EDGE #405 – Travel + Leisure Takes in the Best of Auckland + 24 more stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 27 August 2020 | #405 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). 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. Travel & Tourism | Travel + Leisure 27 August 2020 Travel + Leisure Takes in the Best of Auckland Parnell’s Pasture was recently named one of the World’s Best Restaurants by Travel + Leisure and Food & Wine. “It’s worth planning a trip around,” New Zealand-based writer and editor Ellen Falconer recommends in a story about the best places to visit in… Film & TV | Varsity 25 August 2020 Taking Māori Narratives to Hollywood a Good Thing In a story published by Cambridge University student newspaper, Varsity, Emily Moss argues that we have “nothing to fear” from New Zealander…   Visual Arts | Apollo 20 August 2020 Te Puna O Waiwhetū Reorients With Te Wheke “That Aotearoa New Zealand offers a rich vantage point from which to consider the tensions and affordances of displacement is the central claim of the generous,…   Nature | Guardian (The) 10 August 2020 New Zealand’s Glaciers Testament to Climate Change New research has found extreme melting of New Zealand’s glaciers in 2018 was at least ten times more likely due to human-caused global…   Sport General | ESPN 13 August 2020 NBL’s Hawks Sign Teen Rising Star Max Darling Australian professional basketball team The Hawks has added one of New Zealand’s top young players for the 2020-21 NBL season, signing forward Max Darling…   General | Independent (The) 24 August 2020 Journalist Laura Pitcher Chooses NY Over NZ Friends and strangers told writer, editor, and designer Laura Pitcher she was “crazy” to leave New Zealand after a four-month visit “home” to return to the United…   Music | American Songwriter 21 August 2020 The Phoenix Foundation Returns With Hounds of Hell The Phoenix Foundation’s latest single, ‘Hounds of Hell’ features fellow New Zealand artist Nadia Reid, and it’s a momentous occasion, Tina…   Z-Files | Stuff 26 August 2020 Wellington Library Book Returned after 118 years A book has been returned to a Wellington library 118 years after it was checked out, Yahoo News Australia reports. The Earl of Derby by George Saintsbury…   Sport General | South China Morning Post 19 August 2020 Bayern Munich and Nuremberg Share Sarpreet Singh It has been just over a year since Sarpreet Singh, 21, officially joined the Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich, at number 10. The former Wellington Phoenix…   Visual Arts | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 18 August 2020 Artist John Ward Knox Paints a Prime Minister Fortune has favoured John Ward Knox. The Auckland-born artist’s dual-layer portrait of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been recently released from Australian…   Media | Channel News Asia 17 August 2020 Media Mogul Sinead Boucher Challenges Online Giants Tucked away in Sinead Boucher’s sock drawer is the one-dollar coin that transformed the former journalist into New Zealand’s biggest media…   General | New York Times (The) 15 August 2020 Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free Recently granted refugee status and now living in Christchurch, Behrouz Boochani fled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He exposed Australia’s offshore detention camps – from the…   Music | London Daily Post 14 August 2020 Prodigious Singer Aleisha Malcolm in the Limelight Christchurch teenager Aleisha Malcolm is far from your average eighteen-year-old. The bright and accomplished singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and…   Sport General | PSA World Tour 11 August 2020 Looking Back at a Squash Legacy With Susan Devoy In recognition of Rotorua-born squash player Susan Devoy’s exalted status PSA website caught up with the sport’s only ‘Dame’, who ranks only…   Taste | BBC 12 August 2020 Pavlova’s Origins Date Back Two Centuries New Zealanders and Australians have long argued over who invented the pavlova, but the authors of a new book called, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets have found…   Music | Happy 09 August 2020 Persian Influences Define CHAII’s Unique New EP CHAII is of New Zealand’s “most formidable new artists”, according to Happy’s Dan Shaw. On top of a string of singles, she provided the soundtrack…   Media | Scoop 07 August 2020 Director Sam Stuchbury Wins Cannes Prize Aucklander Sam Stuchbury has won a Silver Screen Young Director Award at Cannes for his work in raising awareness about the effects pornography has on children, directing the…   Obituaries | Japan Times (The) 07 August 2020 Lock Andy Haden Key Player in AB History All Blacks lock Andy Haden, who “was an exceptionally talented, intelligent and resilient lock, among the best in the world in his era,” has died in Auckland, aged 69. The…   Media | Guardian (The) 06 August 2020 Robin Hammond’s Zimbabwe Images Show in France New Zealand-born Robin Hammond is one of ten photojournalists whose work is currently on show at Fondation Carmignac’s newly opened private museum on…   General | New Zealand Herald (The) 06 August 2020 London Health Worker Natalie Scott a Free Sister Clinical lead physiotherapist for critical care at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, New Zealander Natalie Scott, has received the Freedom of the City of…   Fashion | GQ 05 August 2020 Like Obama Allbirds Have Widespread Centrist Appeal Monthly men’s magazine GQ highlights former US president Barack Obama’s penchant for Allbirds, a wool trainer created by New Zealander Tim…   Theatre | Stage (The) 04 August 2020 Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation Encourages Students in Performing Arts Launched last year, the Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation…   New Zealand | Life Hacker 26 August 2015 5 YEARS AGO Quirky Places and Travel Hacks: New Zealand Lifehacker has picked five top quirky places and travel hacks for travel in New Zealand…   Visual Arts | Art World 31 August 2010 10 YEARS AGO Gimblett at the Guggenheim New York/Auckland artist Max Gimblett features in the latest issue of Art World, in an article by collaborator John Yau about the influence of Asia on the…   Obituaries | Guardian Unlimited 15 August 2005 15 YEARS AGO David Lange 1942-2005 Former Prime Minister David Lange died on Saturday 13 August aged 63 after a long battle with ill health. He was regarded as “the best…