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Pictured
above: The Datsuns, Dick Frizzell, Francis Upritchard at Venice, Martin
Jetpack, Royce McClure
NEW
ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES
New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing
in The New York Times, Telegraph, Daily Mirror, San José Business Journal, Paste
Magazine, The Guernsey Gazette, The Times of India, The Australian, St
Croix Valley Press, The Northwestern, Telegraph, Habitus, The Scotsman,
The Times, RonnieWorld and The Age include:
• The
Datsuns, "from playing in backyards to all this
hoopla"; tour US – SF Examiner
• Dick
Frizzell's 'Faraway' house "picks up salty tang of"
Pacific, Haumoana – NY Times
• Royce
McClure, jigsaw guru, assembles 25,000-piece in Indian mall
– Indian Express
• Mason
Maddox, 'massi4h', wins Guitar Hero gold at Cyber Games,
Singapore
• Saatchi's
'grenade'; Colenso's 'bleeding billboard', effective in war on vehicle
fatalities – Mirror
• Henry,
Smith, Hansen reappointed until end of 2011 Rugby World Cup
• Billy
Apple, pop artist, stages major exhibition at Center for
Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
• New
Zealand companies look to Silicon Valley's tech investors to
help grow, expand
• Niki
Caro, David Lynch, Cat Power make dreamy film for 42Below –
Paste Magazine
• Tony,
Lynnette Mallard, car enthusiasts, drive '34 Hudson across US
– Guernsey Gazette
• Moa
feather DNA reveals bird "not unlike a giant chicken" – Radio
Australia
• Robert
Scott, Bats, Clean member, talks Flying Nun, new albums,
fallen stars
• Roger
Hurst, NZIPFR, discovers blackcurrant extract improves
athleticism – Times of India
• David
Kirk, former Fairfax head, now leads Hoyts; looks to cinema
digitisation
• Chinese
community, Auckland, online and "keeping stories
alive" – Xinhua
• Craig
Ling, Minus5 creator, opens portable ice bar in Minnesota –
St Croix Valley Press
• Glenn
Martin, jetpack inventor, 49, to US AirVenture '09 with
progress report
• Nelson
Honey seeking approval to sell bee venom product in UK
– Telegraph
• Westport
couple auction bed for $302,600, with Stone House thrown in
– The Age
• New
Zealand rowers win gold at Henley Regatta; Drysdale
"incredible" – Telegraph
• Radio
New Zealand awarded Gold at New York Festival for Sir Ed
documentary
• Eleanor
Catton, 'The Rehearsal' author, praised in The Scotsman,
Telegraph and The Times
• NZ
artists Judy Millar, Francis Upritchard showcased in Ronnie
Peter's Venice Biennale photo blog
• Malcolm
Cook, architect, discusses inspiration and 40 year career in Habitus
feature
Here are the Top 10 titles for June:
- Trio
at the Top, doco
2001 – Motor-racing legends McLaren, Hulme and Amon
- Peter
Snell – Athlete, NFU
short film 1964 – Gold Medalist 800m runner
- Beauty
and the Beast Xmas Special, TV
1982 – Selwyn Toogood's classic panel show
- The
Living Room, TV
series 2003 – arts magazine show featuring FotC pre-TV
- Gloss, TV
1987 – Yuppies, shoulder-pads, Walkmen; cult "glitter soap"
- Once
Were Warriors,
trailer 1994 – hard-hitting domestic violence drama
- Fat
Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story, doco
2006, dub-rich tour to Europe
- Score, short
film 1980 – AB's vs France, cut to Tchaikovsky's Swan
Lake
- Circuts
of Gold, NFU short
film, speedway motorbike champion Ivan Mauger
- A
Dolphin's Story,
NFU short film 1974, mission to find, net and train a
dolphin
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Top picture, The Remarkables,
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Fern symbol via www.nzflag.com.
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