EDGE #389 – How Uni Dropout Nick Mowbray Built a Toy Empire + 15 other stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 09 January 2020 | #389 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (New York). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2020 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Business | BBC 29 December 2019 How Uni Dropout Nick Mowbray Built a Toy Empire The BBC’s weekly ‘The Boss’ series profiles different business leaders from around the world. Last week, the broadcaster’s Virginia Harrison spoke to New Zealander Nick Mowbray, 34, co-founder and co-chief executive of toymaker Zuru. A few years into trying… Agriculture | Guardian (The) 07 January 2020 Sky Shepherds a Vital Farming Tool Corey Lambeth, a New Zealand farmer, originally purchased a drone for photography, but he quickly realised the device had more practical applications. “I thought ‘I’ll just give it a nudge on…   Nature | CNN 06 January 2020 Can Technology Save the Kākāpō? Large, plump and nocturnal, the kākāpō is the only parrot in the world that lives on the ground and cannot fly. There are only 211 in existence, confined to four small islands off the New…   Music | TVNZ 05 January 2020 Alien Weaponry Earns Finnish Accolades Te Reo Māori heavy metal band Alien Weaponry’s debut LP has been named album of the decade by readers of online Finnish music publication, Tuonela Magazine. “In Tū, Alien…   Theatre | Guardian (The) 08 January 2020 Bret McKenzie Speaks on the Oddness of Fame The Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie, 43, who is guest curating this year’s New Zealand Festival, speaks to The Guardian’s Charlotte Graham-McLay about his…   Business | Irish Times (The) 27 December 2019 In Dublin Caroline Gardner is Making Good The brainchild of New Zealander Caroline Gardner and Irish woman Joan Ellison, Dublin’s We Make Good teams designers with people who face social difficulties and challenges,…   New Zealand | New York Times (The) 26 December 2019 On the West Coast Beauty Doesn’t Stop Though now only partially open to the public owing to a slip, the 55.7km Paparoa Track on the West Coast is the first addition to the Great Walks in 25 years. Sebastian Modak, The…   Music | American Songwriter 21 December 2019 LA-Based Eden Iris Shares New Soulful Single Every six weeks, New Zealander Eden Iris will release a new single. Timed perfectly, when these tracks run dry it will be just in time for the release of the singer…   Nature | National Geographic 04 January 2020 Manawatāwhi’s Lonely Kaikōmako Gets Some Neighbours After seven decades of cuttings, failures, plant enzymes, a little coaxing, and a Māori blessing, one of the world’s rarest trees…   Music | HalifaxToday 03 January 2020 Next Stop Halifax for Conductor Holly Mathieson After an extensive search, Dunedin-born Holly Mathieson, 38, will head to Halifax, Canada in January 2020 to begin working with the 37-piece Symphony Nova…   New Zealand | Architectural Digest India 31 December 2019 Experience True Silence in Doubtful Sound “With towering snow-capped mountains, surreal waterfalls, crystal clear lakes and lush rain forests Doubtful Sound in New Zealand is a destination frozen in time… just like…   Business | Financial News 30 December 2019 Banker Ross McEwan Receives OBE Former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) New Zealander Ross McEwan, whose job at the UK lender was labelled one of the toughest in banking, has been named in the Queen’s 2020 New Year…   Taste | i news 29 December 2019 Chef Monica Galetti’s Festive Food Tips As this year’s MasterChef: The Professionals drew to a nail-biting finale i spoke with one of the show’s judges, New Zealander Monica Galetti, to find out what she made of…   New Zealand | New York Times 07 January 2015 5 YEARS AGO New Zealand Glaciers Ebb and Tour Guides Play Catch-Up Climate change is having uneven economic effects on tourism operators like…   Nature | Desert News 09 January 2010 10 YEARS AGO On the Floral Trail New Zealand municipal botanical gardens, including Hamilton Gardens and the Whakarewarewa Forest…   Design | Interior Design 01 January 2005 15 YEARS AGO New Zealand Riveria To entice buyers to a resort development, Pip Cheshire and Terry Hunziker designed a rustic guest lodge Bay of…