EDGE #383 – Dan Carter Explains New Zealand’s Cup Success + 12 other stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 09 October 2019 | #383 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland) and 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. Rugby | ESPN 08 October 2019 Dan Carter Explains New Zealand’s Cup Success Legendary former All Black fly-half Dan Carter tells ESPN that while the physical challenge of seven weeks of fierce competition at the Rugby World Cup sets it apart as the sport’s ultimate test, it is mental strength that can prove the difference by the time of the… Business | Financial Times 04 October 2019 Kathmandu Buys Legendary Surf Brand Rip Curl The iconic Australian surfing equipment and apparel company Rip Curl has agreed to a $368m takeover offer from New Zealand-based retailer Kathmandu, Peter Wells…   Business | Australian Financial Review 05 October 2019 Skipp Williamson Tops Influential Consultant List The Australian Financial Review magazine’s “hotly anticipated” annual power issue includes lists of the key players across six different industry…   Community/General | Al Jazeera 07 October 2019 Anniversary of Cook’s Arrival Marked with Debate The British government have expressed “regret” that explorers killed some of the first Māori they met 250 years ago but stopped short of issuing…   Nature | Otago Daily Times 10 October 2019 Barbara Wheeler, The First New Zealander to Become a Longwood Gardens Fellow Dunedin horticulturist Barbara Wheeler is the first New Zealander to…   Writers | New York Times (The) 03 October 2019 New York Times Reviews Fiona Kidman Novel “One December night in 1955, a 20-year-old Irish immigrant named Albert Black, wearing heavy boots to make his hanging snap, shuffled to the gallows of a dark prison in…   Taste | Business Traveler 09 October 2019 Chef Hayden McMillan Takes Charge Across the Tasman “It’s often said that Australia doesn’t really have its own national cuisine – that as a young country, its food culture is best…   YouTube | Legend 18 February 2008 LEGEND Oxford Union Debate: David Lange David Lange speaks at the 1985 Oxford Union Debate…   YouTube | Legend 28 March 2006 LEGEND Nancy Wake White Mouse A short video on the life of Nancy Wake – White Mouse…   YouTube | Legend 01 October 2019 LEGEND Janet Frame: An Angel At My Table A scene from An Angel At My Table – the biopic on the life of New Zealand hero, Janet Frame…   Fashion | Business of Fashion 3 October 2014 5 YEARS AGO New Zealand Fashion Stars Amongst World’s Most Influential Three New Zealanders have made this year’s Business of Fashion 500 list, a professional index of the people shaping the global …   Sports | Salt Lake Tribune (The) 4 October 2009 10 YEARS AGO Burt’s Fine Wine “It was 1962 and Burt Munro had somehow managed to get his suped-up Indian motorcycle from New Zealand to the Salt Flats, where he hoped to set a record…   Society | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 5 October 2004 15 YEARS AGO Mind the Gap The Herald ran a lengthy feature on trans-Tasman cultural differences prior to the Australian elections, claiming that “geologically, the land masses are creeping…