EDGE #297: Phil Keoghan’s 30th Race, Anthony McCarten’s Churchill, Niki Caro, Kimbra, Rotorua + Beulah Koale’s Breakout Performance++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM |17 January 2018 | #297 | New York Film & TV | Parade 11 January 2018 Amazing Race Host Phil Keoghan Amasses 30 Seasons With the cold of the Northern Hemisphere winter settling in and outdoor activities coming to a standstill, there’s nothing better to get your heart pumping than reality TV favourite The Amazing Race, hosted by New Zealand-born Phil Keoghan. The ten-time Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program… Theatre | The Guardian 16 January 2018 Top 2018 Comedy Acts Include Two NZ Favourites Flight of the Conchords and Rose Matafeo are two “uproarious” comedy acts Guardian readers are recommended to buy tickets for this year, included alongside the world’s… New Zealand | New York Times (The) 17 January 2018 Rotorua a New York Times 2018 Must-Visit Place “Come for the mud baths, stay for the beauty,” the New York Times says of Rotorua in its annual ‘52 Places to Go in 2018’ list.Rotorua is included in the annual list… Sport General | Aspen Times 15 January 2018 Christy Prior Wins Snowboard Slope in Aspen New Zealander Christy Prior (pictured centre) has won the women’s snowboard slopestyle competition at the US Grand Prix in Snowmass, Aspen, boosting her chances at making it to the 2018… Z-Files | Palm Beach Daily News 11 January 2018 Anna Wilding Recalls Time in The White House Press Corps “Marine One had just landed on the South Lawn and Anna Wilding was standing 20 feet away among the press with her camera in hand, ready to capture the 44th president head back into the White… Community/General | MachineDesign 11 January 2018 The Global Search for Skilled Workers “New Zealand is undergoing the biggest infrastructure build in the nation’s history,” writes Jeff Kerns in MachineDesign. “As such, a group of private companies and government organizations has launched… Community/General | Food & Wine 12 January 2018 Paving Hamilton’s Streets with Beer Bottle Sand Hamilton has launched a pilot programme that’s repaving roadways with old beer bottles. No, you can’t see a bunch of Budweiser labels when you come to a stop… Writers | Samoa Observer 10 January 2018 Competition Winner Liana Roberts-Letiu Validated As the overall winner of the 2017 Samoa Observer Tusitala short story competition, Samoan New Zealander, Liana Roberts-Letiu, 21, is as intriguing as the title of her short story entry “An Elegant Tantrum”, Elizabeth Ah-Hi reports for… Visual Arts | Hyperallergic 16 January 2018 Outsider Fair Preview of Susan Te Kahurangi King “As the Outsider Art Fair (OAF) – which opens [in New York on] 18 January, and runs through 21 January – rolls into town, the specialised sector it celebrates has plenty to crow about, even as debates about certain provocative… Z-Files | Yorkshire Post (The) 13 January 2018 Misfiled Piece of Brontë Brother’s Work Found in NZ The first Brontë manuscript identified in New Zealand has been restored to its place in literary history thanks to university researchers. The fragment of Branwell Brontë’s work was misfiled as a letter in the Heritage Collections of the Dunedin … Film & TV | Hollywood Reporter 15 January 2018 Hollywood Directors Like Niki Caro a Force Never in the history of Hollywood has more than one female filmmaker been at the helm of a feature with a budget of USD$100 million or more – until now. On the heels of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, three… Film & TV | Variety 15 January 2018 Beulah Koale’s Role Breakout Performance of ‘17 New Zealand actor Beulah Koale’s role in the 2017 film Thank You For Your Service has been deemed a “breakout” performance of the year by industry publication Variety… Film & TV | Screen Daily 15 January 2018 Anthony McCarten on the Challenge of Churchill Darkest Hour depicts Winston Churchill in the crucial weeks that defined him as a wartime leader. Screen Daily’s Jeremy Kay talks to writer-producer, New Plymouth-born Anthony McCarten and Working… Fashion | Daily Mail 12 January 2018 Nopesisters Abreast of Cancer With T-Message Inspirational Wellington designer siblings Johanna and Brittany Cosgrove, are sharing profits from their clothing range Nopesisters to help survivors of breast cancer and sexual assault.The trailblazers behind… Fashion | Vogue 13 January 2018 Emilia Wickstead’s Pre-Fall ‘18 Collection Reviewed “One thing to say about [New Zealander] Emilia Wickstead: She’s one of those London designers who’s become a modern ‘social success’ with her fit-and-flare midis, long sleeves, and talent for colour which chimes the… Community/General | New York Post 11 January 2018 Secrets of Real-Life Game of Thrones Revealed A team of British scientists are set to make the trip to New Zealand this month, all in the hopes of unlocking the secrets hidden in the 600-year-old Canterbury Roll, the only genealogical… Film & TV | Entertainment Weekly 12 January 2018 Meet the Feebles Had No Taste at All New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson has gained the reputation of being a genuine class act, thanks to films like Heavenly Creatures, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and his remake of King Kong. But Jackson began his career… Film & TV | UPROXX 13 January 2018 Jumanji Star Rhys Darby’s Profile on Rise in US In the Jumanji sequel, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, there’s also a cadre of non-playable characters the untested heroes must contend with, one of which is played by… Science/Tech | Paste Magazine 12 January 2018 Jonathan Dower Gets a Kick Out of His Game New Zealander Jonathan Dower, who is a game artist for Helsinki-based Supercell, didn’t just design how people play the real-time multiplayer game Clash Royale – he helped come up with how it looks, too, and he’s proud… Science/Tech | The Star Online 13 January 2018 Julian Oliver Mines ZCash in Harvest Project Julian Oliver is a New Zealander who uses wind power to mine ZCash – a bitcoin cousin – to fund climate research as part of a project called, Harvest. As the poster child for the… Music | Magnetic Magazine 10 January 2018 Kimbra is Pop Music Royalty Humility and elegance only begin to describe the essence of what makes New Zealander Kimbra such an unstoppable pop music force, according to EDM blog Magnetic Magazine. Kimbra, 27, is pop music royalty. With queen-like… Music | Guardian (The) 14 January 2018 There Are English Trees in Neil Finn’s Garden A recent Guardian reader-curated playlist about trees includes songs from the Beach Boys, Esperanza Spalding, the Shamen and Crowded House.“Since time immemorial trees have provided people… Nature | Economic Times 16 January 2018 Largest Underwater Eruption Discovered off NZ Researchers have found that the world’s largest deep ocean volcanic eruption happened 1000km north east of New Zealand. Named as Havre, the deep ocean volcanic eruption was first discovered in 2002. A solidified volcanic rock… Nature | Daily Mail 14 January 2018 Adorable Penguin Melts Hearts in Bluff Footage of a Fiordland crested penguin in Bluff waddling up to his awaiting human friend Rodney Clark has delighted the internet and amused many New Zealand locals. The video shows Bluff local Clark standing on the pavement, waiting… New Zealand | Entrepreneur 14 January 2018 Bike Trip in NZ Helps US Woman Realise Her Dream American woman Maggie Schlarb took her two-year-old son on a five-month biking journey in New Zealand and learned valuable lessons to start a company. She tells Entrepreneur… See all stories and an 13,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2018 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.