EDGE #267: Emirates Team NZ Clinch Spot Against Oracle Team USA, Burt Munro Anniversary, Flying Nun bewitches + Art Deco Delight Napier ++ more

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 14 June 2017 | #267 | New York America’s Cup | Fox Sports 13 June 2017 Kiwis Clinch Spot Against Oracle Team USA In America’s Cup “Emirates Team New Zealand sped away from Sweden’s Artemis Racing on Bermuda’s Great Sound on Monday to advance to the America’s Cup match and another showdown with nemesis Oracle Team USA,” as reported in an article on Fox Sports. “With unflappable… Community/General | Daily Mail 09 June 2017 Air New Zealand Best Australasian Airline Air New Zealand was named Australasia’s leading airline for the ninth year in a row, writes Hannah Moore in an article for The Daily Mail. It’s the airline’s 16th World… Obituaries | Geelong Advertiser 13 June 2017 Jockey Brian Andrews’ Amazing Career Connewarre horseman and Caulfield Cup-winning jockey, New Zealand-born Brian Andrews has died in Melbourne aged 74.Andrews forged a successful career as a jockey in the 1960s and… Sport General | Channel News Asia 12 June 2017 Michael Venus Wins in Doubles at French Open Aucklander Michael Venus (pictured right) and American Ryan Harrison have claimed their first grand slam title beating Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and American Donald… War & Peace | Brussels Times (The) 12 June 2017 NZ Soldiers Remembered at Messines Anniversary Commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Mines began last week in Messines with a tribute to the New Zealand soldiers in the presence of… X Files | YouTube 07 June 2017 The New Zealand Kiwi Love New Zealand’s national icon – the Kiwi bird? Watch this short documentary from Nat GEO Wild and find out a bit more about our flightless bird. New Zealanders have been called ‘Kiwis’ since the nickname was bestowed by Australian… Business | Guardian (The) 14 June 2017 Local Fundraising Hopes to Save Chocolate Factory A crowdfunding campaign to save Dunedin Cadbury chocolate factory has raised $3.3 million in less than two days, prompting hopes that locals can… Motorsports | Motofire 13 June 2017 New Fastest Indian for Burt Munro’s Great Nephew Indian is celebrating the 50th anniversary since New Zealander Burt Munro took his Indian Streamliner to the Salt Flats of Bonneville. By taking an… Music | Pitchfork 11 June 2017 Flying Nun’s Look Blue Go Purple Reissue Bewitched Dunedin band Look Blue Go Purple’s 1985 Bewitched has just been re-released, and US online music magazine Pitchfork deems it one of the… Design | Telegraph (The) 11 June 2017 Tom Hudson Showcases Rare Plants in Cornwall The recent Rare Plant Fair at Tregrehan Garden in Cornwall is important for Britain’s horticultural heritage. The 8-hectare garden at Tregrehan is one of the finest… Arts | Evening Standard 12 June 2017 Tape Face – “Modern Mime Artist Who Makes Clowning Cool” 37-year-old New Zealander Sam Wills’s aka Tape Face – formerly known as The Boy With Tape On His Face – spoke with… Film & TV | Huffington Post (The) 10 June 2017 Director Florian Habicht on His Latest Film Florian Habicht’s unconventional approach to filmmaking has won him critical acclaim and kept discerning film fans entertained for more than a decade. For his latest… Film & TV | Daily Telegraph (The) 08 June 2017 Actor Tim Kano Happy to Call Melbourne Home For a New Zealander who has lived, worked, studied, and travelled abroad, Neighbours star Tim Kano, 29, is happy to call Melbourne home, Catherine Nikas-Boulos writes for… New Zealand | Australian (The) 10 June 2017 Napier an Art Deco Delight of Design and Dining The devastating 1931 earthquake is responsible for Napier being reborn as a town of fine designs and dining. The Australian’s Caroline Gladstone pays a… Science/Tech | Brisbane Times 09 June 2017 Biologist Nicholas Wu Studies a Maligned Toad University of Queensland PhD candidate, New Zealand-born biologist Nicholas Wu plucked 25 cane toads from the university campus for a study to determine whether… Sport General | Cyclist 09 June 2017 World’s Fastest Rower Hamish Bond Switches Sports Multiple Olympic medallist Dunedin-born Hamish Bond, 31, is moving to the UK to compete in the domestic time trial scene as he attempts to make… See all stories and an 12,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2017 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Andrew Conn (New York), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.