EDGE #384 – New Zealand the Small Country that Keeps on Top + 18 other stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 24 October 2019 | #384 | 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. Community/General | CNN 20 October 2019 New Zealand the Small Country that Keeps on Top For a country with a population under five million, its prowess on the sporting stage has always appeared to be disproportionate, James Master writes for CNN. Olympic champions in rowing, sailing, canoeing, home of the America’s Cup-winning Team New Zealand, and a… Motorsports | Guardian (The) 24 October 2019 Scott McLaughlin Wins Bathurst 1000 Supercars series leader Christchurch-born Scott McLaughlin, 26, claimed a maiden Bathurst 1000 title at Mount Panorama after a dramatic finish, the Australian Associated Press reports in a story…   Design | Telegraph (The) 23 October 2019 Inside Inner-City Garden of Chef Margot Henderson New Zealand-born London-based chef and co-owner of Rochelle Canteen Margot Henderson talks to The Telegraph about how she became a gardener and what she…   Film & TV | Los Angeles Times 22 October 2019 Satire Jojo Rabbit At Its Best Mocking Nazis Taika Waititi’s latest movie, Jojo Rabbit is reviewed by film critic Kenneth Turan for the Los Angeles Times after its star-studded premiere in LA…   Rugby | Japan Times (The) 21 October 2019 All Blacks Torch Ireland to Reach World Cup Semis Two-time defending champion New Zealand cruised into a Rugby World Cup semifinal matchup against England after dismantling Ireland 46-14 at Tokyo…   Business | Scoop 12 October 2019 NZ Performs Well in World Energy Trilemma Index An analysis of the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index shows New Zealand ranks highly in comparison to other countries, but has slipped in terms of…   Community/General | Guardian (The) 17 October 2019 New Zealander Subject of UK Mental Health Exhibit The Museum of Lost and Found Potential launches in London this week, marking World Mental Health Day with an exhibition that hopes to encourage empathy,…   Writers | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 16 October 2019 Lynley Dodd Reveals Secret of Hairy Maclary The influence of Jane Austen on Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy may not be immediately apparent, but it’s there. At least that’s what New Zealander Lynley Dodd…   Community/General | Guardian (The) 16 October 2019 Chit-Chat Flows Easily in NZ but Does It in Europe? “In New Zealand, small talk flows so easily, a ceaseless background banter you become inured to and engage in unthinkingly. And it often goes so…   Business | Evening Standard 15 October 2019 Jewellery Brand Monarc Good for the Planet “Ethical jewellery is defined as jewellery that has no negative impact on the people who make it, or the environment it’s produced in, Naomi May writes for London’s…   Business | Bloomberg 14 October 2019 Walmart’s Greg Foran Flies Home to Air NZ Big-box giant Walmart Inc. has announced that New Zealand-born Greg Foran, the CEO of its US division – which makes up the bulk of its sales and operating income – is…   Visual Arts | Financial Times 13 October 2019 Fiac Art Fair’s Jennifer Flay on Challenges Ahead New Zealand-born Jennifer Flay, the director of Fiac (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain), insists that France’s most important modern…   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…   Nga Kupu Aroha Words of Love 13 November 2010 LEGEND Honour the Past, Enjoy the Present, Prepare for the Future I love this time of the year in Hawke’s Bay, although it’s been a little bit different than usual weatherwise. I don’t know if these are natural portents…   Nga Kupu Aroha Words of Love 01 April 2009 LEGEND Dangerous Utopias What happened to March? My calendar accelerated and it just went. One minute I was planning for St Paddy’s Day and the next thing I know it’s been, gone, and done for. The ginko crop …   Nga Kupu Aroha Words of Love 09 November 2007 LEGEND “Pull up, pull up”: The Psychology of Colonisation Let’s deal with the alleged terrorism and Tuhoe issue. The last sounds heard by those at the controls immediately prior…   Architecture | BBC 21 October 2014 5 YEARS AGO Mark Burry Maintains Epic Work on the Sagrada Família Executive architect of the Sagrada Família New Zealander Mark Burry has been able to complete Gaudí’s designs by devising parametric computer modelling…   Arts | Guardian 17 October 2009 10 YEARS AGO Spontaneous Breeze “In person, Campion is neither gorilla nor goddess,” writes Guardian correspondent Peter Conrad. “The breeze derives from her quirky humour and the quirky humour and the mercurial play of expression on her face; her…   Arts | Japan Times (The) 15 October 2004 15 YEARS AGO Luna Rendezvous New Zealand born, Harvard educated and New York resident Dean Wareham and his band Luna track through Japan promoting their final album Rendevous “Where the last half of Luna’s career flirted with edgier tempos…