Film & TV | Age (The)
10 January 2002
New Zealand actor Kerry Fox visits Sydney to promote her controversial new film, Intimacy and offers this boyfriend-friendly pronouncement on her method: “Its not sex. It’s not lovemaking. It’s pretend”, says Fox of the…
General | Ananova
31 December 2001
“Deputy chief content producer Peter is celebrating twice. He’s not greedy, he just comes from New Zealand. The Kiwi has already raised a glass as the clock struck midnight in his homeland – 14…
Fashion | toronto.com
10 December 2001
New Zealander Frances Howie takes top honours at the Smirnoff International Fashion Awards, the world’s largest showcase of new designer talent. The $115,000 first prize includes automatic acceptance into the renowned Central Saint Martins…
Politics and Economics | BBC News | World Economic Forum
17 October 2001
New Zealand ranks amongst the ten most competitive countries in the world, according to a survey conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). New Zealand perches at #10 on the index, which the WEF argues is…
Fashion | Wallpaper* Magazine
1 October 2001
Zeitgiest wunderkind Tyler Brule, founder of the phenomenally successful Wallpaper magazine, launches an even more exclusive title: Spruce. A bi-annual publication focusing on the very best of global fashion, it’s no suprise that two…
Politics and Economics | Age (The)
12 September 2001
New Zealanders and Australians unite in New York City to share their grief at the loss of antipodean lives on September 11th. Kiwi Alan Beaven, a leading environmental lawyer based in California, was on the hijacked plane that…
Sport General | Los Angeles Times
9 September 2001
NZ professional soccer player Simon Elliot kicked his first goal of the season – and ensured his Los Angeles Galaxy team victory in front of 17, fans.
Film & TV | Independent (The)
8 September 2001
“The adventures of Frodo Baggins and Gandalf the wizard are proving so lucrative to HarperCollins that, without spending a penny on promotion or marketing, they have seen sales of the books soar by 400…
Visual Arts | Chicago Tribune | Los Angeles Times
8 September 2001
Drilling and hammering continued right up to opening, but the Jewish Museum in Germany is at last open. It is the culmination of an intense period of work for Ken Gorbey and Nigel Cox,…
Politics and Economics | Australian (The)
8 August 2001
The Australian takes an editorial swipe at the Triple Bottom Line approach advocated at New Zealand’s Knowledge Wave Conference. Paul Kelly believes “New Zealand today raises loud alarm bells for an Australian.”
Film & TV | BBC News
30 July 2001
From sword and sorcery to the paranormal, Lucy Lawless moves from Xena to The X-Files, where “we’re thrilled to work with Lucy, whose work we’ve admired for a long time,” says X-Files producer…
Writers | Guardian (The)
27 July 2001
Q&A with Emily Perkins, including her worst fear – “it’s a tie between black-water rafting and those SM zip masks. So I guess being on a black-water raft with everyone wearing those masks would…
Sport General | Detroit Free Press
21 July 2001
Driving-man New Zealander Scott Dixon turns twenty-one, old enough to have a drink to celebrate being the youngest-ever winner in major open-wheel racing.
Magazine
20 July 2001
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Today in HEROES we offer you the story of Joseph Nathan, a New Zealand entrepreneur with extraordinary foresight. In 1906 he founded…
Nature | BBC News
10 July 2001
Which ever way you flip it, global warming will affect every part of New Zealand – but perhaps we’re among the lucky ones?
Business | Economic Times
2 July 2001
“We should be treating any skilled, IT-qualified immigrant to New Zealand like gold,” says Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce head Michael Barnett.
Opera | Kathimerini
27 June 2001
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, “a woman with an exotic beauty and – beyond any doubt – an absolutely stunning voice” who “personifies the modern version of a diva most completely” talks about her roles,…
New Zealand | Independent (The)
24 June 2001
New Zealand Beaches: solitude, expanse, beauty. The best. “At the back of the beach was a huge whale vertebra, bleached and scoured by the surf. I took a break on a huge log facing the sun,…
Music | Age (The)
21 June 2001
Neil Finn at the Forum: “It was magic. It was intimate, it was funny. And above all, reverential”. Also, Finn in Sydney.
General | Star (The)
17 June 2001
When is a pin-hole camera a pen-hole camera? When the person issuing the instructs has a strong New Zealand accent…
Taste | Times (The)
14 June 2001
Sore joints? Eat New Zealand green-lipped mussels, or take a pre-processed extract.
Film & TV | National Post
12 June 2001
New Zealand co-production Wild Asia: Creatures of the Thaw wins Canada’s Banff Television Festival President’s Prize, worth C$25 000 .
Theatre | News24.com
8 June 2001
Hold the show, my wife’s having a baby cried Jeff Knight of Christchurch’s Court Theatre.
Rugby | NZ Rugby Sevens
7 June 2001
New Zealand brings home the Welsh title and overall series crown.
Te Ao Maori | Guardian (The)
31 May 2001
Intellectual property Lawyer and “defender of Maori culture” Maui Solomon challenges the right of Danish toy-maker Lego to use Polynesian words in its new game Bionicle.
Writers | Times of India
26 May 2001
Eric Young: kiwi journalist with one eye on the game, one on his glass.
Z-Files | Ananova
17 May 2001
New Zealand truck driver Neil Russell found two damp felines (Dotty and Smokey) clinging to the underside of his lorry when he pulled into the Chelsea Flower Show.
