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Kia Ora Aotearoa whanau whanui ki te
Aonui
Global Community of New Zealanders
From Brian Sweeney, producer www.nzedge.com
See
our new ad "There are five million New Zealanders in the world. Some of their
stories are at nzedge.com."
Manaakitanga
and other matters
Nga Kupu Aroha: Words of Love,
#12 by Denis O'Reilly September
2006
A tribute to the life of Sir Norman Perry, friend of Maori and
guide for our tribe Ngati Pakeha; on the street, the move from an
exclusive focus on brotherhood to an inclusive focus on familyhood as an
answer to the question "what does it mean to be a Maori gang member
in Aotearoa today?"; the Maori youth bulge and the size of our
prison population, its youthfulness, its disproportionate Maoriness and
its confoundly high rate of recidivism; a $135M meth bust and New
Zealand as a target for international criminal syndicates; Matariki; the
lives and deaths of the Kahui triplets; Maori feminism, mana wahine and
mana tane; the Te Puni Kokori framework for Maori potential based around
Te Ao Amuri (the future) and Te Ao Whanui (the global economy); and the
concepts of manaakitanga (unqualified caring) and putahi
(interconnectedness).
http://www.nzedge.com/features/ar-denis12.html
 New
Zealand magazine
From project partners of nzedge.com. Latest issue of print and web
magazine presenting the best of Aotearoa to US audiences, featuring the
inspiration of Peter Blake; a cultural tour of subtropical Northland;
contemporary Maori art; purchasing property in NZ; orchids, olive oil
and sauvignon blanc; a 17 page photographic feature on technology,
design, fashion, architecture, superboats and supercars; great ads; and
a NZ$25,000 luxury cruise drawing. Download
free digital edition.
http://www.nzmag.com/ or go directly to the drawing at www.nzmag.com/survey96
(US/Canada Only)
nzedge.com is referred to many
websites of local/global interest. Here is a current reading:
Nga Toa - "Many Warriors"
Nga Toa - meaning "Many Warriors" - is a project dedicated
to preserving the oral histories of New Zealand’s last remaining World
War II veterans. Includes personal stories from major theaters such as
Greece, Crete, North Africa, Italy and the Pacific. To date, over 150
interviews have been compiled in the Nga Toa video archive. Continuously
updated. A remarkable endeavour by the equally remarkable Patrick
Bronte. This project needs a small amount of monthly funding to sustain,
if you can assist, then more inspirational stories will flow. Go to the
“Support Nga Toa”
page.
I am starting the ball rolling.
www.kiwiveterans.co.nz;
mirror site: www.ngatoa.com
Edge around the World
Message from Pietra Brettkelly, documentary film-maker, Auckland:
I am currently directing a series on New Zealanders working in far-flung
places around the globe. We have already travelled to Sudan, Uganda,
above Russia's Arctic Circle, the Amazon, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. We
are looking for more of you. You don't need to be a CEO of a company but
just living somewhere that we back home will find extraordinary. Please
write to me about yourself or others that you know at pietra@thetvset.co.nz
New Thinking '07
New Zealand's premier expo for New Zealand's biotech, creative and
technology capabilities. 12-16 March 2007, at the Sky City Convention
Centre in Auckland. Led by Kea,
NZ Bio and Incubators
New Zealand, the focus will be global networking and partnering,
encompassing issues such as: communication channels, markets, networks,
venture and angel capital, commercialisation, technology transfer and
innovation, and worldwide partnering opportunities. The 2007 World Class
New Zealand Awards dinner will be the showcase event. Go Global 07: these are key events for NZ Export Year. See
www.newthinking.co.nz
for 2006 event.
Fat Freddy’s Drop at Brixton Aca, 2
June 06
From the London music site www.record-play.com, “this 33 minute mix
reiterates the simple fact that Fat Freddy’s Drop are one of the best
live outfits, regardless of genre, in the world at the moment. Their
sound, encompassing dub, reggae, soul, electronica and funk is ever
evolving and this recording just shows their dynamism on stage and their
ability to produce the sweetest and most original sounds for audiences
around the globe.”
www.record-play.com/recording/show/
fat_freddys_drop_live_tour_06
Paying for the Past?
