EDGE #373 Calcutta Celebrates Hillary@100 “Tales Of Man On Mission” + 12 Stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 24 July 2019 | #373 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Alexandra Burnside (New York). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2019 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Society | The Telegraph India 22 July 2019 Calcutta Celebrates Hillary@100: “Tales Of Man On Mission” A celebration of the life and work of Sir Edmund Hillary in Calcutta on Saturday “remembered him with stories and anecdotes of not only as the mountaineer who became the first to climb Mount Everest in 1953, but a person who went on to love the Himalayan… Sport General | NZEDGE.com 22 July 2019 Silver Ferns Are World Champions New Zealand’s Silver Ferns are Netball world champions after a one-point win in Liverpool over long-time rivals Australia. The Noeline Taurua-coached team saw a seven-point advantage whittle down to a… Community/General | Deutsche Welle 21 July 2019 New Zealanders Turn over Their Guns The first of more than 250 planned gun collections across New Zealand has been held in Christchurch. The buyback scheme was introduced after March mosque attacks in which 51 Muslim worshippers… Z-Files | CNN 25 July 2019 Little Blue Penguins Stake Out Local Sushi Joint When the police call saying there’s been an arrest at your business, it’s usually cause for concern, CNN correspondent Isabela Espadas Barros Leal… Business | Bloomberg 20 July 2019 New Culture Making Cow Cheese Without Cows Head of Silicon Valley-based food startup New Culture, New Zealander Matt Gibson, founded the company because he didn’t like the non-dairy options on the market, according… New Zealand | Pedestrian TV 19 July 2019 What to Do in Cool Lil’ Wellington Wellington is, “of course”, the more “Melbourne” of the North Island’s two largest cities, according to Pedestrian TV correspondent Chantelle Schmidt. Schmidt writes that Wellington… Sport General | South China Morning Post 23 July 2019 New Zealand Trail Star Nancy Jiang Rises to Success Chinese-born New Zealander Nancy Jiang’s determination to succeed in trail running is shaped by her upbringing, when her parents pushed for… Business | Bloomberg 25 July 2014 5 YEARS AGO Greg Foran Named New Wal-Mart USA CEO Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, has announced New Zealander Greg Foran as CEO of its US business, responsible for 4,700 stores and accounting for 60 percent… Arts | Rolling Stone 29 July 2009 10 YEARS AGO Sun out soon Crowded House frontman Neil Finn has collaborated with the Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Radiohead’s Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien and new additions Wilco to produce a double-disc collection called The Sun Came Out, proceeds of which will benefit Oxfam… Travel & Tourism | Female First 26 July 2004 15 YEARS AGO Aotearoa Uncovered Female First delves deeper than the usual travel story, focusing primarily on the geographical and cultural make-up of NZ. “NZ comes with a reputation as a unique land packed with magnificent, raw scenery: craggy coastlines… Legends | Endurance 2 June 2000 LEGENDS Edmund Hillary Ed Hillary stepped up from this land on 11 January 2008, aged 88. This story of him is the most popular of the nzedge.com Legends, (Ernest Rutherford, Katherine Mansfield and Nancy Wake being the next three)… Legends | Culture 1 August 2009 LEGENDS Colin McCahon McCahon was the artist who gave New Zealand a powerful visual identity and for that he is revered in his homeland. That he went further, to explore and communicate through the medium of painting… Legends | Scientists 22 March 2000 LEGENDS William Pickering The launch of Sputnik in 1957 forced the United States into the space race. Fighting the Cold War, the Americans needed to show the world that they too could launch a rocket into space — and they had to do it quickly…