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From Brian
Sweeney, Producer,
www.nzedge.com
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From left: Russell Coutts, Shayne Gilbert, Nick
Willis, Melissa Moon, Rebecca Taylor, Gin Wigmore
NEW
ZEALANDERS IN GLOBAL HEADLINES
New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling
of global media:
• Russell
Coutts, BMW Oracle CEO, enjoys 4th America's Cup win – Washington
Post
• Shayne
Gilbert, retired Lt Col, leads UN aid taskforce in Haiti – The
Takeaway
• Nick
Willis, middle distance runner, 27, wins mile run indoors in
Boston – The Times of India
• Melissa
Moon wins Empire State Building race, 1576 steps in 13 mins – Universal
Sports
• Rebecca
Taylor gets standing room only acclaim at NY Fashion Week – Village
Voice
• Gin
Wigmore, singer/songwriter, 23, makes US debut in March with
Citizen Cope – CMJ
• Kerry
Spackman, neuroscientist, uses science to change performance
levels – Guardian
• Kiri
Te Kanawa to be presented with Classical Brits lifetime
achievement award – BBC
• Peter
Jackson should “foreswear sugar and reintroduce plasma, brain
matter” – Guardian
• Helen
Clark, UNDA head, in Sydney advocating awareness on climate
change – AAN
• Karen
Walker inspired by Sound of Music, Dylan and Sun Gods at NY
Fashion Week
• Crowded
House Birmingham concert added due to “phenomenal demand” –
Express & Star
• Black
Grace debut at Princeton blending athleticism with innovation –
Bucks Local News
• Tom
and Barbara Burstyn’s This Way of Life inspires
audiences in Berlin – Variety
• Justin
Bird, pianist, 25, plays solo in Ohio, someone “wonderful”
– Dayton Daily Times
• Filo
Tiatia, Ospreys forward, 38, lends voice to Swansea community
appeal – BBC
• Antarctic
Heritage Trust discover Shackleton’s spirit in boxes on ice –
Guardian
• Russell,
once 1800s “hellhole”, now thriving tourist hub – Sydney Morning
Herald
• Stewart
Island “place so remote few have heard of it let alone
visited” – The Independent
• New
Zealand Herald says national flag “nondescript”; “time for
a change” – Telegraph
• New
Zealand pinot noir 10 years on, still in search of a character
– New York Times
• New
Zealand short filmmakers set to take over the world after Berlin,
Sundance success
• New
Zealand flavours − horopito, kawakawa – influence OZ
chefs – Sydney Morning Herald
• New
Zealanders are now outnumbered by 5.8m dairy cattle; fodder for
new jokes – Guardian
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