#219: All Blacks, Majestic Glaciers, Niki Caro, Stephen Jennings, Connan Mockasin, Damien Wilkins and more ++

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News of New Zealanders via Global Media From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 15 June 2016 | #219 | New York Rugby | Fox Sports 13 June 2016 World Champion All Blacks Beat Wales New Zealand’s All Blacks have beaten Wales 39-21 in the first test at Eden Park on Saturday, as reported in Fox Sports. The win “was achieved by a team beginning a new era after the retirements of six of its most experienced players, including former captain Richie… New Zealand | Vice 15 June 2016 Gorgeous Aerial Shots over NZ’s Majestic Glaciers For their weekly “First-Person Shooter” column, VICE magazine shipped a couple of cameras across the globe to Josh, a helicopter pilot in New…   Sport General | Edmonton Journal 14 June 2016 Stuart Erskine Completes Seven Summits Challenge New Zealand-born adventurer Stuart Erskine has joined an elite group of mountaineers to complete the Seven Summits challenge – climbing the highest…   Community/General | Uinta County Herald 14 June 2016 Rob Cope Thumbing His Way Across US with a Fridge People travel across the United States in several different ways; some by bus, plane or car – some even hitchhike their way from place to place. But…   Film & TV | Independent (The) 14 June 2016 Marvel-lous Opportunity for Niki Caro New Zealand independent director Niki Caro is one of two frontrunners to oversee Captain Marvel, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The other possibility to helm the film is Australian…   Visual Arts | Brisbane Times 13 June 2016 Julia DeVille’s Taxidermied Chicks Wins Prize Melbourne-based, New Zealand-born artist and jeweller Julia DeVille has received the A$30,000 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, which was presented to her…   Business | New Cities Foundation 13 June 2016 Building Africa’s New Cities Rendeavour, helmed by New Zealand businessman Stephen Jennings, has taken on the challenge of building new urban landscapes across Africa. Jennings shared insights into the vast opportunities in Africa and…   New Zealand | Daily Telegraph (The) 12 June 2016 NZ’s New South Island Mountain Bike Tour A new bike tour on New Zealand’s South Island “is taking intrepid cyclists to mountainous hideaways so remote that their luggage has to be flown in by helicopter,” as…   Business | Guardian (The) 12 June 2016 Auckland Start-Up Cleans Up Post Part Mess New Zealand founded start-up Morning-After Maids, “has been inundated with requests for their services, from home and abroad,” as reported in an article in The…   Music | Guardian (The) 11 June 2016 Connan Mockasin Joins Big Lineup at Meltdown New Zealand musician Connan Mockasin joins Elbow frontman Guy Garvey’s Meltdown festival – in a lineup which includes Femi Kuti, Laura Marling and Howe Gelb…   Writers | Daily Mail 11 June 2016 Author Damien Wilkins’ Novel Max Gate Tantalises Lower Hutt-born author Damien Wilkins’ “surprising” novel Max Gate, which explores the question of why novelist Thomas Hardy’s body was buried…   Film & TV | Australian (The) 10 June 2016 Andrew Dominik Helms New Nick Cave Doco In conjunction with forthcoming Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album Skeleton Tree, Wellington-born director Andrew Dominik, 48, has made a documentary, One More Time With Feeling,…   Arts | YouTube 10 June 2016 Emilia Wickstead – Air New Zealand Inspiring Voices Have you ever wondered how Emilia Wickstead started her business? Watch this #Inspiring Voices clip by Air New Zealand to find out. Emilia…   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.