The New Zealand Edge : New : www.nzedge.com

	The new page has been transferred to the New Zealand Edge Blog www.nzedge.blogspot.com. This page covers new items on nzedge.com from December 2001 to December 2006.

	Blueprint from the edge: Joseph Sinel The story of Aucklander Joseph Sinel (1889-1975), who led a visionary and exuberant life as a founder of the Industrial Design movement in America. An Elam graduate, NZ Herald apprentice, graphic artist, product designer, advertising creative, trademark developer, brand pioneer, mixed media maestro, inspirational teacher, lover of fast cars and California, disciplined bohemian - above all, Jo Sinel was strikingly modern. 2500 words. Illustrated. Edge to center - power list for end of 2007: All Blacks, Katherine Mansfield, John Buchanan, Martin Campbell, Emily Barclay, Nicole Colovos, Ian Wright, Karen Walker, Mark D'Arcy, Graham Henry, Steve Ayson, Christopher Kelly, Te Wai Pounamu, Carl Shuker, Essenze, Jonny Reid, Will Martin, Steven Jaymes, Faye Cossar, Dunedin, Bic Runga, Otago Pinot Noir, Jud Arthur, Campion/Frame, HuHu Productions, Kahurangi Maori Dancers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rick Kirkland, Kajun Ka Mate, Black Sheep, Paratiho Farms, Paul Dibble, 42 Below, Phil Keoghan, Rebecca Taylor, Efficient, Emily Perkins, Jessica McCormack, Raglan, Ruatuna, Bro Town, Auckland, Jeff Clarke, Hayley Westernra, Aotearoa wine, LOOP, Robert Sarkies, Jessica Rose aka Lonely Girl15, "Karen", Peter Jackson, Natasha Bedingfield, Flight of the Conchords, Earthracer, Rodney Charteris, Ron Holland, Waiwera Station, Forage, Finn Andrews, Valarie Vili, Shelley Kitchen, Black Ferns, Paralympics; RIP Lord Robin Cooke, Walter Hadlee, Dame Te Atairarangikaahu; many tourism awards and latest research from Auckland, Canterbury and Otago U teams. Nga Kupu Aroha - Denis O'Reilly's Blog #13: "Thrive for the days destined to you" Maori Television building a distinctive character into the nation; Ngati Pakeha; the passing of Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the Kingitanga of Tuheitia; strategies for Counties Manukau (165 ethnic groups, 39% of ppn <24); inverting the language "at risk" becomes "at promise"; Mokai Whenua Ora advances in Wellington through health, education, sport and abstinence; building future whanau narrative; creating traction for life-changing behaviors; community organizations in action; lateral thinking applied to social justice; Kapa Haka competition; drink, detox and meditation; Parihaka 07. The American Revolution - KR Rugby Postcard KR is appointed Chairman of USA Rugby. The game in the States has serious ambition and a growing stock of assets and experience. By contrast, English rugby is underwhelming and defeatist – and the Irish fly half has stuck his boot into the old foe in more ways than one. Recent Mail: Messages received from Noosa, Amsterdam, London, Auckland, New Jersey, Geelong, Edgecumbe, Glasgow, Masterton, Philadelphia, Orlando, Whangarei and many more. Subjects include homesickness, culture shock ("whole damned country seems to be asleep, in denial, like sleep walking"), keeping connected, methamphetamine recovery, homework help, Peter Blake, Frances Chichester, racer Frank Brewer and more. Edge Message #83: Island to Island (3,200 words)

	Manaakitanga and other matters - Blog 12 from Denis O'Reilly 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). Edge Message #82: PUTAHI (Interconnectedness)

