taste | Star Weekly 08 June 2016 Australia’s Best Pie is NZ-Made and Vegan New Zealand-born Adrian Apswoude and Doug Meijer’s Melbourne bakery Ka Pies Bakehouse have been awarded Australia’s Best Pie for their Thai vegetable curry vegan…   Visual Arts | D’Marge 07 June 2016 Adventurer Captures Antarctica Through iPhone Lens Most of us would rarely get the chance to see Antarctica let alone share an intimate session with the barren landscape’s environment. New Zealander…   Community/General | Daily Mail 07 June 2016 NZ Police Releases Unique Recruitment Video The New Zealand Police have released yet another unique recruitment video as part of their “Do You Care Enough to be a Cop” initiative. The clip shows a drunken man…   New Zealand | Voyager’s World 06 June 2016 Knock out Stress in These NZ Retreats New Zealand is the perfect place to recover from any kind of stress. Voyager’s World featured five high- end wellness retreats all across New Zealand in an article. Split Apple…   Music | PRI 06 June 2016 Marlon Williams: Americana Doesn’t Belong Just to America “If you don’t know you’re listening to a 25-year-old New Zealander, you might think you’re listening to an old recording of a…   Nature | Washington Post 05 June 2016 Rare Kiwi Hatches at US Biology Institute A brown kiwi – a rare flightless New Zealand bird, has hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia, as reported in The Washington Post. When the…   Motorsports | New York Times (The) 05 June 2016 Monaco Full of McLaren Memories for Dave Ryan When Manor racing director Dave Ryan started working for the McLaren Formula One team in 1974, the New Zealander was handed a mop and told to clean the floor. The…   New Zealand | Traveller.com.au 05 June 2016 NZ Is One of The Places to Feel Like a Kid Again Rotorua and Queenstown are featured in a list of holiday destinations where you can feel like a big kid again. Rotorua, “the birthplace of Zorbing has…   Design | Daily Mail 04 June 2016 Kiwi Teen Creates Ball Gowns Using Rubbish Bags Pukekohe teen Havilah Koledoye has created elaborate ball gowns using plastic bags, as reported in The Daily Mail. Plastic “is quite durable, you can…   New Zealand | Express (The) 04 June 2016 New Zealand’s Mystical Caves “One of the most stunning natural wonders exists within” New Zealand’s mystical Waitomo Caves, writes Kat Romero in an article on Express.co.uk. The caves on their own are amazing, but the glow-worms,…   Community/General | Huffington Post 04 June 2016 Stunning Kiwi Model Sets Out To Inspire Others Jessica Quinn, who lost part of her leg, “is determined to challenge the modeling industry as to what is perceived as beautiful,” writes Leigh Campbell for…   Golf | ESPN 03 June 2016 Lydia Ko Named in ESPN World Fame 100 Ranking Lydia Ko has been ranked 81st in ESPN’s World Fame 100 List. She is the only New Zealander among the Top 100 Most Famous athletes and one of only eight women on…   Politics and Economics | Korea Herald (The) 03 June 2016 Former PM Jim Bolger Calls for Inter-Korean Talk While ramping up global pressure is key to hampering Pyongyang’s nuclear development, Seoul should chart a path to restart denuclearisation talks to…   Community/General | Total Croatia News 03 June 2016 Tash Pericic Takes 10 in New Croatia Eco Push New Zealander Tash Pericic, who lives in Split, Croatia, is the founder of the TAKE 10 initiative – whereby when you are out for a walk, you take 10 pieces of…   Community/General | Daily Mail 02 June 2016 Kiwi Blogger Shares Travelling With Toddler Tips In an amusing video popular Kiwi blogger How to Dad has shared his tips for travelling with a baby. His clip, which has been viewed over 13,400 times…   Te Ao Maori | BBC 02 June 2016 Maori Emotiki Join Emoji Crowd People wanting to text in a Maori “accent” will be able to do so in July with the release of a special set of distinctive green emoji in New Zealand, called “emotiki”. Along with more usual ideas…   Music | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 02 June 2016 Singer Tiny Ruins Earning Noted Admirers Since alternative-folk singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook’s debut as Tiny Ruins in 2010 with the Little Notes EP, the Aucklander has forged both an identifiable sound and a…   Film & TV | Hollywood Reporter 01 June 2016 Anna Paquin Returns to the South in Roots Forty years after the original Roots gripped half the United States, a more violent and more accurate remake is here, the Hollywood Reporter’s Marissa Guthrie writes,…   See all stories and an 10,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. 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