Historical
Injustice in Australia and New Zealand
The Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies is part of the School
of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington DC. The Center
was established in August 1995 with funding from the Governments of
Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Giselle Byrnes, visiting Fulbright
Scholar from Victoria University Wellington, considers Australian and
New Zealand experiences in determining native title claims. She will
discuss the revelation of forced indigenous child removal in Australia,
together with the Treaty of Waitangi claims process in New Zealand; each
of which can be understood more broadly as a response to the aftermath
and ongoing consequences of colonisation. September 18, 2006 from 3:00pm
to 4:30pm.
www14.georgetown.edu/explore/calendars/events/
index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=86&EventID=44028
New New Zealand Parliament website
Brings together the sites of the Office of the Clerk, the Parliamentary
Service and Speaker of the House into one integrated site to make it
easy to find comprehensive information and track the progress of
legislation, select committee activity and to find out about Parliament
and its MPs.
www.parliament.nz
Westminster, by Simon Carr
News, plots and observations. Simon Carr is parliamentary sketch
writer in Westminster for The Independent; formerly in NZ senior writer
for Metro and NBR, a prime ministerial speechwriter and author several
books. His latest, The Gripes of Wrath is "the perfect source book
for the Grumpy Generation, a mind-bending collection of true stories of
modern life that portray the Britain we have become, almost without
realising it."
www.sketch.sc
Sounz a great idea
SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music, is a music information centre
which provides, fosters and promotes the music of New Zealand composers
through a range of services, projects and activities. The site
represents the largest and most accessible collection of New Zealand
music in the world, with a comprehensive online store and a database of
over 7,000 works, scores and recordings by more than 300
composers.
www.sounz.org.nz
NYNZ Pies
Let Them Eat Pies, the first
specialty bakery to bring the authentic and culturally iconic NZ-OZ meat
pie to New York City. 193 Columbia St Brooklyn, deliveries also to
Manhattan and Queens; 10 varieties plus sausage rolls, lamingtons and a
mean flat white. www.dubpies.com
NZ Documentary Festival
Touring NZ main centers Sept-Oct; NZ reels include Denis Glover, Max
Gimblett, David Kilgour in Nashville, Fat Freddy's Drop in Europe, Black
Grace, Khaki All Blacks and the story of one 84-year old long-finned eel
from Glentanner and its epic life journey.
www.docnz.org.nz
The South Project
Art and culture gathering Santiago Chile 3-7 October tackling
socio-political issues through the South; the New
Zealand-Australia-Latin America axis; translation, political activism in
the arts, conditions of exile, collective practices; exhibition Tranz
Versa of 12 NZ-OZ artists.
www.southproject.org
Art, Berlin and New Zealand
New gallery location in Berlin for leading contemporary gallery
co-directed by New Zealander Hamish Morrison opening exhibition by
Berlin-based New Zealand artist Judy Millar.
www.spielhaus-morrison.com
Auckland Triennial 2007
Emotional flux in Auckland. Turbulence will be "New Zealand's
largest and most prestigious international contemporary art
exhibition." Presented March 2007 by the Auckland Art Gallery in
partnership with Artspace, the Gus Fisher Gallery, University of
Auckland and St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland University of Technology.
The exhibition is the key visual arts event of AK07, Auckland's biennial
arts festival.
www.aucklandtriennial.com
Earth Sea and Sky
New segment to our digital encyclopedia Te Ara dealing with the awesome
forces that shape the physical environment of the continent of Zealandia
- climate, tides, earthquakes, hot springs, mud pools, the amazing story
of the migration of New Zealand birds to distant parts of the globe, our
fish and strange sea creatures. 3,000 photos, 200 maps, 1,000
videoclips.
www.teara.govt.nz
1nite
Debut feature film from director Amarbir Singh. Shot in and around
Auckland's Karangahape Road, the storyline centres around a young
immigrant Sikh taxi driver who struggles to sustain his optimistic view
of the opportunities New Zealand provides. Two old friends get drunk and
uncover bitter feelings and rivalries. A good samaritan recovering from
a recent breakup helps out a crippled ex-cop. A prostitute's bad night
is made that much more difficult by her obsessively watchful boyfriend.
