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New Zealand
|
Jerusalem Post

28 December 2022

Ten Things to Keep in Mind Before Visiting
NZ

To prepare those interested in a trip to
Aotearoa, The Jerusalem Post polled their
“Nomad community for advice on what they would
tell someone visiting the country for the
first time”, and this included ensuring
travellers “sleep outside”, and being wary of
sand…

Story

Media
|
Australian (The)
28 December 2022

TikTok for Good Award Goes to Jazz Thornton

It’s not quite the silver screen, but for the
savants of the 16×9 phone screen, TikTok’s second
annual For You Fest held in Sydney celebrates the
top tier of talent…
 
Story

Fashion
|
Harper’s Bazaar
25 December 2022

Model Holly Rose Emery Ahead of the Curve

As teenagers, Aucklander Holly Rose Emery (left),
who is based in New York, and Australian Gemma Ward
both shot to the top of the international modelling
industry. Harper’s…
 
Story

Business
|
New York Times (The)
22 December 2022

Sustainability is Abel’s Top Note

Artisanal companies from Britain to New Zealand are
putting environmentally sensitive production,
practices and packaging at the centre of their
business models, Isabella Kwai reports for The…
 
Story

Taste
|
Guardian (The)
21 December 2022

Monica Galetti Took a Risk and Made It in
London

New Zealand chef Monica Galetti, 47, speaks to The
Guardian about her childhood in Samoa, controlling
her temper, meeting the Queen and forgetting to…
 
Story

General
|
Wall Street Journal (The)
21 December 2022

NZ Bans Cigarette Sales for Those Born After
2009

New Zealand has adopted a steadily rising
tobacco-purchase age and mandated the
near-elimination of nicotine from all cigarettes
sold in the country,…
 
Story

Science/Tech
|
Forbes
18 December 2022

Richard Chandler Aims to Build Tesla of
Aeroplanes

Futuristic electric vertical-takeoff air taxis have
grabbed all the headlines – and billions in venture
dollars – but Singapore-based investor…
 
Story

Nga Kupu Aroha – Words of Love
|
Denis O’Reilly
16 December 2022

Putting Power in the Hands of Whanau

With submissions on the proposed Charities Amendment
Bill closing a couple of days ago, Denis O’Reilly
argues against the changing attitude towards
charities and what he sees as the move…
 
Story

Business
|
Canadian Business
14 December 2022

Allbirds’ Tim Brown Reflects on Career Change

Many entrepreneurs will tell you that what they’re
doing now is not what they initially set out to do.
Each month in a series called, The Pivot,
Canadian…
 
Story

Music
|
Age (The)
14 December 2022

Jazz Pianist Mike Nock Relearns Seminal Album

At 82, the exuberant Christchurch-born, Sydney-based
pianist Mike Nock has a lifetime of stories to
share, and an abundance of insights to accompany
them, Jessica…
 
Story

Music
|
Violin Channel (The)
14 December 2022

Violinist Bryony Gibson-Cornish Appointed at
RCM

New Zealand-born violist Bryony Gibson-Cornish is
one of five new professors appointed to the String
Faculty at the Royal College of Music (RCM),…
 
Story

Motorsports
|
Age (The)
14 December 2022

Shane van Gisbergen Wins Bathurst 1000

Aucklander Shane van Gisbergen, 33, (pictured right)
now has more Supercars wins in one season than
anybody else, after he and Australian Garth Tander,
45, surged to their second…
 
Story

Music
|
Rolling Stone
14 December 2022

New Zealand’s Indy Forging Own Pop Path

Last month, a new indie pop star emerged – and she’s
making the main character anthems of everyone’s
dreams, according to Brittany Spanos writing for
Rolling Stone. After…
 
Story

New Zealand
|
Forbes
14 December 2022

Geothermal New Zealand Can’t Be Missed

“New Zealand’s volcanic activity is so close to the
earth’s surface that you can even dig your own hot
tub in the sand,” Forbes contributor Johanna Read
writes. “[The…
 