	Reaching around the world New Zealanders putting edge into the globe, as reported in The New York Times, the Times of London, USA Today, The Australian, The Guardian, Time, Scotsman.com, Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Review, The Telegraph, SFGate.com, Courier Mail, Pacific Magazine, Monument, Granta, The Bulletin, Silicon.com and the Harvard Divinity Review, and others, include: Douglas Wright, Tumu te Heuheu, Nicole Colovos, Gordon Dryden, Temuera Morrison, Sam Neill, Martin Henderson, Brian Brake, Katherine Mansfield, Te Mata Chardonnay, The Chills, Ralph Norris, anthropologist Michael Jackson, AgResearch, RoamAD wireless, Michael Parekowhai, Fiona Pardington, Gary Henderson, Kumfs, DesignLine, Des Wilson, Derek Henderson, Design Mobel, Cadamus, John Hood, Anna Pacquin, Anad Satyanand, Bert Munro, Scott Dixon, Wade Cunningham, Peter Hunter, Denis Dutton, Wayne Gould, Melanie Burford, Helger Windle, Anna Crawley, Bruce Ferguson, Claudia Batten, Simon Israel, Fay Weldon, Bill Culbert, Zespri, Chad Taylor, Alan Kirkness, Greg Sang, Bruce Munro, Graeme Wheeler, Emily Barclay, Keisha Castle-Hughes, John Psathas; Bon Voyage Neroli Fairhall and Bob Duff. Edge Message #81: Reaching around the world

	Counting the beats Earth Racers, Malcolm Kendall-Smith, Sione's Wedding, Sam Neill, Nancy Wake, Te Rapa Cheese, Russell Crowe, Derek Ward, Silvia Cartwright, Andrew Niccol, Buddah Wild, Nicole Colvos, Hinewehi Mohi, Carlos Spencer, Justin Marshall Julian Dashper, Nick Willis, Moss Burmester, Valerie Vili, Graeme Ede, Rugby 7s, Silver Ferns, Frances Upritchard, Paul Dibble, Frances Hodgkins, Billy Apple, Liz Calder, Peter Jackson and Weta Digital, Bic Runga Jerry Matepare Lomak Computer Trade Me, Anne Perry, Juliette Hulme, Brett Hansen, Phil Keoghan, Toa Fraser, No 2, Jim and Mary Barr, John Kirwan, Keith Urban, Paul Oestreher, Rachel Hunter, Speights, Waikato University, Batch Espresso, Karen Walker, Tourism New Zealand, Niki Caro, Rotorua's Polynesian Spa, Tana Umaga, First Light Kayaks, Tim White, John O'Loghlen, John Hood, Dr David Penman, Robin Maconie, David Howell, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Neil Pearce, Rex Morgan, Bill White, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Mt Roskill, Fat Freddy's Drop, Recloose, Paul Hunt, Jason Boa, Jocelyn Carlin, Michael Campbell. Brian Barrett-Boyes R.I.P. Reo of the Nation - Blog 11 from Denis O'Reilly From P to Parihaka and the Pentagon, Den travels the inspirations and issues that make us lively in Aotearoa 2006: the continued exposure to te reo Maori and the repetitive cultural rituals that refuel the soul; the Parikaha Interational Peace Festival and a debate held on the site of Te Whiti’s house about an alternative approach to methamphetamine; a new sense of cultural fusion in Taranaki; new projects at the Waiohiki Creative Arts Village in Hawkes Bay and the Mokai Whanau Ora project in Wellington; Maori Television; media tripe; and Kiwi or Iwi? – “will we be brave enough to use a bicultural approach to create a sense of place and space rather than a division?” Crime and punishment - Blog 10 from Denis O'Reilly 9,000 New Zealanders will be imprisoned by the 2010. About a billion dollars is being spent on building more prisons. Denis notes Finland had a higher rate of imprisonment than NZ, but halved it. Via a Whanganui gang scrap between the Mongrel Mob and Hells Angels, a run-in with Mayor Michael Laws, and a salute to Robert Muldoon’s “intelligent pragmatism and genuine humanitarianism”, Denis makes a challenge for sustainable strategies that are inclusive, that invest in people’s lives and help them find what is more meaningful in their lives than substance abuse and self-defeating behaviour. Six Nations? Not Impressed! - Kevin Roberts Kevin Roberts reviews the Six Nations and doesn't like what he saw. "Lets hope the harder grounds in the Southern Hemisphere, and some fresher, young blood will re-inject the dynamism that was once a tradition of touring sides from the Northern Hemisphere." (May 2006) View From the Edge - Prince Obolensky Lecture - KR KR's Prince Obolensky memorial lecture to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 21 February 2006 London. Insights and observations from the world of rugby. Kevin Roberts looks into the symbolism, mythology and power of the All Blacks, and how they consistently inspire others by operating at a level of pure Peak Performance. Jane Inside An introduction to JaneInside - a diary styled autobiography about a teenager's journey from the age of 12 to 21 written by Jane Thomsen. The story follows Jane as she struggles with the issues facing teenagers and eventually into a downward spiral of relationship problems, drugs and her own near suicide. JaneInside is being published with the support of Kevin Roberts and all profits from the New Zealand sales are going to the TYLA Trust. Edge Message #80: Counting the beats

