EDGE #349: NZ’s Deteriorating Water Raises A Stink + 24 stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 07 February 2019 | #349 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler, Henrike Forschler (Auckland). See all stories and a 14,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2018 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Nature | Straits Times 02 February 2019 NZ’s Deteriorating Water Raises A Stink New Zealand’s clean, green image took a beating this summer as tourists travelling through the countryside posted pictures of lakes and rivers off limits due to contamination by farm effluent, rubbish and human faece.” The Straits Times reports. “A booming dairy farming industry, along with a surge in tourists… Community/General | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 01 February 2019 Hot Air from Australia Causes NZ Heatwave “Hot air from Australia has helped to produce scorching temperatures for many parts of New Zealand this week” with parts of Hawke’s Bay and Richmond in the Nelson… New Zealand | New York Times (The) 03 February 2019 Tourist Family’s Bad Behavior Has NZ Rethinking Its Welcome Mat “An English family touring New Zealand — about 12 people, including children — was so unruly that… Design | Forbes 05 February 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award for Ron Holland Every winter, the world’s best superyacht designers and builders gather with some of the world’s most passionate yacht owners to ski, party, share ideas and inspiration, and most of all, to recognise… Film & TV | Deadline 05 February 2019 Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Picks Up Merata Doco American director Ava DuVernay, of A Wrinkle in Time fame, has acquired the Sundance Film Festival (SFF) documentary MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the… Film & TV | Stuff 05 February 2019 Dunedin Film Crew Gets Their Dream Job A small team of filmmakers from Natural History New Zealand (NHNZ) has made it their mission to tell the stories of Indonesia’s orphaned orangutans in a new documentary called,… Community/General | Guardian (The) 06 February 2019 NZ Brings First Fake Mānuka Honey Prosecution In the first case of its kind, a mānuka honey company is being prosecuted by New Zealand’s food safety agency over claims it added… Music | YouTube 31 January 2019 YouTube Picks Its New Zealand Artists to Watch As part of YouTube’s ‘Artists to Watch’ 2019 spotlight, the video-sharing website has highlighted 10 acts from New Zealand and Australia which it predicts… Music | Paste 04 February 2019 Flight of the Conchords Announce New Album New Zealand’s “fourth most popular parody duo” Flight of the Conchords have announced a new live album to follow their 2018 HBO special Flight of the… Theatre | Vancouver Sun 01 February 2019 Mrs Krishnan Puts on a Party in Vancouver Mrs Krishnan’s Party is a semi-improvised comic celebration of the southern Indian harvest festival of Onam, brought to Canada’s shores by New Zealand’s Indian Ink… Sport General | Telegraph (The) 01 February 2019 Former Wada Head David Howman Slams Drug Tests Former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), New Zealander David Howman, has added to pressure on the foundation by saying that its testing methods are… Sport General | FanBuzz 30 January 2019 NBA’s Toughest Enforcer is Steven Adams The days of the NBA’s powerful big men are slowly dwindling. Players like Detroit Pistons’ enforcer Bill Laimbeer and the Chicago Bulls’ Dennis Rodman have been… Sport General | South China Morning Post 01 February 2019 Marie McNaughton Back on the Trail Again Legendary Hong Kong-based runner, New Zealander Marie McNaughton is on the long road back from injury but recently received a boost with an invite to the prestigious Western… Taste | Somerset County Gazette 03 February 2019 Somerset Chef Myles Anderson Cooking Memories While head of catering at King’s College in Somerset, UK, New Zealander Myles Anderson got the cookery bug and wanted to return to the kitchen on his own… Taste | Gourmet Traveller (The) 03 February 2019 Chef Sid Sahrawat Reinventing NZ Fine Dining Sid Sahrawat has been serving up a beautifully executed culinary adventure at his Auckland finer diner Sidart since 2009. The chef and restaurateur relocated to… Taste | Irish Times (The) 31 January 2019 When Does a Meringue Become a Pavlova? “What exactly is a pavlova?” Irish Times journalist Aoife McElwain asks. And when is a pavlova an Eton Mess, or a meringue, merely a meringue?”‘I’m serving pavlova for… Writers | Brisbane Times 04 February 2019 J.P. Pomare’s Debut a Powerful Thriller “Touted as a ‘literary thriller’, a genre classification often used to characterise a book written by an author who does not usually write crime fiction, [New Zealander… Writers | New York Times (The) 31 January 2019 The Tattooist of Auschwitz Translated into Persian Recently claiming top spot on The New York Times paperback bestseller list, New Zealand author and screenwriter Heather… Architecture | Curbed 02 February 2019 Midcentury Dream Home In New Zealand “In 2015, Tara Morton and Nick Walbridge—both public servants in New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade—were nearing the end of several years in New York when they began… Design | Sunday Times (The) 31 January 2019 Master Class in Furniture with Cassandra Ellis New Zealand-born furniture designer Cassandra Ellis has taken a laid-back approach to decorating her south London flat, and shares her tips for a tranquil home… New Zealand | Gourmet Traveller (The) 02 February 2019 Best Places to Eat and Shop in Wellington Art-sprinkled laneways, quirky boutiques and a crop of esteemed restaurants and bars – Wellington is a purveyor of all things bold and exciting. Fashion and interior stylist… Community/General | Irish Times (The) 30 January 2019 From Practising Law in Dublin to Yoga in Auckland Each week, Irish Times Abroad meets an Irish person working in an interesting job overseas. Lawyer and yoga teacher Paul Gillick shares his experience… Politics and Economics | Telegraph (The) 05 February 2014 5 Years Ago – The World Could Do with More Helen Clarks Ranked 21st most powerful woman in the world, Helen Clark, 63, New Zealand’s Prime Minister for nine years, and now head of the United… America’s Cup | International Herald Tribune 06 February 2009 10 Years Ago – We’re Still Sailing Auckland’s Louis Vuitton Pacific Cup is underway with two preliminary round robins leading up to a challenger final in which one team will advance to face Dean… Taste | The Star 14 January 2004 15 Years Ago – Edge Espressoholics The Star attributes Wellington’s creativity and can-do attitude to its extraordinary topography and world-ranking caffeine intake. “Wellington…