EDGE #338: Dan Ammann’s GM Turnaround, Crawford Falconer’s Brexit, Talking ’bout Guns, Smart Mirror, Parris Goebel, Janet Frame + The Australian, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 01 November 2018 | #338 | 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. Business | Business Insider Australia 30 October 2018 How GM Went From Bankrupt to One of the World’s Best-Run Car Companies “A decade after the financial crisis, General Motors is led by the best management team it’s ever had and one of the best C-suites in all of business. CEO Mary Barra, President Dan Ammann (pictured), and executive vice-president Mark Reuss have overseen the birth… Arts | Greenwich Magazine 30 October 2018 Reframing How We Talk About Guns “In the US unity of opinion on gun laws never materialized,” writes Timothy Dumas for Greenwich Magazine. “Mary Himes and Helen Klisser During” “want to reframe how we talk about guns and are “using art to encourage… Media | AdNews 25 October 2018 Air New Zealand’s Place on the Global Runway With a brand promise of ‘liberating from the ordinary’ and plans to surprise, innovate, out-manoeuvre and challenge convention, Air New Zealand stands out on the world’s tarmac with… Business | Australian (The) 29 October 2018 John Llewellyn Calls Out Global Investment Climate Former chief economist of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, John Llewellyn, has issued a global warning and “has warned that the conditions for a ‘serious’ financial crisis are… Business | Financial Times 29 October 2018 Banker Ross McEwan Cuts to the Chase When New Zealander Ross McEwan dropped in for a surprise visit to a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branch in London last month, he was appalled by how scruffy it looked. “It needs a bloody… Science/Tech | NZHerald 24 October 2018 Richard Kavanagh’s Smart Mirror Adopted by L’Oreal The interactive invention of top New Zealand hairstylist, Sydney-based Richard Kavanagh is set to transform salon visits here and overseas. Kavanagh’s smart… Politics and Economics | Wall Street Journal (The) 30 October 2018 Crawford Falconer Tackles Brexit Conundrums When the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the British government had no chief trade negotiator and only a handful of people… Visual Arts | Apollo 26 October 2018 Francis Upritchard’s Barbican Show is Joyful “New Zealand-born artist Francis Upritchard is renowned for drawing from craft traditions, and her installation ‘Wetwang Slack’on at London’s Barbican Centre… Media | South China Morning Post 25 October 2018 Aaron Stadlin-Robbie Talks Mental on Podcast In his experimental new podcast Talking Mental, Hong Kong-raised New Zealander Aaron Stadlin-Robbie asks professionals for advice on… Community/General | Vice 25 October 2018 How Teenager Nina Griffiths Began to Heal Kaitaia At the start of 2016, Kaitaia – population 5000 – had just experienced the loss of six young people to suicide in quick succession. Nina Griffiths, a local high school… Dance | Vogue 30 October 2018 Empower Yourself at a Parris Goebel Workshop New Zealand-born dancer Parris Goebel shares with Vogue how she is inspiring the next generation of women with her own success. When… Music | Nevada Public Radio 25 October 2018 Mark de Clive-Lowe Unlocks His Creativity Auckland-born Mark de Clive-Lowe, 44, is “a jazz artist with both a visionary outlook and an old soul. As a concert pianist deeply steeped in the jazz tradition, he’s… Music | Billings Gazette 24 October 2018 Hard-Rocking Band Like a Storm Tirelessly Touring Known as one of the hardest working bands out there, Like A Storm fought hard to be heard. The three Auckland… Writers | Guardian (The) 26 October 2018 Writing Saved Author Janet Frame Spanning unusual cruelty and extraordinary kindness, authors from New Zealander Janet Frame to Briton Pat Barker explore an unsettling branch of medicine. The… Writers | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 27 October 2018 On Hydra with Writer Redmond Wallis New Zealander Redmond Wallis plays a role in the new book, Half the Perfect World, which tells the story of the post-war international… New Zealand | National Geographic 28 October 2018 Tā moko Artist Taryn Beri Shares Capital Tips Taryn Beri is an independent tā moko practitioner in Wellington and a member of the Ngāti Toarangatira tribe… Taste | CEO Magazine 28 October 2018 Attica’s Acclaimed Chef Ben Shewry Chats to CEO Bon Appétit called him an “international culinary darling”. David Chang called him a “lunatic”; probably the highest praise one chef can give another. New… Rugby | The Japan Times 29 October 2018 All Blacks Complete Sweep of Australia in Japan World champions New Zealand crushed old foes Australia 37-20 at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, where the 2019 Rugby World Cup final will be held… America’s Cup | CNN 27 October 2018 Team New Zealand Keeps Their Eye on the Weather In the super high-tech world of the America’s Cup, microanalysis of climatic conditions is becoming increasingly important as hydrofoil technology… Visual Arts | The Huffington Post 01 November 2013 5 Years Ago – Photojournalist Awarded Grant for Condemned New Zealand photojournalist Robin Hammond, 38, is the recipient of this year’s W. Eugene Smith Grant in… Nature | Boston Globe 30 October 2008 10 Years Ago – Better Late Than Never For the first time in approximately two hundred years, a tuatara has been discovered nesting on the New Zealand mainland. The event happened… New Zealand | Yahoo 29 October 2003 15 Years Ago – Fujinaki Tours Ltd. Hoping that The Last Samurai will do for Taranaki what LotR has done for its various NZ locations, local guide James Heremaia has added the ‘A Mountain Like Fuji’ tour…