EDGE #307: Helen Clark Film Reveals Shadowy World at UN, Sam Neill Stars in His First Western, Emilia Wickstead Launches Activewear Range + C.K. Stead’s Latest Novel ++

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News of New Zealand in The World From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 28 March 2018 | #307 | New York Film & TV | Guardian (The) 27 March 2018 Helen Clark Film Reveals a Shadowy World at the UN Filmmaker Gaylene Preston’s documentary My Year With Helen playing in Australia this month provides a happy and timely reminder that before there was Jacinda Ardern, there was Helen Clark. The extraordinary post-parliamentary career of former New Zealand prime minister… Obituaries | Irish Mirror 26 March 2018 Rugby Union Star Dylan Mika Hugely Talented Former Samoa and All Blacks flanker Dylan Mika has died in Auckland of a heart attack at the age of 45.Mika played two tests for Samoa and seven for the All Blacks who he represented at the 1999… Cricket | The Telegraph 20 March 2018 Batsman Kane Williamson on Track to Be World’s Best Mr Williamson sits on his sofa at home in Tauranga trying to watch the television, circa 1993. He lobs a ball, which the child prodigy Kane carefully hits around the living room.Around the… Film & TV | Film Journal International 23 March 2018 Chasing Great a Universally-Appealing Sports Doco Justin Pemberton and Michelle Walshe’s documentary Chasing Great, about world-champion All Blacks captain, Richie McCaw, “proves surprisingly… Film & TV | The Telegraph 28 March 2018 Actor Sam Neill Stars in His First Western Sam Neill’s acting career has broken the 80-film barrier. In his most recent film, Sweet Country, the New Zealander plays a missionary making a new life for himself on the Australian frontier in the 1920s, until he’s drawn… Film & TV | Hollywood Reporter 22 March 2018 True Blood Lead Anna Paquin Stars as PR Maven New Zealand-raised Anna Paquin is returning to television. The True Blood and Alias Grace star is set to appear in the upcoming dramedy Flack. The limited series, which is… Business | Food & Wine 24 March 2018 Grant Phelps’ Chilean Hotel a Sustainable Paradise New Zealand-born winemaker Grant Phelps has just opened WineBox, a wine-focused hotel in the city of Valparaíso, Chile constructed out of 25 decommissioned shipping containers.Set on a former… Business | LA Times 26 March 2018 Luxe Fisher & Paykel Appliances Appeal in LA “If you have a ‘Kitchen Porn’ board on Pinterest, and your idea of a perfect Saturday afternoon is drooling over showpiece ranges and luxe dishwashing drawers, then welcome to your new… Z-Files | Guardian (The) 21 March 2018 Post Makes Its Way to the Farm up the Long Drive A parcel sent to a couple in New Zealand addressed only with “a farm, situated up a long driveway with cows, opposite a pub or thereabouts” has reached its rightful owners, via the Cust… Z-Files | The Daily Record 25 March 2018 Ivana Kostovich Wanders the World in Two New Zealander Ivana Kostovich, 31, and Scottish fiancée Jamie Craig, 31, hope their adventures around the globe will inspire others to do the same. They’ve launched a blog called Wander In Two… Fashion | Vogue 24 March 2018 Emilia Wickstead Launches Activewear Range New Zealander Emilia Wickstead – she of knock-‘em-dead evening dresses and, most recently, bridalwear fame – has branched out into activewear in a collaboration with Britain’s premier health and fitness facility, Bodyism… Fashion | Vogue 23 March 2018 Kester Black’s Anna Ross a Cosmetics Game Changer No formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, camphor, formaldehyde resin, xylene, parabens, fragrances, phthalates, sulfates, palm oil, petrochemicals or animal-derived or tested ingredients; must be made here and a… Writers | Financial Times 23 March 2018 C.K. Stead’s Latest Novel Masterfully Structured “The Necessary Angel’s literary preoccupations are familiar territory for [C.K.] Stead, a distinguished novelist, poet and critic who was for many years professor of English at the University of Auckland,” Financial Times… Visual Arts | The San Diego Union Tribune 20 March 2018 Francis Upritchard Finds New Ways to Break the Norm New Zealand-born artist Francis Upritchard is all about creating art that leaves behind societal norms, according to Jesse Oleson writing for The San Diego Union-Tribune.“Art is… Theatre | Vancouver Observer 22 March 2018 Comedian Deb Filler Does It Her Way in Yiddish New Zealand comedian Deb Filler recreates 50 years of chart-toppers and pop icons in her solo show I Did it My Way in Yiddish (in English). Toronto-based Filler performed the show at this year’s Chutzpah! Festival… Music | Metal Underground 26 March 2018 Alien Weaponry’s Furious Debut Tū Out in June Three teenagers from the tiny Northland town of Waipu have managed to capture imaginations with their unique thrash metal sound and commanding live performances. Now, Alien Weaponry is ready to… New Zealand | Financial Times 25 March 2018 Beautiful Wellington Not Short on Great Food “Home is where the heart is, and Wellington has my heart – with its harbour, skies and hills, it’s just so beautiful,” London-based chef Margot Henderson tells the Financial Times in a piece about her favourite places to eat in… Taste | The Sunday Times 22 February 2018 Chefs Margot and Fergus Henderson Chat to the Times Margot Henderson, 53, and her husband, Fergus, 54, recently spoke with the Sunday Times on their whirlwind courtship and coping with his Parkinson’s.Margot said that she first heard of her future husband… Community/General | Guardian (The) 27 March 2018 On the Rodeo Trail in New Zealand Animal activists are calling for rodeos to be banned in New Zealand, but cowboys say bull riding is their calling. Eleanor Ainge Roy and Paul Roy report on the controversial sport in a photo essay for the Guardian. 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