America’s Cup | Chicago Tribune
13 May 2001
Six years ago the Black Magic team completed their historic 5-0 sweep of the America’s Cup.
Film & TV | LordoftheRings.net
1 May 2001
Which was hotter – the Rings preview or the bash after? Twenty minutes of Rings footage had seasoned critics standing to applaud; the party, complete with sets shipped from New Zealand, was the one ticket…
Politics and Economics | Japan Times
13 April 2001
“Recent history shows that the New Zealand government, especially with Clark’s own Labour Party at the helm, has not shied away from David and Goliath-like confrontations. The feisty nation arguably made its first proper international splash…
Politics and Economics | Virtual New York
3 April 2001
“There is no short cut, and we should not fool ourselves that some deal will come down from above. The only round we can launch is one that WTO members across the spectrum can identify with…
New Zealand | Guardian (The)
1 April 2001
Two of the Guardian’s globe-trotting “Netjetters” are lassoed by Aotearoa’s lures and both have trouble getting back on the plane. Sue jetboats in Queenstown, visits her first rodeo and is “very sorry to leave” and Milly finds…
Politics and Economics | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
1 April 2001
Australia’s Sports Minister and Howard political protégé, New Zealand-born Jackie Kelly ducks the limelight after “a huge year”.
New Zealand | International Herald Tribune
16 March 2001
The City of Sails is still high on the America’s Cup – and not showing any signs of slowing down before the next one.
Adrenalin | BBC News
10 March 2001
What better guide through the frozen continent that “a New Zealander who, in younger days, had driven motorcycles across the ice pack and sampled the 80-year-old cocoa from the stores left in the hut of the…
Sport General | Sun (The)
2 March 2001
New Zealander Joe Vagana, “one of the best packmen in the world”, is set to be a star with English club Bradford Bulls.
Politics and Economics | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
1 March 2001
Retired New Zealand Appeal Court judges Sir Maurice Casey and Sir Ian Barker lead the judicial charge for democracy in Fiji.
Cricket | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
27 February 2001
New Zealand-born Clarrie Grimmet’s 216 wickets from 37 tests earned him a place in Australia’s pantheon, despite a rift with the big man of Australian cricket.
Sport General | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
19 February 2001
The Sydney Half-Marathon turns ten. Back in 1996, New Zealand woman Nyla Carroll won the women’s section so fast the official nearly missed her dash over the finish line.
Science/Tech | CNET
15 February 2001
New Zealand tech-designers LifeFX’s Facemail programme spreads the word about a deal with major photo company Kodak.
Nature | ABC News
8 February 2001
New Zealand representatives at the International Whaling Commission are keeping up the pressure for a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary.
Golf | Star (The)
5 February 2001
Michael Campbell came from behind to retain his title at the 2001 Heineken Classic in Perth.
Watersports | Independent (The)
30 January 2001
“Home, however briefly, is beckoning. We should be through the Cook Strait, which separates the North and South Islands of my home country, New Zealand, in four days and that means we will, as far as I…
Film & TV | Chicago Tribune
29 January 2001
“I felt that this picture was made for me, because I love politics and I love making thrillers,” says Kiwi-spawned director Roger Donaldson of missile-drama Thirteen Days, reviewed as “a sleek, fast and…
Sport General | Atlantic Journal-Constitution (The)
27 January 2001
“I was frequently scared and often tired, but there were few moments I would have willingly missed,” says Sir Edmund Hillary in the biography for children, Triumph on Everest.
Science/Tech | News24.com
26 January 2001
MIR is scheduled to descend into the South Pacific “up to 2000 kilometres (1 250 miles) off the coast of Australia…the same distance off the coast of Australia are New Zealand, the French territory of…
Taste | Scotsman (The)
24 January 2001
New Zealand suckler cows may be the key to enhancing upland beef production in Scotland.
Sport General | Wired
19 January 2001
Extreme sport doesn’t come any cooler: -10º, ice bergs and hurricane-strength winds face three New Zealanders kayaking around the Antarctic peninsula.
Music | Dotmusic.com
10 January 2001
New Zealand maestro Neil Finn talks live, performs and announces the launch of his new website.
Politics and Economics | Economist (The)
8 January 2001
Wellington’s youth council is part of the international phenomenon of youth engagement, pushing youngsters into leadershipand decision making roles.
Business | Independent (The)
7 January 2001
International book-giant W H Smith is in negotiations to buy Whitcoull’s, New Zealand’s largest book-sellers.
Media | Ananova
24 December 2000
New Zealand website Calendargirls’ planned broadcast of a live birth on Christmas day was stymied by a high court ruling.
Business | ABC News
17 December 2000
Christchurch Casino has placed a clock in its gaming room – a first for the industry, which usually likes punters to forget the outside world exists.
Film & TV | Stockhouse
13 December 2000
The “Delight-O-Meter” puts Gladiator at the top on Amazon.com.
Nature | Kyodo News
12 December 2000
ANZAC protest flotilla to confront Tasman-bound shipment of nuclear waste in early 2001.
Taste | Scotsman (The)
10 December 2000
“Beer makes people more sociable in an increasingly unsociable world. Beer, particularly for the Aussies, is something of an icon, so I’m very well aware of the responsibility,” says Scot Gordon Cairns, the man taking New…