Story

Fashion
|
Stuff
14 December 2022

Meet Hollywood Hairstylist Jaime Leigh
McIntosh

Jaime Leigh McIntosh is on a rare break. The
Cambridge-born, Los Angeles-based hair stylist has
spent the last three years leading the hair
department for two…
 
Story

Obituaries
|
Guardian (The)
14 December 2022

Pioneering Physicist Mark Warner a Selfless
Mentor

We are all familiar with elastic bands and other
soft, rubbery materials, but familiarity should not
diminish our surprise at their properties. What…
 
Story

Design
|
Elle Decor
14 December 2022

Decorating Doyen Veere Grenney Revives
Townhouse

Veere Grenney, whose work on a Belgravia townhouse
features in Elle Decor this month, is an acclaimed,
tentpole designer with a playful style (custom…
 
Story

Dance
|
Complex
14 December 2022

Dancer Lance Savali Never Misses a Beat

Lance Savali is a Wellington-born dancer, who shot
to stardom after beginning his career with
compatriot Parris Goebel’s dance crew, The Royal
Family. Speaking to Complex AU,…
 
Story

New Zealand
|
Conde Nast Traveler
14 December 2022

Auckland a Condé Nast Favourite

Auckland has made the Condé Nast Traveler global
guide to the ‘Best Places to Go in 2023′ list, one
of 23 locations worldwide to make the cut. “Widely
praised for its containment of COVID-19,…
 
Story

Obituaries
|
New York Times (The)
14 December 2022

Hamish Kilgour an NZ Musician Who Had Reach

Hamish Kilgour, a founding member of the New Zealand
band the Clean, who was celebrated among fans of
underground music for his propulsive drumming and
his…
 
Story

Writers
|
Literary Review
14 December 2022

Literary Review Looks at Mansfield and the
Movies

“One of Katherine Mansfield’s defining
characteristics was her restlessness, both personal
and artistic: she was always most at home when on
the…
 
Story

Business
|
Forbes
14 December 2022

Simran Kaur Is a Girl That Invests

When Simran Kaur, creator and co-host of the podcast
Girls That Invest, and author of the bestselling
book of the same name, was growing up in New
Zealand, there was no resource for young women…
 
Story

Dance
|
Harper’s Bazaar
14 December 2022

Crafting Savage x Fenty with Parris Goebel

In-demand New Zealand choreographer Parris Goebel
talks with Harper’s Bazaar about shaping the annual
fashion spectacle Savage x Fenty and her
longstanding creative…
 
Story

General
|
Guardian (The)
14 December 2022

Auckland Couple with New Baby Looks Ahead

Tuesday 15 November 2022 marked the day that the
global population reached 8 billion, according to
the United Nations. The impact of this is
far-reaching, putting additional…
 
Story

Sport General
|
South China Morning Post
12 December 2022

Hong Kong Trail Designed by Will Hayward Opens

The 92km Tinworth Trail, dedicated to a former trail
race organiser who died two years ago and designed
by New Zealander Will Hayward, runs from the North
East…
 
Story

Visual Arts
|
Ocula
12 December 2022

Artist Francis Upritchard Shows in Switzerland

New Zealand-born artist Francis Upritchard, 46, has
had her first solo show in Switzerland at Biel’s
Kunsthaus Pasquart, exhibiting over 100…
 
Story

Politics and Economics
|
National Geographic
12 December 2022

New Zealand First to Try Taxing Cows’ Gas
Emissions

In a nation with seven times more livestock than
people, taxing farmers for herds’ greenhouse gas
emissions is a controversial proposal,…
 
Story

Science/Tech
|
Scotsman (The)
11 December 2022

Edinburgh Tech Jobs Boost with StretchSense
Landing

New Zealand firm StretchSense, the brains behind
“the world’s best motion capture glove”, is
launching a “centre of excellence” in…
 
