EDGE #328: NZ Halts Foreign Property Sales, NZ in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Eatlist + All Blacks Dismantle Wallabies + Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Guardian, Daily Mail

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 August 2018 | #328 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Berlin), 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. Politics and Economics | Wall Street Journal 16 August 2018 NZ Seeks Housing Solutions by Halting Foreign Sales “New Zealand has lured Asian billionaires, Hollywood filmmakers, and tech entrepreneurs with a liberal immigration policy and light regulation of foreign property purchases. Now, as it tries to cool one of the world’s hottest housing markets, the country is banning… Science/Tech | Cook Islands News 21 August 2018 Akerei Maresala-Thomson’s App Changing Lives An app designed by New Zealand-based former gang member turned policeman Akerei Maresala-Thomson, to help migrating Pacific families adjust to their new lives,… Business | WalkOn 21 August 2018 Innovative Blister Protection Company Names CEO “Walk On, the blister protection company known for its luxuriously soft Hyperfine merino wool product, has appointed Dr. Mark Davey as its first… Community/General | New Zealand Herald (The) 17 August 2018 Korean-New Zealander April Kwak off to the UN Tri-lingual public servant, and scholarship-winning, Korean New Zealander April Hyorin Kwak, 23, is heading to the United Nations in New York, where she will intern… Community/General | New York Times (The) 17 August 2018 NZ Avocado Shortage Leads to Orchard Crime Wave “People in New Zealand are taking desperate measures to acquire a coveted treat for their breakfast toast: avocados. With prices for the fruit soaring after… Business | Times (The) 16 August 2018 Keeping Manuka Honey Real In the hills of New Zealand, they call it liquid gold – a honey so prized that it can fetch up to £100 a jar in Britain. Made from the nectar of bees that forage upon a scraggly native tree, manuka is a heavy, deep brown… New Zealand | Lonely Planet 20 August 2018 NZ Features in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Eatlist Lonely Planet includes six New Zealand classics in its first ever ‘Ultimate Eatlist’, which has ranked the “world’s top 500 food… Rugby | Telegraph (The) 20 August 2018 All Blacks Dismantle Stunned Wallabies New Zealand delivered a clinic of counter-attacking in Sydney, scoring five second-half tries to blow away their hosts in this season’s Rugby Championship Bledisloe Cup opening… Sport General | San Francisco Chronicle 20 August 2018 California Uni Football Welcomes Lone Toailoa Growing up in West Auckland in a family of Samoan heritage, Lone Toailoa spent his childhood playing rugby and practicing mixed martial arts. It wasn’t until he… Motorsports | Indianapolis Star (The) 21 August 2018 Ganassi Never Concerned Scott Dixon Would Leave After months of rampant speculation, whispers and gossip, IndyCar’s biggest free agent fish in years isn’t going anywhere. In 2019, and probably beyond,… Sport General | Jamaica Observer 16 August 2018 Netballer Irene van Dyk Holds Clinics in Jamaica New Zealand’s Irene van Dyk, 46, will be undertaking a series of netball coaching clinics for children, coaches and teachers in Jamaica this week.Van… Film & TV | Entertainment Tonight 18 August 2018 Castle Rock Star Melanie Lynskey Loves It Creepy Melanie Lynskey talks to Entertainment Tonight about her role on the hotly anticipated series, Castle Rock. The New Zealand-born actress opens up about why… Film & TV | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 19 August 2018 The Meg An “Utterly Outrageous Thrillfest” “The Meg is Jaws turned up to 11, an over-the-top creature feature starring a 20-metre-long prehistoric killing machine that comes from the very bottom of the… Film & TV | Variety Magazine 15 August 2018 Taika Waititi Joins Watts and Waltz on Venice Jury New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi and actors Naomi Watts and Christoph Waltz join the main jury of the Venice Film Festival, which will be presided… Film & TV | Guardian (The) 18 August 2018 David Farrier Flies into the City of the Dead “The capital city of Turkmenistan [Ashgabat] is blisteringly dry and hot, dumped in the middle of the desert. It also holds the record for the highest density of… Business | Financial Times 18 August 2018 Koru’s Rachel Carrell an Employer with Heart Fewer young people are working part-time in the UK. But Emma Pettit, 21, is animated on the topic of her summer job, looking after a 10-year-old, doing “fun… Fashion | Marie Claire 20 August 2018 NZ Fashion Designers to Have on Your Radar New Zealand “have been making waves internationally with designers such as Karen Walker, Kate Sylvester and Zambesi often seen sitting pretty on the likes of Meghan Markle… Fashion | Daily Mail 19 August 2018 Allbirds Goes Poolside in Sugarcane They’re the company famed for creating the “world’s most comfortable shoes”. And now Allbirds, co-created by New Zealand born entrepreneur Tim Brown, has launched a pair of jandals expected… Fashion | Teen Vogue 17 August 2018 New Fashion Role for Riverdale’s KJ Apa New Zealander KJ Apa, 21, returns to his role as heartthrob Archie Andrews in the American series Riverdale in October, but the Auckland-born actor has been having quite the… Z-Files | BBC 19 August 2018 New Zealanders’ Epic Trips to Isle of Skye New Zealander Dr Hannah Bulloch is in Scotland to research a book she is writing based on trips her grandfather made to the Isle of Skye. The BBC’s Annabel Maclennan… Obituaries | Thoroughbred Daily News 21 August 2018 Kentucky’s Peter Williams a Lauded Equine Artist New Zealand-born artist Peter Williams, a familiar figure in the paddocks of the most famous racetracks in the world, has died at the age of 84 at his home… Community/General | Daily Mail 22 August 2018 Yvette Morrissey Walks Scotland for a Cause Most people choose to enjoy Scotland’s awe-inspiring views by bus or car, but New Zealand travel writer Yvette Morrissey, 29, has hiked a massive 864km on foot to take… Watersports | America’s Cup News 19 August 2018 5 Years Ago – Team New Zealand Win Louis Vuitton Cup Emirates Team New Zealand has won the Louis Vuitton Cup for the second consecutive time, making Team New Zealand the official challenger to Oracle Team USA in the America’s Cup… Visual Arts | Hamish Morrison Galerie 24 August 2018 10 Years Ago – Edges Painted Black New Zealand artists New York/Auckland-based Max Gimblett (above) and Judy Millar of Auckland, (below) feature in a group show exploring “different aesthetic angles using black”, in an exhibition… Business | Honolulu Star-Bulletin 26 August 2018 15 Years Ago – Kiwi Juice Goes Global Auckland-based kiwifruit juice manufacturers – Nekta International Limited – have made a successful entry into the US market. Sales have “exceeded expectations” since the product was lauched there in June. Nekta is already sold…