	Other Worldly Stories: Malcolm Kendall-Smith challenges legitimacy of Iraq war, Robert Webster at the forefront of avian flu research, US photog legend Stephen Shore on Wellington for Wallpaper, Keith Urban named premier country music star in USA, All Blacks beat Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland, Kiwis stage heroic world league series win, NZ Rugby wins staging of 2011 World Cup, Kenneth Keith to the World Court bench, Peter Jackson’s King Kong ravishes fans; 5**, Fat Freddy's big pickup at NZ and BBC music awards, Niki Caro's applauded for Minnesota drama North Country, Roger Donaldson’s Fastest Indian revs theatres, Andrew Adamson’s Chronicles of Narnia fantastical, Toa Fraser’s No.2 for Sundance competition 06, Johanna Montgomery wins Eppendorf Prize, Jane Campion films environment edge for UN, Mark Burry continues Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Aaron Ottigon an emergent jazz piano legend, Pamela Stephenson on existential South Seas journey, All gold for New Zealand rowing’s Richard Tonks, Hayley Westenra, soars around the charts, Datsuns play tribute to BBC great John Peel, Film composer Mark Petrie has LA scoring success, Peter Gordon mixes fundamentals with exotics in The Times, Geoff Sewell tops charts with Amici Forever, Jonathon Lemalu performs Proms at Royal Albert Hall, Cloudy Bay effect continues. Each Atom of that Stone - Blog 9 from Denis O'Reilly Denis traverses the 125th anniversary of Tareha Te Moananui MP and the continuum of Maori cosmology, the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, the “P-Promise” in the Hawkes Bay, Chris Tremain’s maiden speech in Parliament, and a Massey University report into methamphetamine use in New Zealand. It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This - Kevin Roberts Kevin Roberts sums up the great year that was for New Zealand Rugby. What Goes on Tour - Kevin Roberts Checking out the lineup for the Northern hemipsphere tour party and observing the ripples caused by two stirring new Rugby books. Re-entry - Should I Stay or Should I Go? 14 new messages surrounding settling back in; hustle and bustle or wide open spaces; hoping the skies will be just as blue; putting on a comfortable old pair of shoes; bitter sweet homecoming; getting a lump in your throat; the perils of the New Zealand playground; the closeness of friendships formed away from home; the land of milk and honey; anxiety about returning from the big OE; packing up and re-learning the Kiwi experience; pining for home; am I doing the right thing? Edge Message #79: Work to Make**