Story

Dance
|
Harper’s Bazaar Australia
11 December 2022

Anything’s Possible for Choreographer Parris
Goebel

From Justin Bieber to Rihanna, the entertainment
industry’s elite all want to work with Parris
Goebel, Grace O’Neill writes for…
 
Story

Music
|
Guardian (The)
11 December 2022

Cult Guitarist Roy Montgomery Records New
Music

Beloved by the likes of Dry Cleaning and Grouper,
New Zealand guitarist Roy Montgomery’s life has been
hit by more than one tragedy, stories he traces
in…
 
Story

Motorsports
|
Washington Post (The)
10 December 2022

Indy Prodigy Marcus Armstrong Joins Ganassi

Christchurch-born Marcus Armstrong was a Scott Dixon
fan his entire life and when he was eight, the
aspiring young racer asked his fellow New Zealander
to autograph a…
 
Story

General
|
CNN
10 December 2022

Four Day Week’s Charlotte Lockhart Speaks to
CNN

In a recent CNN Audio podcast from the series,
Downside Up, New Zealander Charlotte Lockhart,
founder of the non-profit 4 Day Week Global,
joins…
 
Story

Obituaries
|
Athletics Weekly
10 December 2022

Running Legend Sir Murray Halberg Our Olympic
Hero

Sir Murray Halberg, New Zealand Olympic 5000m
champion in 1960, two-time Commonwealth Games gold
medallist and multiple world record-breaker, has…
 
Story

Visual Arts
|
New York Times (The)
09 December 2022

Kate Newby’s NY Art Rose Through Cracks

In New York, on the Lower East Side, Laurel Gitlen
gallery features two tile works that Kate Newby, the
sculptor and ceramist, calls “murals”. Hung like
paintings, they…
 
Story

Science/Tech
|
Stuff
08 December 2022

CEO James Parr Searching Universe for Signs of
Life

As a Lower Hutt schoolboy James Parr won a
scholarship to NASA summer camp. Worried he wouldn’t
fit in, he turned it down. Three decades later,…
 
Story

Business
|
Financial Times
07 December 2022

Inside New Zealand’s Clean Green Beauty Scene

Kaeā, founded by conservationist Suzan Craig, is one
of a handful of sustainable skincare brands to come
out of New Zealand in recent years. Financial
Times…
 
Story

Design
|
Wallpaper
07 December 2022

Sandra Nunnerley Launches Sculptural Corian
Tables

What happens when you shape Corian, a material best
known for kitchen and bathroom applications, into
modern furniture? Something arrestingly…
 
Story

Visual Arts
|
Forbes
07 December 2022

Artist Hannah Jensen Reveals Magic in Carving
Paint

Christchurch-based artist Hannah Jensen speaks to
Forbes contributor Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle about
painting in reverse, where all the layers of
paint…
 
Story

Nature
|
New York Times (The)
06 December 2022

Antipodes’ Penguins Lay Eggs Doomed to Die

In 1998, a team of researchers made the
three-and-a-half day trek to the isolated Antipodes
Islands in the South Pacific to study one of its few
residents: the…
 
Story

Agriculture
|
Japan Times (The)
05 December 2022

Massey Scientists Reduce Cow Burps to Save
Planet

More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in
New Zealand to be fed “Kowbucha”, a probiotic that
studies show reduces methane emissions – or…
 
Story

Golf
|
Korea Times (The)
04 December 2022

South Korean LPGA Win for Golfer Lydia Ko

The Korean-born New Zealander Lydia Ko, 25, has
captured her 18th career LPGA Tour title in Korea,
rallying from a one-stroke deficit with some
methodical golf down the…
 
Story

Politics and Economics
|
BBC
03 December 2022

Supreme Court Rules Voting Age of 18 is
Discriminatory

New Zealand’s Supreme Court has ruled that the
country’s current voting age of 18 is
discriminatory, meaning parliament must discuss…
 
Story

Writers
|
Lancashire Post
02 December 2022

Juliette MacIver Writes Romping Rhyme for Kids

“‘When darkness falls in rising mist, Beware the
gruesome grizzled grist.’ Watch little smiles light
up when they get their hands on this fun-filled…
 
