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THE GLOBAL LIFE OF NEW ZEALANDERS From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 30 August 2013 | #161 | New York We tweet four times weekdays and publish daily on Facebook. Cheers. TEDxAuckland 2013
TEDxAuckland on August 3 was an inspirational event featuring 17 diverse speakers and an audience of 2,500 in the Aotea Center. Videos for the event are being posted on YouTube, here are the first eight. I was invited to speak and presented the NZEDGE story. Please enjoy and share. Congratulations to producers Elliott Blade and Vaughan Davis and team for an outstanding event. See other videos: Mayor of Otorohanga and motorcycle enthusiast, Dale Williams Iconic New Zealand furniture and lighting designer, David Trubridge Former New Zealand Prime Minister and Administrator of the UNDP, Helen Clark Founder of depression charity Live More Awesome and author of A Bit Mental, Jimi Hunt Freelance filmmaker and creator of 3D time-lapses of New Zealand landscapes, Joseph Michael Sustainability specialist, co-founder of ecostore and ‘ecoman’, Malcolm Rands Chef and award-winning author of Me’a Kai: The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific, Robert Oliver Professor in Design at AUT and outspoken critic of dehumanised systems of education, Welby Ings Business / Innovation / Science / Politics & Economics / Society / Sport / Adrenaline / Taste / Design / Travel / Nature / Film / Arts / Media NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES IN GLOBAL MEDIA POLITICS / ECONOMY / DIPLOMACY / SOCIETY New Zealand makes history as first same-sex marriages occur across the country – BBC New Zealand Government narrowly passes controversial spy bill; 59-61 – Guardian New Zealand great place for retirees; landscapes, activities, food & wine all drawcards – Market Watch BUSINESS / INNOVATION / SCIENCE New Zealand full of ingenuity, not so many cows; Forbes reports Kiwi entrepreneurialism alive and well Reserve Bank introduces “macro-prudential” tools for banking system; can Australia? – Guardian Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team uses webcast to call on British construction help – Telegraph Jeremy Moon, co-founder Icebreaker, reflects on company’s roundabout road to Portland – Oregon Live McLaren celebrates 50 years with limited run of retro-chic merchandise – New York Daily News Martin Aircraft given go-ahead to test jetpack manned-flights in New Zealand – ABC News Graham Ritchie, 48, new strategy chief for Boston-based ad agency Hill Holliday – Adweek Mark Wilson, CEO Aviva, chasing growth and turning insurer into a profit-maker – Telegraph Plant and Food Research find most convincing evidence yet of genetic basis to smell – New Scientist Audette Exel, 50, banker, saves 20,000 from Nepal to Bangladesh with Isis AP profits – Bloomberg SPORT / ADRENALINE Lydia Ko, amateur golfer, wins Canadian Women’s Open, makes LPGA history – Winnipeg Free Press All Blacks beat Wallabies Emirates Team NZ win Louis Vuitton cup, moving onto America’s Cup in September – America’s Cup Phil Keoghan retraces 1928 Tour de France in homage to Kiwi legend Harry Watson – Franche Compte Dean Barker, “unflappable” Team NZ skipper, 41, earning fans at the America’s Cup – SF Chronicle Brendon Hartley, Formula 1 test driver, 23, wins US Grand-Am race; “the kid can drive” – Racin’ Today All Blacks crush Wallabies in opening Rugby Champ Test, Sydney, 47-29 – Telegraph Russell Coutts, CEO Oracle Racing, reinventing sailing for an X Games generation – Los Angeles Times Callum Millward, triathlete, in preparation for Ironman World Champs, Las Vegas – Slowtwitch TASTE / DESIGN Karen Walker casts preschoolers as stars of eyewear campaign; bring “playful optimism”– Style James Evill, student, designs cast prototype; hopes to do away with bulky, itchy, smelly variety – Dezeen Peter Gordon’s fusion recipes still resonate; latest Sugar Club incarnation opens, Sky Tower – Irish Times TOURISM / NATURE Auckland’s Sky Tower named one of top ten towers in Asia Pacific by TripAdvisor – Telegraph India Auckland Airport sends visitors off with fond farewell; engages travellers with Kiwi projections – Jaunted White Island, Bay of Plenty volcano, erupts; plume of steam rises 2km high – ABC News Kokako population boosted by sleight of hand, egg swap increases genetic diversity – Scientific American Waipoua kauri bewitch; “if this is the only thing I see in NZ, the trip will have been worth it” – National Post FILM / ARTS / MEDIA Lorde, 16, has mainstream potential, why you should care who this Auckland teenager is – Vulture Bret McKenzie, 37, plans to pen fairytale comedy musical based on cult film Labyrinth – Daily Mail Scott Walker’s impressive debut The Frozen Ground “highly watchable” – Film Journal International Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries “extraordinary”; establishing own literary traditions – The Scotsman Fat Freddy’s Drop “spreading their infectious grooves all over the world” – Sydney Morning Herald Kiri Te Kanawa star-struck on set of Downton Abbey in role as Dame Nellie Melba – Huffington Post The Almighty Johnsons first wholly-made NZ drama to screen in US; Syfy buys for ‘14 – Variety New Zealand landscapes play active role in some of country’s best films and television series’ – BBC Lorde, singer, 16, becomes the first woman to top the Billboard Alt Chart in 17 years – Billboard Katherine Wiles, soprano, Donna Alvira “sola, sola” in outback Don Giovani tour – The Australian Rhys Mathewson, comedian, 22, making Edinburgh Fringe debut; not expecting an audience – The List Clinton Bopp, artist, works on reproducing iconic Venice Beach Doors mural – Los Angeles Times Lorde,16, “hypnotises” NY fans with “confidence and demeanour well beyond her years” – Billboard Eleanor Catton, Booker nominee, absolutely arrested by Frame’s Faces in the Water opener – Guardian Mike Hewson, artist, “XXXXX XX up” with 2000sqm sign on the front of Sydney’s MCA – Brisbane Times Jackie Bristow, singer-songwriter, packs up her guitar for shows in New Orleans – BayouBuzz Zoe Bell’s Raze screens at famed Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal – Montreal Gazette WRAP-UP NZ Post issuing Prince George stamp; first to celebrate a Royal birth – International Business Times Tauranga cat saved by dog; vet transfuses canine blood in gamble to save feline’s life – Telegraph Andrew Wood, 26, “stalwart” of Arundel’s annual festival; “invaluable volunteer” – Little Hampton Gazette Frank Harlow, 100, joins fellow NZ WW2 vets at Australian reunion, Sydney – Sydney Morning Herald See all stories and an 8,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2013 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin). Web published by Kirsten McConchie (Auckland).
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