	Milky Way Edge stars lighting up the sky with their stellar successes: The All Blacks, Rugby World Cup bid team, Keith Urban, Karl Urban, Johanna Montgomery, Ray Sefo, Jane Campion, David Given, Matt Heath and Chris Stapp, Dwayne Johnson, James Griffin, John Read, Niki Caro, Roger Donaldson, Max Gimblett, Phil Keoghan, Phil Gould, Rebecca Spence, Roger Thomas, Cam McLeay, Mark Greatbatch, Phoenix Cola, Cabco Group, Kim Sterelny, Michelle Law, Josh Emmet, Patutahi Estate, Esphion and Argent networks, Brendan and Jane Schollum, Michael Campbell, Mark Petrie, Jamorama, Peter Adsett, Dr Robert Webster, Peter Gordon, George Bellew, Hayley Westenra, Holmes Culley, Weta Workshop, Peter Jackson, Andrew Adamson, Meet Me in Miami, Little Fish, Fat Freddy's Drop, Professor James Watson, Air New Zealand, Alex Reedijk, Richard Tonks. We mark the passing of Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald and Dr Paul Smith, one of New Zealand's brightest scientific and business stars. Bill Hamilton - River King Bill Hamilton's jet-boat revolutionised river and shallow-water navigation. It situated Hamilton proudly in the lineage of New Zealand inventors who answered our need for speed. In a comprehensive new hero story, accompanied by a stunning collection of images Paul Ward examines the life and many achievements of this ingenious speedster. Bill Hamilton - the man who went from tinkering in the shed of his family farm to taking on the world. Road Trippin' - Blog 7 from Denis O'Reilly Denis welcomes his new mokopuna to the world, reflects on the bedrooms of the nation, looks up Muldoon and reminds us there’s no kiwi without iwi. A road trip down south for a special family occasion precipitates a journey through family memories and New Zealand’s history. Graduation day, Paddy O'Reilly's Store, Operation Hurricane, Darksiders, the communes and the co-op movement, Black Power and Baxter. The Darkside - Blog 8 from Denis O'Reilly With $750m going into building new prisons, a 15% projected increase in prison populations, an 85% recidivism rate and 61% of all offenders being Maori, Denis calls time to “whoa!”. There’s got to be a better way, he says, so in tandem with NYNZer John Wareham, Denis starts growing a cadre of change agents. He charts a debate with Wellington’s Darkside and TelecomNZ executives on the subject that “That Pakeha owe Maori a decent living” - and concludes with a Kevin Tamati story from the sidelines of Hawkes Bay rugby league. What We've Learned - Blog from Kevin Roberts With Europe firmly in our sights, what have we learned and what do we still need to learn to complete a fantastic 2005 for New Zealand rugby? Kevin Roberts marks the All Black card and suggests that No.8 is a problem position. Giving New Zealand the Edge The New Zealand Stock Exchange invited a number of New Zealanders with significant international business experience to contribute their ideas on what it takes for New Zealand to be relevant to, and compete within, global markets. Kevin Roberts discusses his plan for how the edge can take on the world and win. Edge Mail 55 messages about the emotional bonds to New Zealand when living overseas; the expat's right to vote, taking a stand against P, being world beaters and innovators, having your feet in two countries; and more. Received June-September 2005.

	Dancing in the USA New Zealand Magazine launches in the USA, Black Grace opens in New York, All Black’s bring home Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cups, Four golds for NZ Rowing team at World Champs, Toi Maori exhibition in San Francisco, Canterbury sportswear enters the US market, The modernist homes of architect David Hovey, Pink Floyd Experience causes South African frenzy, Fox buys Touchdown’s Reality TV programs. Magnificent beyond all description nzedge’s editor-at-large Paul Ward re-stokes the Edge Heroes selection with a 2,500 word essay on the life and triumphs of Jack Lovelock. The story carries the best collection of Lovelock-in-action pictures gathered anywhere on the web. 100+ Design Heroes New Zealand design heroes are a broad group of innovators who inspire the view that creativity, originality and performance are embedded in our culture. Here are just over 100 people who in their own ways have been world-changing. Cheers to Ian Axford, Clarence Beeby, Marie Clay, Geoffrey Cox, Bruce Farr, Bill Hamilton, Bill Gallagher, Vaughan Jones, David Low, Len Lye, Margaret Mahy, Rosalie Gascoigne, Fred Hollows, Ivan Mauger, Kiri, Bill Phillips, Ronald Syme, Titokowaru, Robert Webster, Yvette Williams and company. Pacifika Styles Maori and Pacific Island art and culture take centre stage at the University of Cambridge from April 2006 with the launch of the Pasifika Styles project. A major exhibition showcasing the work of young New Zealand artists will feature alongside one of the largest collections of Pacific artefacts in the United Kingdom. The project runs for over a year and involves artist-led workshops, talks, performances and a major festival of Pacific performing arts. Watching out for the Wily Welsh Kevin Roberts teams up with Moffo aka rugby CEO extraordinaire David Moffett in St Tropez to scheme the Grand Slam All Blacks vs Wales test in Cardiff on November 5. Links to Edgy Stuff We have added new sites to our Links page. Check out New Zealand Magazine, The New Zealand Institute, Leaf Salon, Public Address, NZ Wikipedia, Te Ara, The Big Idea and Spacific. Edge Message #78: Dancing in the USA

