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From Brian
Sweeney, Producer,
www.nzedge.com
A big shout out to
New Zealanders across the world who have registered at nzedge.com
following our promotion to members of www.oldfriends.co.nz
– 1000+ people from 165 international cities and towns and 42 in New
Zealand – big responses from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the
United States of America – plus call-ins from New Zealanders in Abu
Dhabi, Al Ain, Bangkok, Berlin, Brignoles, Brussels, Dubai, Dublin,
Dundalk, Durban, Ho Chi Minh City, Jerusalem, Jinja, Johannesburg,
Madrid, Mexico City, Morioka, Mumbai, Norfolk Island, Nuku'alofa,
Oostende, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, Oxapampa, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh,
Singapore, St Jean De Losne, Suva, Texel, The Hague, Turin, Vientiane,
Vilnius, and Yangshou. nzedge.com's subscriber list now reaches New
Zealanders in 1042 international cities and towns and 200 in New
Zealand. Aotearoa whanau whanui kite aonui – the global community of
New Zealanders. See the full list at http://nzedge.com/mailbox/about_you.html
NEW
ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES
Pictured above: Max Gimblett,
Helen Clark, Theresa Gattung, Peter Jackson, Bob Charles
New Zealand headlines in
this month's sampling of global media, appearing in Art World,
Washington Post, WA Today, ABC News, DC Examiner, The Age,
University World News, Northwest Arkansas News, Telegraph,
Guardian, The Seoul Times, Ski Rebel Magazine, Scientific American,
Irish Sun, The Australian, and Los Angeles Times
include:
• Helen
Clark, former Prime Minister, 3rd in charge at UN, heads development
• Max
Gimblett, NY/Auckland artist, in Guggenheim Museum US/Asia show
• Theresa
Gattung leading the value run of NZ wool as premium world
brand
• Peter
Jackson works on custom-made iChat system with Steven Spielberg
• Bob
Charles "oldest golfer to make the cut on world's non-senior
tours."
• Jane
Peak, Southern Alps, "begging for a beating" by heli-skiers
• Lincoln
University to merge with AgResearch in unprecedented move
• David
Gendall, High Court judge, approves serving papers on Facebook
• Kakapo,
now numbering 100, "evolution's pitiable errors", Stephen Fry
• Cut
Off Your Hands, play America's largest festival in Austin, SXSW
• Frank
Yukich, Montana founder, celebrates 30 vintages with sculpture
• Rangiora,
coastal development near Hokianga, lifestyle replaces pine
• Mt
Hutt's new snow makers and groomers most up-to-date in NZ
• Tuatara
baby found at Karori Sanctuary, first on mainland in 2 centuries
• Matilda
Hanlon and Beryl Baguley, identical twins and now 100
• 25%
of NZers with tertiary education live abroad, highest rate in the
OECD
• Roger
Hill, naval architect, designs catamaran for Gold Coast moguls
• Ayrlies
Gardens, Auckland, part of private tour for US gardeners
• Greytown,
NZ's first planned town, a mix of Victorian and modern
• Karen
Walker dresses Barbie in 'she's cracked' for doll's 50th anniversary
• Le
Folauga, contemporary mixed-media Pacific exhibition, in Taiwan
• Sonny
Fai, Warriors player, remembered with wreaths on Te Henga
• New
Zealand popular destination for 'ecomigrants' from the US
THE LIST: In addition, people and places referenced in nzedge
international stories from 01 January 2009 include Zoë Bell, Sam Neill,
Judy Millar, Francis Upritchard, Tim Finn, Robert Bruce (RIP), Dave
Currie, Natasha Bedingfield, Miles Darby, Rhys Darby, Nadya Vessey,
Cliff Curtis, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Ivan Clarke, Scott Gray, Malcolm
Campbell, Edmund Hillary, Kapka Kassabova, Jock Freemantle, John
Wareham, Jack Yan, Air NZ, Te Waka Huia, Christian Pearce, Greg
Broadmore, Jane Campion, Danny Lee, Jay Shaw, Kerry Fox, James Flynn,
Waikato U, Tekapo, Russell Coutts, Hannah O'Neill, Phillip Gibson, Weta
Workshop, Ngati Toa, Denis Dutton, Stolen Girlfriend's Club, Cloudy Bay,
Malcolm Rands, Hokianga, Sara Seruvatu, Herman Seifried, Paul Snowden,
Chuck Berry, Sean Marks, Lucy Hockings, Andrew Roy, Gordon Dryden, Mo
Zhi Hong, Great Barries baches, Central Otago, Taika Waititi, Margaret
Austin, Hanna Frederick, FleurAdcock, Jill Worrall, Martin Henderson,
Curt Perano, Daniel Vettori, Jetblack, The Datsuns, Simon Denny, Milford
Track, Flight of the Conchords, Christchurch School of Medicine, Abel
Tasman park, Greg Locke, Hayden Godfrey, Heath Raggett, Arrowtown, CK
Stead, Bic Runga, Gin Wigmore, Katherine Mansfield, Neil Cross, Margaret
Mahy, Pelorus, Lindauer, David Hovey, Phil & Ted, Anna Paquin.