With Bruce Hopkins, Jon Brazier, Rajiv Varma, Karlos Drinkwater, Anna
Hewlitt, Lauren Jackson, David Van Horn.
www.inzpyre.com/indipact/1nite.html
The Legend of Burt Munro
Good Run, author Tim Hanna. The life story of Invercargill's Burt Munro
is one of triumph over limitation, achievement against all odds. Brave,
funny, gritty and brilliant, he was quite literally one of the original
speed freaks, whose exploits have now inspired the #1 movie by Roger
Donaldson The World's Fastest Indian starring Anthony Hopkins.
www.penguin.co.nz/nf/Book/Book
Display/0,,9780143019749,00.html
Great Wall of China odyssey
Nathan Hoturoa Gray of Wellington is the first Westerner to walk the
complete 4,000km journey along the Great Wall of China. His book and dvd
First Pass Under Heaven (Penguin) tells of the story of the world's
largest man-made created structure; the unseen ancient; the wonders of
the Gobi desert; the history and geopolitical considerations of China;
and the spirit and pressures of the human journey.
www.greatwalldvd.com
Hulme Supercars
Features publicity from a UK showcase tour. The Hulme has been invited
to be the major, Concept Supercar, drawcard for "Top Marques
China" luxury show in Shanghai October 11-14 after the Chinese F1
Grand Prix.
www.hulmesupercars.com
Skeptics Conference
20th Annual Skeptics Conference Auckland Sept 29-Oct 1 featuring the
fascinating foibles of human psychology and the paranormal;
presentations on making mistakes, horoscopes, aliens, when astronomy goes
bad, teenage texters and the Bent Spoon Awards for gullibility.
www.skeptics.org.nz
Shorts
www.kiwisinla.com
- network for
living, visiting and doing business in LA
www.jetmag.co.nz
- leading
Aotearoa youth magazine
www.grownups.co.nz
- comprehensive portal for a 50+ community
www.comic-aholic.co.nz
- getting reluctant kids to take to the
printed word
www.winejobsonline.com
- NZ
wine industry jobs, job seekers, networking
www.foragefood.com
- boutique producer of 100% NZ grown and made products
www.wineaspics.co.nz
- gelées
that are clear, translucent, tart, velvet smooth
www.nzshop.co.uk
- comprehensive NZ shop and meeting place for Kiwis in London
- 7 Royal Opera Arcade
www.fromnz.co.nz
- online store showcasing New Zealand products
www.kiwiartz.co.nz
- high quality NZ painting, sculpture, ceramics,
textiles
www.browniepoints.co.nz
-
New Zealand online gift store
Why are we?
The best recent conversation I
have had about national identity was this week with a visiting European, who
on remarking that migration is the biggest current phenomena in Europe,
said that “in order to face, adapt and manage the complexity and challenges,
national identity should no longer be defined by its independence and
separateness, but by its dependencies and collaborations.” Being an
island nation formed by historical and contemporary migration (and
emigration), our story is distinctly different from Europe’s. Since
1998 nzedge.com has been contributing to a new sense of “new
zealandness.” We will continue to do this but our story, as we tell
it, is largely shaped in this phase. The visiting European speculated that
young, fresh and globalised Aotearoa, with egalitarian spirit and
indigenous strength, might be a place the societies of Europe, which mix
ancient social structures with contemporary migratory hybrids, could draw on for ideas and models as
to how to live together. The New Zealand Edge meme started with the
questions “Who are we? What are we? Why are we?” It’s the third
question that now absorbs me the most, and I know the answer for me sits within
our relationship with the local/global nexus. Our contention is that “every world
needs an edge.” The anthropologist Margaret Mead said in the 1930s:
"It is New Zealand's role to send out its bright young men and
women to help run the rest of the world. From [their] loving base they
make their mark on the world." I don’t know where this train is
going, but I know it has left the island.
Naku noa na
Warm regards,
Brian Sweeney
Publisher, Producer
THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE
http://www.nzedge.com brian@nzedge.com
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