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From Brian
Sweeney, Producer,
www.nzedge.com
Pictured above: Dame Silvia Cartwright, Lucy
Lawless, Richard Chandler, Ryan Nelsen, Nesian Mystic
NEW
ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES
New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing
in The Australian, Examiner, Guardian, Times Online, Dexinger,
Telegraph, The Capital, CNN, Billboard, Guam Pacific Daily News,
Chicago Tribune, The Age, Daily Herald, Telegraph, Bleacher Report,
Idaho Statesman, The New York Times, The National, The Phnom Penh
Post, China Daily, The Gadsden Times, Arty Daily, The Sydney Morning
Herald, The Tribune India, The Independent, The Economic Times and Mindfood
include:
Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc "may well outrank King Bordeaux and
Queen Loire"
Richard
Chandler, intrepid global investor, buys stake in Russian
bank
Fonterra's
"Whole" water campaign shot in continuous 650-frame shot
Silver
Fern Farms, Canterbury, stop using sheepdogs say UK's Tesco
NZTE
woos hundreds of Indian students at education fair in New Delhi
Unimarket,
e-procurement software company, open offices in Maryland
New
Zealanders, nine out of 10, rank Quality of Life good or
better
New
Zealand takes sport, lifestyle seriously, less so for
politics, religion
New
Zealand the "second Eden" with a "pristine
landscape"
Hobbiton
scenery "so beautiful I thought it to be computer generated"
Nesian
Mystik, Auckland R&B group, snaffle MTV Australia Award
Black
Grace dance in Guam and roam NZ with 'Gathering Clouds'
Strike,
percussion group, play Singapore with "recession-proof" music
Lucy
Lawless cast as Lucretia in Auckland-made slave drama
Spartacus
Dame
Silvia Cartwright, judge on KR Tribunal, criticises
Cambodian PM
David
Hovey, Chicago-based architect, would build dream home in NZ
Aaron
De Mey, artistic director at Lancτme, inspired by sand at
Piha
Kate
Sylvester, fashion designer, has a home, not a
"minimalist box"
One
Day Sculpture series features goldfish on flight over Tasman
Sea
Clarke
Gayford, presenter, finalist for World's Top Job on Hamilton
Island
Pangaea
Expedition makes stop in South Island en route to Antarctica
Rebecca
Wiig, photographer, finds aesthetic appeal in Sydney's RSLs
Helen
Clark, gives valedictory speech to House, saying
"averse" to Sir
Hone
Mihaka, oral historian, shows reporter around Ruapekapeka pa
Helen
Leach, Otago University, adds new pavlova recipe origins to
debate
Team
Hillary takes on Australia, UK, in highest ever cricket
match, Nepal
Ryan
Nelsen, footballer, 31, New Zealand's lifeline to English
Premier League
James
Meredith, 19, tennis freshman Boise State, "future
blazing", coach
Danny
Lee, 18, US Golf Amateur champ plays Augusta before turning
pro
Nick
Evans, Harlequins fly-half, the new Dan Carter and much
appreciated
Jock
Veitch, Wanganui-born journalist and carouser, dies in
France, 81
John
Maling, soldier, spy-catcher, founder of Sikh Light Brigade,
dies, 94
NGA
KUPU AROHA: WORDS OF LOVE, #33, BY DENIS O'REILLY
An ongoing social commentary on the affairs of Aotearoa and the tribe of
Nga Mokai.
 STEPPING
BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE, MAY 2009
Napier has seen an awful tragedy unfold,
and Den reflects on these events and salutes his local Maori copper Len
Snee (picture via NZ Herald). Den argues that it's time for quiet
support and reflection; to give space to the grieving, respect to the
dead, and prayers for the injured. Commentary on amendments to the New
Zealand Bill of Rights; Labour's achievement of increasing the prison
population by 70%; a reflection on the launch of John Newton's book Double
Rainbow telling the story of 'nga mokai', Jimmy Baxter's notional
tribe and the commune movement that he built at Jerusalem, Hiruharama,
on the Whanganui River, not long before his death in 1972 and
some disorientation on Victoria St as Black Power members, on their way
to the launch at Unity Books, run into the local constabulary. (1,830
words) Read
more.
 TOPP
SHOW
Between 1981 and 1987 I worked with two extraordinary (and identical)
New Zealanders, Lynda and Jools Topp, as their agent and tour producer.