Story

Film & TV
|
Yahoo
01 December 2022

New Taika Waititi Film Stars Michael
Fassbender

In 2001, the American Samoa football team were
thrashed by Australia and recruited the services of
a coach named Thomas Rongen in an attempt to reverse
their…
 
Story

Nature
|
ABC News
01 December 2022

NIWA Scientists Say Tonga Eruption Record Size

A team of oceanographers, scientists and marine
geologists headed by the New Zealand National
Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
investigating…
 
Story

Business Day
|
Society
31st December 2002

20 YEARS AGO

“The Boot” Remembered

Rugby fans around the world farewell Don “the Boot”
Clarke, an incomparable All Black legend. Business
Day
Story

Nature
|
New York Times (The)
28 December 2007

15 YEARS AGO

Power in Numbers

The New York Times reports on a multi-organisation
effort to save NZ’s national symbol from extinction.
Story

Arts
|
New York Times (The)
13th December 2012

10 YEARS AGO

Lord of the Rings was Perfect

“The Lord of the Rings was the work of a filmmaker
perfectly in tune with his source material. Its
too…
Story

Arts
|
Forbes
18 December 2017

5 YEARS AGO

Royals Certifiably Diamond Rated

“Just four years after it was first released,
Lorde’s breakout single Royals has been certified
diamond in the…
 
Stories you Missed in 2022
Story

Rugby
|
ESPN
29 November 2022

Black Ferns Star Ruby Tui Wins Again

Black Ferns wing Ruby Tui can now celebrate her
World Cup victory with a new winner’s medal after
she was recently named World Rugby breakthrough 15s
player of the year at the World Rugby…
 
Story

Golf
|
Reuters
29 November 2022

Lydia Ko Wins Big Prizes in Florida

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has secured the LPGA’s
season-ending title, the tour’s Player of the Year
award and a big winner’s cheque with a two-stroke
win at the CME Group Tour…
 
Story

Music
|
Houston Chronicle
22 November 2022

Gemma New Makes Houston Symphony Debut

Gemma New has studied under conductors whose names
are familiar well beyond the cloistered halls of
classical music: Dudamel, Salonen, Michael Tilson
Thomas. The 35-year-old New Zealand…
 
Story

General
|
MIrage News
22 November 2022

Cultural Champ Ken Gorbey Relishes Ninth
Decade

Arts alumnus Ken Gorbey tells Megan Fowlie,
reporting for Auckland University’s Ingenio
magazine, that he is treating his ninth decade as he
would a museum…
 
Story

Politics and Economics
|
Associated Press
15 November 2022

Female Lawmakers Outnumber Male in Parliament

For the first time in New Zealand’s history, a
majority of its lawmakers are women, Nick Perry
writes for Associated Press in a story published by
the Los Angeles…
 
Story

Rugby
|
Guardian (The)
14 November 2022

New Zealand Win Women’s Rugby World Cup

“This was the biggest game of women’s rugby ever
played and, somehow, it exceeded even that lofty
billing. New Zealand are the Rugby World Cup
champions but only after a…
 
Story

Writers
15 November 2022

Discovering New Zealand Crime Fiction

Waitara-born writer Jacqueline Bublitz discusses New
Zealand’s “significant contribution to the cannon of
popular crime fiction” and recommends four authors
“you should be reading…
 
Story

Civil + Structural Engineer Media
31 October 2022

Kaynemaile’s Cool Silicon Valley Facade

Not software but hardware, of the coolest kind.
Wellington materials science and design innovators
Kaynemaile have graced one of Silicon Valley’s
newest buildings with their…
 
Story

Nga Kupu Aroha – Words of Love
14 November 2022

A Matter of Better Judgement

Cultural Reports under Section 27 of the Sentencing
Act seek to address the entrenched asymmetry or
negative disproportionality in criminal justice
outcomes for Māori offenders. Its complex. Justice
Sir Joe…
 
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