EDGE #281: New Zealanders in Profile: New York Times, Daily Mail, Hello!, Vogue, Variety, The Guardian, Japan Times, The Wire ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 13 September 2017 | #281 | New York Politics and Economics | New York Times (The) 12 September 2017 New Zealand’s Election No Longer Predictable No one had expected New Zealand’s 23 September election to be much of a contest. The conservatives were expected to win, again. But that was before Jacinda Ardern and a wave of support that’s now called “Jacindamania.” The New York Times… New Zealand | Rough Guides 08 September 2017 New Zealand Ranked Third Most Beautiful Country New Zealand has been voted the third most beautiful country in the world in a Rough Guides ranking. Scotland was voted the most stunning place in the world,… Business | LinkedIn 06 September 2017 Winning Like The All Blacks New Zealand “is small in size and population, but vast in talent and its position on the global scale,” writes Rajeev Gupta in an article published on LinkedIn. Gupta was one of several Australian investors, who… Rugby | Telegraph (The) 11 September 2017 Vaea Fifita Rescues All Blacks with Solo Try “New Zealand needed a second-half surge, inspired by Vaea Fifita’s stunning solo try, to shake off Argentina and record a bonus-point win in New Plymouth,”… Film & TV | Daily Mail 07 September 2017 Richard Wilkins Shares Wildest Backstage Memories “As an entertainment reporter for more than 30 years, you’d have a lot to talk about,” writes Benjamin Potter in an article in the Daily Mail…. Sport General | Stuff 12 September 2017 Timmy Chiew Wins Top International Gaming Prize Timmy Chiew, 25, from Auckland has taken out the top spot at an international gaming tournament beating 10 of the world’s best Yu-Gi-Oh players, in a New… Visual Arts | Radio New Zealand 12 September 2017 Lindauer Portraits on Show in San Francisco Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, is touring 31 portraits of Maori by the famed artist Gottfried Lindauer, which will be on display at San Francisco’s de Young Fine… Community/General | ABC News 13 September 2017 New Zealand to Rebuild Christchurch Cathedral More than six years after being destroyed in the deadly earthquake that struck Christchurch, the city’s iconic cathedral will be rebuilt by the Anglican… Visual Arts | Stuff 10 September 2017 Photographer Gavin O’Neill Shoots for the Stars Earlier this year, 46-year-old Gavin O’Neill, who left New Zealand in 1996 to pursue fashion photography, received an email from the personal… Film & TV | Japan Times (The) 08 September 2017 How Rugby Helped Jared James In Japan For a Japanese national, the question of why a person from the West would come to Japan is a fascinating one, so much so that there’s even a TV show about it: You wa Nani Shi ni Nihon E?… Fashion | New York Times (The) 07 September 2017 New York Times Has Designs on Maggie Marilyn Bristling on the back of an oversize coat, circling the sleeves of knits, bursting from the shoulders of a sweatshirt: Ruffles show up where you least expect them in… Fashion | Hello! 11 September 2017 Emilia Wickstead Shares Royal Wardrobe Secrets Auckland-born fashion designer Emilia Wickstead, 34, sits down with Hello! magazine to talk about her fashion philosophy, the art of dressing like a royal and… Fashion | Daily Mail 10 September 2017 Designer Creates Handbags From Unusual Material New Zealand designer Lilja Viggosdottir “has created a collection of chic and ‘sustainable’ handbags that use an unusual material to help… Fashion | Vogue 10 September 2017 Karen Walker on the Shades She’s Wearing for Spring In celebration of the Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out (VAEFNO) event on 7 September, New Zealander Karen Walker, 47, will be… Music | Edinburgh Reporter (The) 08 September 2017 Jamie McClennan Performs in Edinburgh New Zealand-born Jamie McClennan and Scottish folksinger Emily Smith celebrate 15 years of making music together in 2017. The pair will be appearing at the Edinburgh Folk Club, Pleasance… Music | Wire (The) 09 September 2017 Pioneering Composer Annea Lockwood’s Common Ground “New Zealand-born Annea Lockwood and the Brazilian Jocy de Oliveira are two composers separated by a distance that is geographical only,”… Music | Guardian (The) 09 September 2017 Neil Finn’s New Solo LP Contemplative and Tender Neil Finn, the multi-talented Crowded House frontman, can make the most sophisticated pop music sound like the easiest thing in the world, according… Music | 303 Magazine 06 September 2017 Colorado Audience Crazy for Opiuo New Zealander Oscar Davey-Wraight, aka Opiuo, and his band recently played at Colorado’s Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.According to Denver-based online lifestyle site 303 Magazine, the… Film & TV | Variety Magazine 11 September 2017 Callan Mulvey Joins Outlaw King Cast Auckland-born actor Callan Mulvey, 42, is joining the cast of upcoming American-Scottish historical action drama Outlaw King, which will be aired on Netflix.According to Variety, Mulvey… Film & TV | Deadline 08 September 2017 Stefania LaVie Owen Cast in Dick Cheney Biopic Casts Kiwi actress “Stefania LaVie Owen has joined Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Amy Adams, and Bill Pullman in Annapura’s Dick Cheney biopic,… Taste | Toronto Star 07 September 2017 Attica Redefining Australia’s Culinary Landscape New Zealand-born Ben Shewry’s Attica restaurant in Melbourne is ranked one of the best restaurants in the world for good reason, Jessica Wynne… Taste | Independent (The) 09 September 2017 New Zealand’s Best Ales Available in UK “Antipodean ales are on the up, with more and more becoming available this side of the equator. These are the [New Zealand] breweries you need to know about,” brewer and… See all stories and an 12,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2017 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.