It was an exhilarating time. The Topp Twins have created a wonderful
career and performance record, and a fan base reaching into the hundreds
of thousands, in New Zealand, Australia and soon-to-be everywhere else
via their film Untouchable
Girls, produced by Arani Cuthbert and directed by Leanne
Pooley. The film has had five star, 10/10 reviews and even the magazine
they lampooned with the immortal line "push it, shove it, stick it
in the Women's Weekly" said "Heart-warming... It's a hilarious
musical romp... this film will leave you feeling proud to be a New
Zealander". TVNZ said "Brilliant entertainment, everyone will
love it, the best Kiwi film in years" and hometown paper The
Waikato Times said "How often is a film punctuated by laughs and
clapping and ends with an ovation? ...it has a deserved 5 star rating.
This film is not to be missed." Jane Vesty and I have supported the
production of the film, we are delighted to be associated with it, and
hope it is coming to a cinema near you in 2009. The TT's start a tour
100 Years of the Topp Twins in Westport on October 14 and
concludes in Auckland on November 7. I booked the first West Coast tour
by the Twins in 1986 the itinerary was Greymouth, Punakaiki,
Westport, Karamea and Blackball. Sorry Hokitika. Few other New Zealand
artists Sam Hunt and Rick Bryant principal among them could span
such local geographies. Untouchable Girls is now four weeks in
the NZ movie top 10 box office and rising, having just broken the $1
million mark at the New Zealand box office. www.topptwins.co.nz
 KEITH
PARK COMMEMORATION
Keith Park was an extraordinary New Zealander who is attributed with
having saved London during the Battle of Britain. A precision airman in
WW1, his genius in logistics and preparation was called upon in full
during the decisive air battles of 1940. In 2000 nzedge included Keith
Park's story in our "Heroes"
page and subset of three Warriors along with Charles
Upham and Nancy
Wake, arguably the singularly outstanding man and woman
soldiers of WW2. There are many other inspirational warrior stories to
read tell see Patrick Bronte's www.ngatoa.com
for an indepth and eulogistic representation. This week the City of
Westminister approved the placement of a statue of Keith Park in
Trafalgar Square on the fourth plinth for six months until
moving to a permanent home in Waterloo Place. This is a great result
from an enlightened and determined campaign led by British banker Terry
Smith and many distinguished persons from the UK and NZ. www.sirkeithpark.com
 JULIAN
DASHPHER IN LONDON
LONDON, to June 18: Julian Dashper 'Who's Afraid of
Red, Yellow and Blue'. lauregenillard, 2 Hanway Place, London W1T 1HB.
Exhibiting with John Nixon. International New Zealand artist Julian
Dashper's work focuses on the histories, theories and more
general or popular ideas of abstraction (in particular abstract
painting), conceptualism and minimalism as a working methodology. The
geographical positioning of New Zealand globally and how his country
receives and disseminates visual information is also a core subject in
Dashper's work. His practice manifests itself in various forms,
including paintings, unique photographs of paintings, found objects that
he infuses with abstract images. For his exhibition, Dashper will show
new works based on the legendary pieces of Barnett Newman.
Here are the Top 10 titles for April:
- Circuits
of Gold, doc 1987 speedway champion Ivan Mauger
- Britten:
Backyard Visionary, doc 1993 DIY inventor John
Britten
- The
Governor, tv series 1977 historical
epic on Governor George Grey
- The
Living Room, tv series 2003 'worthy' arts
magazine show
- Peter
Snell Athlete, doc 1964 Gold
Medalist 800m runner
- Gloss,
tv series 1987 popular "glitter-soap"
- Double
Booking, tv one-off 1998 stag and hen
night comedy
- Billy
T Live, tv series 1990 last hurrah for much
loved comedian
- Queer
Nation, tv series 1996-2004 'out and proud' lesbian
and gay series
- Maori
Battalion March to Victory, doc 1990 28th's
World War II Campaign
 PINEAPPLE
LUMPS
From the sublime to the ridiculous, nzedge.com, shop
now stocks Pineapple Lumps seducing New Zealanders since 1935.
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Top picture: Raumati South.
Above, Manukau Harbour and Heads. The fern we use in our logo was
commissioned by Lloyd Morrison as the symbol of New Zealand for our
flag. See www.nzflag.com.
A big shout out to you Lloyd from your friends at nzedge.com. Kia kaha.
Rock on. From Brian Sweeney, in Boston.
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