EDGE #388 – Jojo Rabbit Star Thomasin McKenzie in Demand + 18 other stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 19 December 2019 | #389 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), 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. Film & TV | Screen Daily 13 December 2019 Jojo Rabbit Star Thomasin McKenzie in Demand After her stunning breakthrough in Leave No Trace, Wellington actor Thomasin McKenzie, 19, landed roles in four major films including awards contender Jojo Rabbit, directed by Taika Waititi. Screen talks to the fast-rising star. There is many a film fan who believes… Obituaries | Irish Times (The) 16 December 2019 Sir Peter Snell Sports Champion of the Centuries Sir Peter Snell, three-time Olympic champion on the track and arguably the greatest runner in the history of New Zealand athletics has died, aged 80, at…   Architecture | Stuff 13 December 2019 Remote Lindis Lodge Wins World Architecture Award Spectacular Lindis Lodge in the Southern Alps, designed by Wellington-based Architecture Workshop, has taken out the top hotel award at the World…   Politics and Economics | Bloomberg 11 December 2019 Jacinda Ardern Makes Annual Bloomberg 50 List “New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern banned military-style semiautomatic and assault rifles six days after 51 people died in the worst mass shooting in the…   Politics and Economics | Hungarian Free Press 11 December 2019 Labour Elects Hungarian-Kiwi Claire Szabó “A truly surprising story from New Zealand. The ruling Labour Party has elected Claire Szabó as its new president. New Zealand-born Szabó is also a Hungarian citizen,…   Business | Fast Company 11 December 2019 Guilt-Free Coffee With Air New Zealand “You might think that all airplane food tastes like plastic packaging, but good news: In a twist of fate, you can now eat airline packaging that actually tastes like food. Because it…   Community/General | BBC 11 December 2019 In the Shadow of the Mt Erebus Disaster It remains New Zealand’s worst peacetime disaster. On 28 November 1979, a sightseeing aircraft carrying 257 people crashed head-on into the side of a volcano in Antarctica. The…   Politics and Economics | New York Times (The) 08 December 2019 Tackling Hot-Button Liberal Issues in One Swoop Next year, our country will hold public referendums to decide whether to legalise assisted suicide and recreational marijuana, and separately, lawmakers will…   Politics and Economics | Guardian (The) 07 December 2019 Housing Crisis Bites in Northland A 30 per cent  rise in people waiting for state housing in Northland is fuelling New Zealand’s “desperate” shortage in affordable homes, resulting in some families living in the woods, and in…   Rugby | ITV News 07 December 2019 Gatland’s Gate Honours Former Wales Coach New Zealander Warren Gatland says he is “humbled” to have been honoured by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) after having a gate at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium named…   > Theatre | Creative NZ 13 December 2019 New Zealand Theatre Showcase Presented By NYC’s SoHo Playhouse for 2020 A season of New Zealand theatre is set to hit New York stages next year. Showing…   Community/General | New York Times (The) 16 December 2019 NZSOF Mission After Disaster on Whaakari The team that recovered bodies from Whaakari/White Island went “to the depths of their endurance and past it,” said the colonel who oversaw the mission. The bodies…   Film & TV | InStyle 12 December 2019 Niki Caro’s Mulan a Timeless Re-Creation Disney has been busy of late reviving our favourite childhood animation films into live-action remakes. Following in the footsteps of Dumbo, Aladdin and The Lion King (which…   Sport General | Sports Illustrated 17 December 2019 NXT Star Dakota Kai Reinvents Herself Post-Injury Professional wrestler Auckland-born Dakota Kai, 31, is quickly becoming an indispensable piece of popular television programme, WWE NXT’s success,…   Community/General | Los Angeles Times 18 December 2019 What California Can Learn from Christchurch “I went to New Zealand on a long-planned vacation to see the setting for The Lord of the Rings movies and the mountain scenery. But as the earthquake reporter for the…   Business | Forbes 19 December 2019 Families and Investors Love Koru Kids Koru Kids is a London startup, founded by New Zealander Rachel Carrell, trying to help busy parents. They help parents find a local after-school nanny who will do the school pickup, help…   Arts | Guardian (The) 16 December 2014 5 YEARS AGO Nine Things We’ve Learned about Peter Jackson’s Epic Saga “Just as there are nine members of the Fellowship, here are nine things we have learned from Peter Jackson’s six-picture behemoth …” Guardian journalist Ryan…   News | Durango Telegraph (The) 10 December 2009 10 YEARS AGO Working to Live New Zealander Michelle Clark-Smith, 32, who is now based in Durango, Colorado, is “building a semi-professional ski career for herself in tandem with her partner-in-crime and husband, longtime local photographer Scott DW Smith”. In…   Society | National Geographic 13 December 2004 15 YEARS AGO Celebrating Stories on Skin When Matt Strawbridge was a boy growing up in New Zealand, school became difficult. He couldn’t read given his dyslexia, and his grades suffered….