EDGE #298: NZers Wary of Impact of Tourism, Praise for Anthony McCarten’s Churchill, Craft Beer + Whero O Te Rangi Bailey ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 24 January 2018 | #298 | New York New Zealand | Deutsche Welle 24 January 2018 New Zealanders Wary of Impact of Tourism The number of New Zealanders worried about the impact the booming tourism industry has on the country is growing rapidly, according to a new survey. The survey, commissioned by New Zealand’s tourism industry, found that 40 per cent of those asked were worried… Politics and Economics | New York Times (The) 23 January 2018 PM Jacinda Ardern Plays down Her Pregnancy News Jacinda Ardern, who became New Zealand’s prime minister in October, attracted international attention when she denounced television interviewers who had… Sport General | Houston Chronicle 23 January 2018 Houston Half Marathon Win for Jake Robertson Distance runner New Zealand-born Jake Robertson, 28, the new Aramco Half Marathon champion, didn’t know for sure he would be running in Houston, United States until… Writers | Vancouver Sun (The) 22 January 2018 Superyacht designer Ron Holland Pens Memoir “Given that his single-masted creation M5 is too tall to pass beneath [Vancouver’s] Lions Gate Bridge, it’s no wonder that superyacht designer [Auckland-born] Ron… Nature | Newsweek 21 January 2018 Extinct Giant Burrowing Bat Fossil Found in NZ The fossils of a massive bat have been discovered near the historic mining town of St Bathans in Central Otago. The 16- to 19-million-year-old bat’s body mass… Nature | Huffington Post (The) 19 January 2018 Struggling Kiwis Get A Little Help From Friends “The Farm Cape Kidnappers, a luxury resort in the North Island, sits inside one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries in the country, the privately-owned Cape… Nature | Guardian (The) 18 January 2018 Experts Develop Roadside Gym for Endangered Kea Conservationists want to stop New Zealand’s kea – dubbed the world’s smartest parrot – from wandering onto roads and begging humans for food, so they… Film & TV | Hoya (The) 18 January 2018 Praise for Anthony McCarten’s Darkest Hour Written by New Zealand-born filmmaker, Academy Award-nominated Anthony McCarten – best known for the screenplay he wrote for The Theory of Everything – Winston… Film & TV | Daily Mail 22 January 2018 Martin Henderson Reveals He’s Yet to Master Accents He’s the Auckland-born actor best known for his role on American drama Grey’s Anatomy. But despite the show being filmed and set abroad,… Music | Sunshine Coast Daily 19 January 2018 Otago Band Albion Place Head Across the Tasman Dunedin-based indie-rockers Albion Place had a big 2017, with the group’s debut album Mascuzzi Jacuzzi released in December, and their Australian summer tour… Politics and Economics | Bloomberg 20 January 2018 Craft Beer Makes Inflation Gauge as Tastes Change New Zealand has added craft beer to the basket of goods it monitors to measure inflation, reflecting changing tastes and consumer spending in the… Community/General | New Yorker (The) 19 January 2018 What André Spicer Reveals about Self-Help New Zealander André Spicer and Swede Carl Cederström, business-school professors in a field called “organisation studies,” recently set out to chart their progress,… Z-Files | Stuff 19 January 2018 Harley Neville’s Wild Shave Gets Him on Ellen Show Two years ago, Aucklander Harley Neville shaved off half the hair on his body and photographed the result for his followers on social media. The picture sat on the internet, gestating, clicks multiplying…. New Zealand | Vogue 20 January 2018 Wanaka Should Be on Your Next Travel Wish List Starring Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay, “happened to set up shop in Wanaka, a small town that is… New Zealand | Toronto Star 20 January 2018 Sea Kayaking with the Promise of Glow-Worms “Slipping away from the earth into the glassy, late afternoon waters of Lake Rotoiti is an action laden with familiarity. Once my two-person kayak, steered by Hilary… New Zealand | Telegraph (The) 21 January 2018 Our Big Cities Add Extra Dimension to NZ Holidays “In a land of volcanoes, glaciers, fjords and world-leading sauvignon blanc, it’s perhaps understandable that New Zealand’s cities fly under the… Sport General | New Zealand Herald 18 January 2018 Luchador Johnny Idol a Pin-Up Star in Mexico New Zealand professional wrestling buff Niwa McIlroy, aka Johnny Idol, 24, took a leap of faith and flew to Mexico to make it in the high-flying sporting phenomenon… Taste | Gourmet Traveller (The) 18 January 2018 Chef Analiese Gregory’s New Life in Tasmania Auckland-born Analiese Gregory is one of Australia’s most-talked-about young chefs. She heads the kitchen at Hobart restaurant Franklin. Sydney chef Peter… Education | National (The) 17 January 2018 UAE-Based Professor Nick Ashill Back on His Feet Five months ago, the dream of United Arab Emirates American University of Sharjah (AUS) dean New Zealander Nick Ashill was to run 5400km across… Visual Arts | StreetArtNews 17 January 2018 Mural of Whero O Te Rangi Bailey Explained Canadian artist Kevin Ledo is known for his impressive murals of portraits, and this time it’s a portrait of Whero O Te Rangi Bailey, a Maori elder from Parihaka in… New Zealand | Guardian (The) 23 January 2018 New Zealand’s Glory From a Train Window Thirty years after the TranzAlpine was launched, Observer journalist Susan Grossman boards one of the world’s most scenic trains in Christchurch, before completing her trip… New Zealand | Backpacker 21 January 2018 Exploring New Zealand’s Deserted Dusky Track For backpackers who like a challenge as big as the reward, New Zealand’s Dusky Track in Fiordland National Park tests the limits. American author Michael Lanza… See all stories and an 13,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2018 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.