EDGE #372 Grace Stratton an InStyle Badass Woman for 2019 + 12 Stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 18 July 2019 | #372 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Alexandra Burnside (New York). See all stories and a 6,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2019 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Fashion | InStyle 16 July 2019 Grace Stratton an InStyle Badass Woman for 2019 Nineteen year old kiwi Grace Stratton, founder of accessible fashion website allisforall.com (AIFA), has been recognised as one of American InStyle magazine’s 50 Badass Women for 2019 https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/50-badass-women-2019 – a list of ‘women who… Sport General | Malay Mail (The) 11 July 2019 Phoenix Player Sarpreet Singh Signs with Bayern Wellington Phoenix midfielder Sarpreet Singh, 20, has signed with German powerhouse Bayern Munich in one of the highest-profile transfers of a New Zealand…   New Zealand | Guardian (The) 12 July 2019 Visiting New Zealand’s Oldest City Dunedin “Dunedin has long had a reputation in New Zealand as the country’s avant garde student haven, a gritty post-industrial city now home to artists, musicians…   Community/General | New Straits Times 13 July 2019 Stephen Hall Celebrates Manglish with New Book New Zealand-born linguist Dr Stephen Hall and his English language specialist wife Dr Lee Su Kim have teamed up to record a very unique number of colloquialisms…   Sport General | Swindon Advertiser 15 July 2019 Andrew Nicholson Claims Another Barbury Win New Zealand eventer Andrew Nicholson has continued his Barbury Horse Trials brilliance with another victory in the event’s premier competition as Swallow Springs…   Cricket | NZEDGE.com 15 July 2019 Winning The World From The Edge In the greatest game of cricket ever played – it was the World Cup final after all – it was New-Zealand born Englishman Ben Stokes who grittily anchored the home team at Lords against the Black Caps in…   Cricket | Indian Express (The) 16 July 2019 Star Batter Kane Williamson Surpasses Them All “Martin Crowe’s batting was grace personified and had he been alive, he would have been the first one to acknowledge that Kane Williamson, 28, probably is…   Community/General | Buzzfeed 17 July 2014 5 YEARS AGO New Zanada is Officially The Nicest Country In The World BuzzFeed has compiled a list of how great two of the nicest countries in the world would be if they were put together. The joined nation of New Zealand and Canada, dubbed New Zanada…   Travel & Tourism | The LA Times 16 July 2009 10 YEARS AGO Mobile Bach Adventure A Christchurch Classic Camper Volkswagen Vanagon is rented by Los Angeles Times’ reporter Mary Engel and her  husband who says the rented vehicle makes for an “experience still more up-close and personal…   Arts | ABC 18 July 2004 15 YEARS AGO Play it Again, John Auckland University student John Chen was the overall winner at the 8th Sydney International Piano Competition, held June 30 – July 17. The 18-year-old competed against 36 rigorously selected…   Legends | Orginators 20 December 1999 LEGENDS William Atack William Harrington Atack, of Canterbury, was the first sports referee in the world to use a whistle to stop a game. Today the referee’s whistle is a ubiquitous feature in…   Legends | Orginators 24 June 2007 LEGENDS Robert J Dickie RJ Dickie invented, patented and marketed the world’s first stamp vending machine. His machines were in use for 50 years, 18,000 were used in Britain…   Legends | Orginators 20 December 1999 LEGENDS Ernest Godward An innovator of many talents. During the 1930s he was a leading world expert on the internal combustion engine. He built power tools, eggbeaters…