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TO NEW ZEALAND EDGE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Welcome to 2003 from
the edge. As unsettling winds blow globally, the Aotearoa advantage and
geography has never been so prescient. Today we bring you:
TOP 60 INTERNATIONAL
NEW ZEALAND NEWSMAKERS
In association with the Sunday Star Times newspaper NZEDGE published over
New Year a selection of international NZ newsmakers for 2002 representing
the diversity, colour and flavour of edge achievment, from the well-known:
Peter Jackson and LotR team, to the surprising: the edge behind the Apple
iMac, Shrek, Parkinson's cure hopes and MTV. The Hot 60 is reproduced in a
longer, unedited version on the NZEDGE website. Written by Paul Ward and
Julie Hill.
Http://www.nzedge.com/hot/global-newzmakers.html
NEWZEDGE: 80 HOTLINKS
http://www.nzedge.com/media/index.html
From the world's media, raps, raves and rememberances of:
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NZ
is Lonely Planet Hot destination of 2003 |
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Cutting
edge styles: i-D and Vogue dedicate spreads to NZ creative culture
and place (captured by photographer Mario Sorrenti for Vogue) |
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Whale
Rider wins World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance |
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Nobel
winning Maurice Wilkins' DNA enabler reprised in The Guardian |
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Ringing
endorsements for Two Towers |
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NZ
tech innovation provides edge in LotR and Am Cup for Wired and CNN |
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Galleriest
Giovanni Intra mourned, celebrated |
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South
Pacific art attack: Julian Dashper, Lisa Reihana, Richard Killeen,
and Dick Frizzell brighten white cubes across the Tasman |
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Chad
Taylor electrifies critics with nz-noir, Damien Wilkins is reactive
in New Statesman, Lloyd Jones scores as novella master, and Bill
'The Magus' Manhire and alumni Catherine Chidgey and Paula Morris
shape up in the Australian Financial Review |
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New
York Times Sunday supplement affirms the NZ hype in major feature |
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Frontier
Neuseeland: 44-page cover spread GEO Saison - Germany's premiere
travel magazine |
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What
a beauty! SMH travel cover feature confounds the Oz clichés and
finds NZ magic - "New Zealand is really buzzing" |
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Jonathan
Lemalu and Teddy Tahu Rhodes bring Opera House down in Sydney |
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Don
'The Boot' Clarke mourned, celebrated |
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Barbara
Kendall wins third world boardsailing title |
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Stacey
Jones crowned world's best league player |
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Theatre
doyenne Davina Whitehouse mourned, celebrated |
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Peter
Arnett, last action hero, interviewed in NYPost |
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Business:
United Arab Emirates finds NZ much more than land of milk and
honey; Graeme Hart makes move as global player; Kevin Roberts
offers edge inspiration to L'espresso |
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Opulent
Wellington-born Kristian Fredrikson, "Australia's leading set
and costume designer", interviewed in Weekend Australian |
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Ray
Henwood does Liquor, Lear and Liz playing Richard Burton in Sydney |
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Radical
Kakapo conservation from DOC |
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Deutz
Marlborough Cuvee best bubbles in Guardian blind tasting |
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Karen
Walker and Manuka bloom equals a designer white Christmas |
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Tom
and Gwyneth go cruising in Aotearoa for Mt Fuji and Sylvia Plath |
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Helen
Clark takes Discovery on a tour of NZ |
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Intellectual
centre: Dennis Dutton challenges science cynics and John Clarke's
latest imagines an intellectual grand slam |
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For
those about to: Datsuns continue to rock in the UK and Bic Runga
seduces in the US |
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Z-files:
Jandals, fur envy, posturing pugilists, screw corks, Reg
Mombassa's savory jug for charity ... |
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JANUARY MAILBOX:
"Having travelled and lived in several parts of the world, I feel
more strongly than ever that New Zealand must retain its essence."
90 missives and engagements with the edge, ranging from Auckland to Abu
Dhabi, Akoroa to Agawa-gun, Atlanta to Amstelveen. Considered nationalism,
spirits lifted, landfall remembered, additions to our heroes list
suggested and further contributions added to the Coming Home and NZ Visual
Language forums.
Http://www.nzedge.com/mailbox/25_jan03.html
AIR NEW ZEALAND
ARRANGEMENTS
Here's a site to get you thinking:
http://www.debateairnz.org.nz;
convened by a broad number of Nzers, the site dissects the proposed sale
of a part of Air New Zealand to Qantas of Australia and advocates a set of
actions to ensure open and competitive access to and around these fair
isles. Provocative and timely.
WAITANGI DAY CONCERT
LONDON
Warm up the London winter with a piece of aural Aotearoa. Dave Dobbyn and
Anika Moa are set to rock London for the 2003 Waitangi Day Concert,
Thursday 6th February 2003 at the Brixton Academy. Kiwi music icon and
anthem maker (Whaling, Loyal, Slice of Heaven) Dave Dobbyn will perform a
2 hour set with 22 year old Moa. It is the debut UK performance for
singer-songwriter Moa on the back her LP Thinking Room (recorded in New
York at Atlantic Records with Victor Van Vugt - PJ Harvey, Beth Orton,
Nick Cave). The inaugural Waitangi Day Concert 2002 was a fantastic
success with the 4000 tickets selling out in a matter of days, so book now
for some sweet South Seas sounds amongst the drizzle and warm ale. To book
call Ticketweb on 0870 771 2000 or book online www.ticketweb.co.uk.
Look out for us in
February. Be sharpening your edge.
BRIAN SWEENEY
Producer, The New Zealand Edge
With Editor PAUL WARD
New Zealand Edge
www.nzedge.com
brian@nzedge.com
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