EDGE #392 New Zealand Least Corrupt Country in the World + 15 other stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 31 January 2020 | #392 | 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 | Stuff 29 January 2020 New Zealand Least Corrupt Country in the World New Zealand is seen as the least corrupt country in the world, according to a new report by the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, which shows New Zealand and Denmark tied for the top spot – with a score of 87 out of 100… News | Business Insider 31 January 2020 Star NZ Chef Josh Emmet’s Book, The Recipe, Gets Big Treatment From Insider.com Josh Emett, New Zealand Michelin Star Chef and author of…   Politics and Economics | National (The) 31 January 2020 Helen Clark Discusses Global Cooperation Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is unequivocal when challenged on the pervading doom and gloom about the world. Can she really remain an optimist? “Of course,”…   Agriculture | Gourmet News 30 January 2020 Silver Fern Farms Targets Change In US Consumer Taste With American Retail Launch Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand’s largest red meat…   Science/Tech | Guardian (The) 30 January 2020 How Our Space Industry is Causing Turbulence Life on the Mahia Peninsula used to be quiet: surfing beaches, historical monuments, and good snapper fishing, Eleanor Ainge Roy writes for The Guardian. Then space…   Sport General | New York Times (The) 30 January 2020 Shot Put Champ Valerie Adams off to Olympics Double shot-put champion Valerie Adams, 35, has qualified for her fifth Olympic Games after the New Zealander spent almost two years out of competition, Reuters…   Music | Pitchfork 28 January 2020 Newfound Lightness in Sarah Mary Chadwick Sound “[New Zealander] Sarah Mary Chadwick has spent a lot of time mulling heavy questions. In interviews over the past few years, the Melbourne[-based]…   Dance | Dance Magazine 27 January 2020 Royal New Zealand Ballet Has an All-Female Line-Up It’s fitting that New Zealand, the first country to give women the right to vote, should also be the place where, for the first time, a major…   Business | Australian Financial Review (The) 25 January 2020 Laybuy to List on ASX Boards Trans-Tasman rivalries are as old as life itself. And there’s another fierce battle brewing, this time in the hottest sector of the last few years: the buy now pay later space, Australian Financial Review…   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…   Architecture | New Nork Times (The) 20 January 2015 5 YEARS AGO New Zealand Baches Get a Luxury Makeover A bach on the beach has long been the embodiment of the New Zealand dream, with the traditional version often a modest structure haphazardly pieced together…   Nature | New York Times (The) 27 January 2010 10 YEARS AGO Brown Trout Capital Mataura River, just outside of Gore, is “the world capital of brown trout” and a “world-class fly-fishing destination”. The Mataura extends for an impressive 140 miles of trout water in the heart of sheep and dairy country. Most tourists fishing these waters will…   Sports | Observer (The) 28 January 2005 15 YEARS AGO Godley’s Own Country Godley Lake, NZ, features amongst the Observer‘s crème de la crème of international ski touring routes. “Described as a ‘Symphony on Skis’, this tour involves a traverse of the Southern Alps from east to west via some the best ski touring terrain in the southern…