	Generation Edge August Achievers: Michael Campbell, Kylie Harris, Chris Liddell, Alan Dale, Julian Dashper, All Blacks, Julia Maxton, Ralph Norris, Glen Standring, Peter Jackson, Graham Revell, Kerry Black, Russell Crowe, Catherine Chidgey, Sam Neill, Ruud Kleinpaste, Wayne Gould, Martin Csokas, Ben Townley, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Kaitaia Primary, Finn Bros, John MacMillan, Flight of the Conchords, David Mellor, Martin Ball, Zane Lowe, Zoe Bell, Sam Chisholm, Paul Kennedy, Roger Donaldson, Sam Neill, Francis Howie, Andrew Adamson, Jeremy Cole, Thomas Gault, Jonathan Lemalu, Michael J Kelly, Michael Seresin, the NZ Sevens side, Anna Wilding, Welby Ing, Len Cook, Tim Blanks, Sean Marks, Samantha Warriner, Ryan Nelsen, Aron Ottigon, and many, many more. We lament the passing of David Lange, Sonja Davies and Bob Stuart. Adding Sisomo to the Edge New homepage beautifully designed by Maitland Waters, Paul Ward, Grant Robinson, flag courtesy of NZ Flag Trust and vibe from Fat Freddy’s Drop. The Things That Bind Us - Blog From Denis O'Reilly A korero, ‘Nga Kupu Aroha’, Words of Love about “our most difficult-to-deal-with citizens,” Globalisation, methamphetamine, community development, recent health, education and employment initiatives - Rugby League. Rugby Postcard - Blog From Kevin Roberts Remembering the joy of the second test against the Lions in Wellington (“Carter, Carter …Carter!!”); and dissecting the Lions tour. Winning In America - KR Speech To the Gateway to America conference in Auckland, Kevin Roberts gives 10 point edge perspective: #1 Be Small, be Big and be Fine; #2 Step off the Edge; #3 Cook on the Coasts; #4 Lead with Kiwis... Edge Message #77: Generation Edge

	Weather With You Kiwis flying over and under the radar as reported in international media including the Architectural Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Guardian and Observer, New York Times, Kerala Next, 125 Magazine, Xinhua, the Daily Californian, Passport, Oyster, Gulf News, Yen, the Independent, China Post, the New Hampster and more. This month’s list: ANZAC Day, Chris Liddell, Architecture Workshop, Andrew Patterson, Peter Jackson, John Hood, Max Gimblett, Russell Crowe, Princess Ann Claire, Sandra Costa, Christopher Luxon, Roger Burns and Mars, surf doctor Dave Jenkins, Denis Dutton, Peter Cooper, Rachel Hunter, Jason Chan’s Batch Espresso, Taika Waititi, Sabatini White, Louise Chunn, Andrew Thompson, Meer Zuiderwyk, World, Benny Castles, Lou Davies, Jenny Cook, Gregory Brooks, Sally Wilson and Tulia Wilson, Scribe, Eric Tindill, Airini Mason, Enu Chung, Joanna Bourke, Calvert Plastics, Brian Goggin, Toast Martinborough and the Wairarapa, Zambesi, Keith Urban, pie man Gareth Hughes, Anna Wilding, the Datsuns and Steriogram, C.K Stead, the NZ curling team, and many more besides. RIP Owen Wilkes and friends of NZ Paul Hester (Crowded House) and Robert Creeley, Black Mountain poet. New Zealand Edge Mailbox January-May 2005 110 messages about the emotional bonds to New Zealand when living overseas; coming home and finding optimism and energy; coming home and finding insularity and violence; the right to vote in New Zealand when living overseas; Brazil’s little place of Aotearoa; recognizing Nancy Wake; and more. Received January-May 2005. 10 Ideas To Help New Zealand Thrive Kevin Roberts at the Thrive Conference attended by 2500 people at the Aotea Centre Auckland in April 2005 Ideas to thrive include: Be emotional; Create Lovemarks; Make It Irresistible; Make the Consumer your Boss; Connect with our Edge; Make the World a Better Place; and Inspire The Future. The Space at the Edge Denis O’Reilly's blog #5. The Tui sings for contemplation, and Denis reviews the peaks and valleys of the past few months. The importance of attending Tangi, the passing of a Pontif, a visit from the P-Funk Allstars, Napier's Pilot City Trust and Policing in an election year. An indepth run down on the attendees, readings, gang engagement, and uplifting success of March's Heretaunga symposium “Self, Race, Drugs & Justice in New Zealand”. A reflective poem of farewell and new beginnings. Message To My Girl The OECD has just reported that a quarter of New Zealand's tertiary graduates live overseas. There are more New Zealanders living out there in the world than Australians living outside Australia. NZEDGE column in the NZ Herald about building the global community of New Zealanders. 10 Things Keeping Me Awake At Night Rugby from Kevin Roberts: three columns: anticipating the Lions; better participation, viability, programming and marketing; strengthening Asia, North America and the Pacific Islands; Olympic contention; and the IRB. Edge Message #76


