EDGE #391 – Jacinda Ardern is Pacific Person of the year + 12 other stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 24 January 2020 | #391 | 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. Politics and Economics | Islands Business 20 January 2020 Jacinda Ardern is Pacific Person of the Year New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is Fiji-based publication, Islands Business 2019 Pacific Person of the Year, the second person of non-Pacific heritage to ever be awarded the title. “Just over two years since she took office, events in New Zealand and in… Visual Arts | New York Times (The) 23 January 2020 Behind Security Through Obscurity is Simon Denny The death knell of the Patagonia vest, at least as a symbol of utopianism co-opted by the tech and venture capital world and transformed into shorthand for…   Obituaries | New York Times (The) 22 January 2020 Haiti Journalist Bernard Diederich a Man of Truth Christchurch-born Bernard “Bernie” Diederich, a long-time journalist in the Caribbean region who braved dictators and disasters, has died in his…   Nature | Washington Post (The) 21 January 2020 Scientists Climb Tane Mahuta to Help Save Kauri Two arborists, chest-deep in underbrush, secured a rope slung over a branch in the Waipoua Forest, close to the northern tip of New Zealand. Scott Forrest…   Business | Forbes 24 January 2020 Cruise CEO Dan Ammann Looks Beyond the Car Late last year, the former General Motors president wrote a blog post entitled, “We Need To Move Beyond The Car”. The statement wouldn’t be surprising if it came from…   Business | Fast Company 19 January 2020 Brand Allbirds Charting Climate-Positive Roadmap The last four years have been a whirlwind for New Zealander Tim Brown and American Joey Zwillinger, the founders of Allbirds. The company has recently…   Arts | Contemporary HUM 18 January 2020 What’s for – Decolonial – Dinner? Online art platform Contemporary HUM’s last publication of 2019 sees Indigenous Canadian artist and curator Tania Willard explore the work of New Zealand artists BC Collective and Louisa Afoa,…   Community/General | Guardian (The) 18 January 2020 Chief Censor David Shanks Tackles the C-Word When David Shanks presents himself at international conferences, his peers recoil slightly, Charlotte Graham-McLay reports for The Guardian. “I’d introduce…   Media | Noted 17 January 2020 BBC Producer Tama Muru Drops a Few Names For a lifelong news and sports nut who loves to travel, a job that requires meeting the world’s top newsmakers and athletes is a dream for BBC TV producer, New Zealander Tama…   Design | Wallpaper 16 January 2020 Sabine Marcelis Wallpaper Designer of the Year Between fountains for Fendi, donut-shaped rugs, and a takeover of Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, New Zealand-raised designer Sabine Marcelis has…   Travel | New Zealand Herald (The) 20 January 2015 5 YEARS AGO Lake Tekapo Night Skies Premium Spot for Stargazing The clarity of the night sky in Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve has made Lake Tekapo the world’s second-best spot …   Architecture | Guardian UK (The) 15 January 2010 10 YEARS AGO Stepping off the deck For the past 20 years, Sir Peter Blake’s widow Pippa Blake has lived on the Chichester harbour sea front in a 1940s bungalow where just recently “a forward-thinking architect tore down walls, built a balcony and…   Innovation | Xinhuanet 13 January 2005 15 YEARS AGO Make No Bones About It NZ has again opened a new path in medicine, this time in the field of bone reconstruction. Dr George Dias of Otago University’s anatomy and structural biology…