Edge Message #89 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM
Aotearoa whanau whanui ki te Aonui Global Community of New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer www.nzedge.com
GLOBAL HEADLINES: New Zealand headlines in this week’s survey of global media appearing in The Times, New York Times, Reuters, The Observer, Daily Telegraph, Open Democracy, SFGate.com, Lonely Planet, Undercover, London.net, include:
– SurfAid wins global Humanitarian Award for Mentawai Islands work
– Stephen Chan charts hubris of Mugabe in Auckland Uni lectures
– Anne Geddes sells 20m books worldwide, new autobio published
– Split Enz for NZ tour March 08, new album One Out Of The Bag
– NZ fifth in world for gender equality – World Economic Forum
– Speight’s Ale House sails Dunedin-London in 75-day passage
– NZ-bred horses make clean sweep of Melbourne Racing Carnival
– Pinot Gris hailed in San Francisco as our new sauvignon blanc
– Whakatane reggae band Kora in sell-out Camden London show
– NZ String Quartet on 8 city US East Coast tour, Bach to Harris
– Julian Robertson adds Cape Kidnappers Lodge to luxe portfolio
– Six NZ tourist attractions in Lonely Planet Bluelist, incl White Island
For full stories see /category/newzedge/, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.
Photo of SurfAid International founder, New Zealander Dr Dave Jenkins, with Mentawai Islanders.
Best regards,
Brian Sweeney
Producer
THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE
http://www.nzedge.com brian@nzedge.com