	Taking it to the world: News of international achievements by New Zealanders as reported in the world’s media including The New York Times, CNN, BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, Los Angeles Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Seattle Times, National Geographic, MIT Technology Review, International Herald Tribune, The Observer and more: Mark Wigley, Christopher Shaw, Dave Jenkins, Neil Dawson, Black Grace, Otago University, RIP Duncan Forrest, Snow Lupton and John Ziman, Victoria University, Haast eagle, Ben Goodger, Rebecca Taylor, Christine Rogers, Tim Miles, Cervelt, Wendy Hutton, Tana Umaga, Ta Moko, Lloyd Morrison, Kevin Roberts, Napier Deco, Janet Frame, Civil Union Bill, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Niki Caro, Melanie Linskey, Andrew Niccol, Marton Csokas, Geoff Murphy, Ellory Elkayem, Anna Paquin, Daniel Gillies, Kerry Fox, Lee Tamahori, Lloyd Phillips, Tim Bevan, Gavin Scott, NZ luxury lodges, Mike Rann, Richard Hadlee, Natasha Beddingfield, Witi Ihimaera, Air NZ, Pinot’s Paradox, Godley Lake and more Self, Race, Drugs & Justice in New Zealand Blog #4 from Denis O’Reilly. Denis and John Wareham (NYNZer who coaches leadership in the world’s top corporations) team up with Black Power and the Mongrel Mob, the Eagles Foundation of America and the NZ Sensible Sentencing Trust for a transformational symposium “Self, Race, Drugs & Justice in New Zealand” at Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Hastings, 4-6 March 2005. Plus a tour to the frontline of methamphetamine, and to Waitangi 2005. Edge Message #75 – Taking it to the world