See http://www.nzedge.com/media/
for full stories.
NGA
KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE – BY DENIS O'REILLY #31: REGGAE'S
DOING FINE, FEBRUARY 2009
Denis O'Reilly's
penetrating critique of social justice in New Zealand.
"It's a new
year and D is right into work. Feedback about the Parihaka Peace
Festival, engaging festival goers as participants and bridging the
cultural divide between Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti. Den discusses
the tragedy around Halatau Naitoko, a young Tongan father, accidentally
shot dead by the Police. He commends the Minister and Commissioner for
their restorative approach and encourages the gunman to face the Naitoko
family and unload his burden. Den sticks up for Social Development
Minister Paula Bennett who supported the gang member father of her
granddaughter when he was before the Courts. Den reckons she has
modelled good whanau leadership, and improved the chances both of a
rehabilitated offender, and of loving, respectful relationships between
the daughter, granddaughter, and father. Te Ururoa Flavell, stung by the
tragic events in Murupara, has voiced his pain, saying that perhaps gang
members shouldn't be allowed on marae, or shouldn't be gifted the
tradition of tangihana. Den reckons that with leadership from within
gangs and from within the body politic New Zealand Maori gangism can
pass, and be replaced by a widely shared positive focus on personal
achievement within a whanau hapu tribal complex. With Ragamuffin coming
up, and the Marley whanau in town, Den reminisces about what happened
after Bob's visit to Aotearoa in 1979 and tells the tale of the Keskidee
Aroha project, the rise of aggressive black consciousness, and the
whakapapa of reggae and Rasta in Aotearoa. Waitangi Day or Bob Marley's
birthday, reggae's doing fine. (7,151 words) Read
more.
NEW ZEALAND EDGE INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK
• Washington,
D.C. 14 April, 'Wars Without End' Book Launch
Victoria University of
Wellington Professor Danny Keenan gives a guest lecture
at Georgetown University, for the launch of his new book Wars
Without End. RSVP: CANZ@georgetown.edu
• New
York City, 18 April – 5 May, The Sleeper Awakens
NY-NZ
playwright Julie McKee hosts a season of her L. Arnold Weisberger Award
nominated play, The Sleeper
Awakens at the HB Playwrights Foundation,
West
Village (122 Bank
Street). Reservations call 212-989-7856.
• London,
23 April, ANZAC Day / Spring Drinks
• The NZ Society hosts spring drinks
to commemorate ANZAC Day at New
Zealand House. Bring your camera for the
best central London view. Click here for tickets.
• Zonnebeke,
Belgium, 25 April, Exhibition at Memorial Museum
• Passchendaele
• New Zealand's Official World War I
Artist, George Butler, features in a
• Belgium exhibition beginning ANZAC
Day. Sculpture by New Zealand artist Helen
• Pollock will also feature.
See website,
ends 15 November.
• Melbourne,
29 April, 7pm, Major New Zealand artworks on Auction
• Deutscher & Hackett's
forthcoming auction will feature works by two of New
• Zealand's greatest
painters, Charles Goldie and Bill Hammond. Visit auction
• website for
info and to view paintings.
Paul Ward, who for several years was chief writer for nzedge.com, is the
editor of a fantastic NZ ON AIR-initiated site NZ ON SCREEN http://www.nzonscreen.com/ –
hundreds of titles, all free to watch. It's an amazing team achievement.
Congratulations everyone. Here are the March Top 10 titles:
| 1. Britten –
Backyard Visionary (1993) |
6. Gloss (1987) |
| 2. Peter Snell – Athlete
(1964) |
7. The New Zealand
Wars (1998) |
| 3. Blerta Revisited
(2001) |
8. The Piano (1993) |
| 4. Billy T Live
(1990) |
9. Once Were
Warriors (1994) |
| 5. Monkey Tale
(1952) |
10. Skitz (1998) |
| 10. Skitz (1998) |
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Easter Goodwill, Passover Goodwill,
from New York. Nga mihi nui koutou.
Top picture from Raumati South looking south, Pukerua Bay
on left, Cook Strait in foreground, Seaward Kaikouras, Mana Island on
the right. Horizon/edge is just south of Kapiti Island. March '09.
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