EDGE #362 Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation + 18 stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 10 May 2019 | #362 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Alexandra Burnside (New York). See all stories and a 15,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2019 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. News | Milken Institute 07 May 2019 Liddell Says U.S. Government Digital Assets Vital for Unleashing Innovation The U.S. government has a critical role in working with the private sector to harness emergent technologies such as 5G, quantum computing, AI, advanced manufacturing and synthetic biology, says Chris Liddell, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy… Sport General | Stuff 08 May 2019 Kelsey Birse Creates a Career from Gaming When Kelsey Birse was given an Xbox as a Christmas present, he never anticipated a future fulltime career in esports, Stuff reporter Oskar Howell writes. Birse, who goes by… New Zealand | Travel and Leisure 08 May 2019 Tax Will be Used to Combat Overtourism in NZ As Travel+Leisure has previously reported, New Zealand will introduce an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL). With the tax, visitors will be… Design | Rouleur 08 May 2019 Store Your Bike in Velohawk’s Bespoke Pods This is what Rouleur magazine had to say about the New Zealand-created innovation, the Velohawk: “So you’ve decided, picked out and bought your dream bike. It’s… Adrenalin | Metro 08 May 2019 Conquering Heights in the South Island Adventurer and writer Briton Sadie Whitelocks heads to New Zealand on a two-week tour of the South Island where she leaps off some “terrifying” cliffs, paddles our national parks… Community | Lonley Planet 08 May 2019 New Zealand Has World’s Sexiest Accent Big 7, a travel website aimed at millennials, conducted a survey among their readers and ranked 50 accents from around the world depending on how sexy they are perceived to be… Business | Bloomberg 03 May 2019 Ross McEwan Completes RBS Turnaround Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s top banker, New Zealander Ross McEwan, will leave the state-backed lender within a year, Bloomberg reports.The bank will start searching for chief… Music | Exclaim! 03 May 2019 Aldous Harding’s Designer Dances on Different Feet Aldous Harding is happy that her music makes people feel uncertain. The New Zealand-born singer-songwriter recalls a special moment when… New Zealand | Times (The) 06 May 2019 Treble Cone Skiing is Magic for Europeans “As views from ski slopes go, this has got to rank among the most dramatic. In front of me the mountainside drops off, revealing the valley floor below, a craggy patchwork… Community/General | Guardian (The) 05 May 2019 Campaigners Demand Justice for Blair Peach Campaigners are demanding a fresh inquiry into the death of New Zealand-born protester Blair Peach during a demonstration held to prevent the National Front (NF) holding a… Sport General | Radio New Zealand 05 May 2019 Lou Brown Shatters World Shearing Record The 497 merino ewes shorn in eight hours by Napier-raised shearer Lou Brown was 31 more than the record of 466 set by his coach and mentor, fellow-New Zealander Cartwright Terry… Writers | Guardian (The) 04 May 2019 JP Pomare’s Debut Rated Highly by The Guardian “Excellent characterisation and the ability to conjure [a] cliquey, insecure adolescent world add up to an immersive and exciting read,” Laura… Community/General | National Geographic 04 May 2019 National Geographic Features the Whanganui River Swelled by myriad tributaries, the Whanganui River twists like an eel through mountainous country – part of it a national park – on its 289-km journey… Community/General | Vanity Fair 03 May 2019 Prince William Embodies Diana During Emotional Visit to NZ The Duke of Cambridge was in New Zealand for a two-day tour to meet survivors of the Christchurch terrorist attacks that… Media | 9 News 03 May 2019 Journalist Mark Saunokonoko Sheds Light on Maddie ‘Maddie: A Door Marked Closed’ about the disappearance of three-year-old Madeline McCann is the latest investigation by Sydney-based New Zealand… Community/General | Guardian (The) 03 May 2019 New Zealanders Flock to Live in the Regions Auckland is the seventh most expensive city in the world to buy a home, and all three of New Zealand’s major cities are considered “severely unaffordable” by the… Wine | Financial Times 08 May 2014 5 Years ago – New World Versus Old World Sauvignon Blanc The first Friday in May was International Sauvignon Blanc Day, and British wine critic Jancis Robinson took part in “a fascinating blind tasting in anticipation of the… Media | CBS News 03 May 2009 10 Years Ago – An Amazing Bike Ride Christchurch-born adventure TV host and producer Phil Keoghan has just completed another ‘Amazing Race’, this time a 3,500 mile coast-to-coast bike ride across the United States to… New Zealand | Guardian (The) 08 May 2004 15 Years Ago – Overnight Express to the Edge NZ was named Favourite Long-haul Destination in the Guardian and Observer’s annual People’s Choice Awards, for the third time in the past four years. NZ topped the poll with 96.8% of the vote, beating Peru…