EDGE #354: Rugby Star Sene Naoupu Takes Strength from Family + 18 stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 March 2019 | #354 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Henrike Forschler (Frankfurt). 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. Rugby | RTÉ Sport 09 March 2019 Rugby Star Sene Naoupu Takes Strength from Family Spend any length of time with New Zealander Sene Naoupu, 35, and her love for friends and family will be palpable. But she doesn’t just value that ancestral bond, she cherishes it and is sustained by it, according to broadcaster, RTÉ Sport. Naoupu is a first generation New Zealand-born Samoan… Arts | Daily Mail 10 March 2019 Paintings from Sir Edmund Hillary’s Everest Climb Found “Never-before-seen paintings from Sir Edmund Hillary’s record-breaking expedition to Mount Everest have been found in a house… New Zealand | Guardian (The) 12 March 2019 Queenstown Considers Tourist Levy In order to cope with large numbers of holidaymakers, New Zealand’s ‘adventure capital’ Queenstown proposes to charge international tourists a $7.50 fee for the privilege of visiting the… Obituaries | Scotsman (The) 11 March 2019 Academic George Cawkwell Lived Life to the Full Auckland-born George Cawkwell, “who has died aged 99, was Scotland’s oldest rugby international having won one cap against France. He was also a… Sport General | Xinhua 12 March 2019 Wuhan Open Appoints Brenda Perry Wuhan Open has marked International Women’s Day by becoming the most prestigious professional tennis tournament to have two female tournament directors, New Zealander Brenda Perry and China’s Li… Politics and Economics | Xinhua 13 March 2019 Ambassador Clare Fearnley Interviewed on China The changes that have taken place in China in the past 70 years are very significant, New Zealand’s Ambassador to China Clare Fearnley has said in a recent interview with Xinhuanet… Community/General | Guardian (The) 07 March 2019 Sale of Portable Cabins Booms in NZ Amid Housing Crisis “The sale of portable cabins is booming in New Zealand, where a housing crisis means hundreds of thousands of Kiwis can no longer… Rugby | Reuters 11 March 2019 Kieran Read to Play for Japan After World Cup “All Blacks captain Kieran Read has signed up to play with Japanese club Toyota Verblitz after this year’s World Cup, bringing an end to 13 seasons as a… Te Ao Maori | BBC 11 March 2019 Barbie Releases First-Ever Māori Doll Barbie has released its first-ever Māori doll, modelled after New Zealand sports journalist and former rugby player Melodie Robinson. The doll, which has “curly hair… Motorsports | Motorsport.com 12 March 2019 Karting Ace Madeline Stewart Behind New Wheels New Zealand karting ace Madeline Stewart, 18, will race for Australia’s Brad Jones Racing in the Super3 Supercars series this season.The teenager has spent… Nature | New York Times (The) 08 March 2019 Extinct Penguins Wiped out by Hungry Humans The discovery of two extinct penguin subspecies in New Zealand is a cautionary tale of the threats faced by the waddling birds in the wild. Veronique Greenwood reports… Z-Files | Telegraph (The) 08 March 2019 Antarctic Tour Guide Tarn Pilkington Job Addictive There is no doubt that Ernest Shackleton’s endeavours in 1916 – when he sailed a lifeboat 1287km across the southern Atlantic Ocean, crossed the… Business | South China Morning Post 07 March 2019 Zero-Waste Advocate Kate Mercurio Starts with Soap Having grown fed up with watching her children play among plastic rubbish on Hong Kong beaches, New Zealand-born Kate Mercurio decided to tackle the… News | Deadline 08 March 2019 Rose Matafeo to Star in Taika Waititi Exec Produced ‘Baby, Done’ New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo will star alongside Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis in… Design | Dezeen 09 March 2019 Sophie Rowley Makes Furniture From Denim New Zealand-born, Berlin-based designer Sophie Rowley gives new life to discarded post-consumer denim offcuts by recycling them into pieces of furniture with… Music | NPR 07 March 2019 Jess Cornelius’ Sudsy Self-Reckoning on Display In recent years, self-care culture has exploded beyond simple millennial infatuation; the term, which refers to the conscious integration… New Zealand | Guardian (The) 10 March 2019 Canoeing a Living Entity in New Zealand “The Whanganui [River] is so important in Māori culture it has the legal rights of a person. A canoe trip along its forested valley proves a great way of getting to know it,”… New Zealand | Daily Mail 06 March 2019 New Luxury Lodge The Lindis Blends In Boasting slick interiors and gaping floor-to-ceiling windows, this luxury hobbit house takes Middle Earth luxury to the next level, according to the Daily Mail. The Lindis, which is… Sport | YouTube 11 March 2019 William Trubridge TEDxChristchurch Listen to freediver William Trubridge’s TED Talk to be taken on your very first free dive. The New Zealander shares with the Christchurch audience what it feels like to dive deep and why he does… Society | Idealog 13 March 2014 5 Years Ago – New Zealand Stays 4th in the Women in Work Index New Zealand has held on to fourth place in this year’s PwC Women in Work index; ranking higher than Australia (9th) and far higher… Education | University World News 14 March 2009 10 Years Ago – Small With Might In an unprecedented move, Lincoln University, New Zealand’s smallest with just 2,600 full-time students and 610 staff, will merge with government-owned AgResearch “in order to… Obituaries | New York Times (The) 17 March 2004 15 Years Ago – “The New Zealand Native Who Helped Open the Door to the Stars” William Pickering, one of the leading figures in US space exploration, died of pneumonia in California aged 92. A graduate of…