EDGE #260: Lorde Talks Melodrama, Looksee Welly Draws 48,000, Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 + Top of the Lake Season Two ++ more

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Music | New York Times (The)
22 April 2017
Lorde talks Melodrama at New York Diner
Lorde owns a house in Auckland, where she grew up, but for the better part of the last year she has been living at different hotels around New York, trying to finish her second album, Melodrama. She talks to New York Times Magazine contributing writer Jonah Weiner at a…

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Science/Tech | New York Times
26 April 2017
Wellington Tech Talent Program Draws 48,000 Applicants
The LookSee Wellington program to fly in 100 tech developers for job interviews has been “besieged” with more than 48,000 entries,…
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War & Peace | Courier.co.uk (The)
25 April 2017
Scottish ANZAC Ceremony Remembers Fallen NZ Airmen
A quiet corner of a Scottish cemetery was the sombre setting for remembering the darkest day in New Zealand’s military history. Figures from Angus…
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Film & TV | Vanity Fair
24 April 2017
Taika Waititi Confirms Thor Cameo
“With a very popular trailer already out, Marvel fans probably thought they already knew everything there was to know about the cast of [the Taika Waititi-helmed] Thor: Ragnarok,” according to…
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Community/General | News.com.au
23 April 2017
Seven Reasons Auckland Beats Sydney
“Like most Aussies I know, I’ve spent my life poking fun at our Kiwi cousins, mostly because of the way they say ‘fush n’ chups’,” Andrew Brown (pictured) writes for…
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New Zealand | Conde Nast Traveler
23 April 2017
Sleep Under the Stars in PurePods
PurePods are four free-standing glass houses set in open clearing on private farm land in the South Island. There’s no carpet, curtains, or traditional ceiling (it’s made of glass), and even the…
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X Files | YouTube
21 April 2017
How Blue Whales Feed
Oregon State University researchers were able to capture how blue whales feed in a rare clip filmed with a drone. The footage was taken in the Southern Ocean off New Zealand.
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Taste | DNAinfo
23 April 2017
Coffee Chain Mojo to Open First US Shop in Chicago
New Zealand coffee chain Mojo is opening its first shop in the United States in Chicago near the city’s iconic Willis Tower in May. Mojo’s first…
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Taste | Australian Financial Review
22 April 2017
Guy Stanaway Chef in Charge at Doot Doot Doot
New Zealand-born chef Guy Stanaway is executive chef at new upmarket Melbourne restaurant Doot Doot Doot, where he will serve degustation menus showcasing…
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Agriculture | Guardian (The)
22 April 2017
NZ Devises Manuka Honey Test to Fight Fakes
The New Zealand Government has tested 800 samples of honey from around the world to establish a scientific definition of genuine manuka honey and crackdown on alleged…
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Z-Files | Guardian (The)
24 April 2017
Shoelace Specialist Ian Fieggen Knots The Secure
A new study explains why shoelaces keep coming undone – but it can’t explain why we’re stuck with a centuries-old fudge to fasten our trainers,…
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Business | iapp The Privacy Advisor
21 April 2017
Microsoft’s Lynch Wins IAPP Vanguard Award
Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer of Microsoft in Redmond, Seattle, has been named 2017 winner of the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (iapp)…
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Education | Age (The)
21 April 2017
Jamie Beaton Leading the Ivy League Charge
New Zealand-born Jamie Beaton dreamt big when he finished high school. He applied for 25 international universities and received an offer from all of them, Henrietta Cook…
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Music | Guardian (The)
24 April 2017
Lorde Makes Sophisticated Return at Coachella
“Lorde used her late-evening (Coachella) slot to showcase material from her forthcoming album, Melodrama. Starting off with a portion of her lead single, Green…
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Media | Bandwagon
20 April 2017
Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Not Built For Passive Music Fan
From being BBC Radio 1’s “tastemaker-in-charge” for fresh, cutting-edge music to helming Apple’s fresh, cutting-edge new radio…
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Opera | San Francisco Classical Voice
19 April 2017
Isabella Moore’s Spine-Chilling Performance Lauded
Auckland soprano Isabella Moore’s recent performance in Puccini’s Suor Angelica at Conservatory Concert Hall in San Francisco is highly…
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War & Peace | Guardian (The)
20 April 2017
MI5 File Lays Bare Case of KGB Spy Paddy Costello
A controversy that has spanned more than seven decades over whether Auckland-born Paddy Costello, a Cambridge-educated diplomat and academic, was a top…
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Education | Stuff
20 April 2017
Palmerston North Med Student Heading to Yale
Palmerston North-based medical student Josh Smith is heading to American Ivy League institution Yale University to learn a technique that could shape the future of…
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Film & TV | Hollywood Reporter
21 April 2017
Top of the Lake Season Two More Accessible
Critics loved Top of the Lake, New Zealander Jane Campion’s dark crime drama, starring Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin, the police detective tasked with…
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