		New Zealand's Edge on the Global Stage: Headlines from the world’s online media. RIP Arthur Lydiard and Pat Hanly; Peter Bennett, Keith Urban, Trevor Richards, Nom D, Zambesi, Trelise Cooper, Anne Geddes, All Blacks, Annamarie Jagose, Natural Heritage NZ, Phil Keoghan, Taika Waititi, Larry Parr, Peter Bethune, In My Father’s Den, Peter Boggs, Sally Andrews, Pinot Noir, John Hood, Fitzy, Joan Wilton, Betchadupa, Turanga Mento, Russell Coutts, Cuisine, Finns, Auckland, Chris Carter, Ric Burch, The Chills, Unknown Soldier, Tracey Richardson, Tracey King, KR, Laurie Creamer, Brajkovich Chardonnay, Bevan Doherty, Roger Douglas, Scott Smith, Ricky Ellison,Victoria and Massey Uni’s, Brendan Cole and many more. Other Voices, Other Places 161 messages sent from you, Aotearoa whanau whanui ki te Aonui – the global community of New Zealanders – about where you are at, about what and who inspires you, about your cultural symbols, and about your heroes. New Zealand Edge speaks of a spirit of “radical optimism”- and yours can be found on this page. Received July-December 04. Embracing the Positive Installment #3 of Denis O’Reilly’s Nga Kupu Aroha: Words of Love. Working the real stuff... a supported housing community at Waiohiki - a place that might have a 'P-free whare' status... the Waiohiki Creative Arts Village... addressing suspicion and distrust... looking for keys to unlock a system set on assuming the worst... the Eagles Foundation of USA... the Mokai Whanau Ora project, Aotearoa... "working for things other than money"... working for a high traction entry into 2005... “The Pub was Heaving with Silver Ferns” Kevin Roberts’ journey from Rome to Cardiff, to Sao Paulo, Rio and Paris. “To a game that was heaven, one of the most brilliant All Black displays I have ever seen, a day the All Blacks left the field with no regrets. They delivered on every front. Edge and Center A dozen or so intial messages about the resonance of what one correspondent calls “geographic promiscuity.” The idea of New Zealand “annexing” New York as an economic and cultural loadstar might sound preposterous. Edge Message #74 - Global Winners



		New Zealanders in the Global News: Laments for the passing of Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Shadbolt and George Silk; medals for Paralympians, Paul Callaghan, Marina Erakovic, Andrew Adamson, Emily Ansell, In My Father’s Den, Jonathan Wyatt, Liggins Institute, Kevin Roberts, Dean Wareham, Precious McKenzie, Flight of the Conchords, Weta/Gen-I, Greg Murphy, Finn Brothers, Ian Fletcher, 42 Below, Michael Walker, Zoe Bell, Metra, Datsuns, Karen Walker, Alice Goulter, Clive Hitchens, George Barton, Karl Urban, Jill Rogoff, Lucie Silvas, Denis Dutton, Wairarapa, Mint Chicks, Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre, Aroha Pearless, Russell Crowe, Jonah, Kong, Jeffrey Masson, Queenstown, Sauvignon Blanc plus big features in Vogue, Outside and National Geographic. Nga Kupu Aroha #2 - The Sinners Tour Denis O’Reilly blog on the Phight against P: The legendary guitarist and rock icon Joe Walsh comes to New Zealand in October on the 'Sinners Tour', a project initiated by Mokai Whanau Ora, designed to raise awareness about methamphetamine use and to bring a message of hope, in that, with help, recovery is possible. Kevin Roberts’ Rugby Hemisphere The business mindset of Sir Clive Woodward - and the business of winning, step by step. Edge Message #73 - Edge Meets Center Including the announcement of a new edge-related website www.nynz.com, news from the New Zealand Institute and www.nzflag.com, and reference to a brilliant 90 page presentation of contemporary New Zealand in the Italian design magazine CASE da Abitare.


		Global newzmakers for August and September 2004: Our Olympic Medalists Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, Sarah Ulmer, Hamish Carter, Bevan Docherty, Ben Fouhy; Whale Rider; Black Grace at Jacobs Pillow; Trellis Cooper; John Psathas; choreographer Carol Brown and dancer Ross McCormack; Teddy Tahu Rhodes; Turanga Merito; board sailor David Robertson; Natasha Beddingfield; Flight of the Conchords; Neil Cross; Ann Salmond; moguls and managers Graeme Hart, David Teece, Sam Chisholm, Matthew Slater and John Bedbrook; PJ and King Kong; RIP Sir Trevor Skeet and L Baldwin; Jeffrey Masson; Sir Nicholas Garland; Maurice Gee; Alan Gibbs; Jack Yan; John O’Loghlen; Finn Brothers; Finn Andrews; Tana Umaga; Gary Lewis; Greg Henderson; Sam Neill; Karl Urban; NZ Tourism, NZ bubbles and Sauvignon. Read and be inspired. Nga Kupu Aroha: Words of Love This is a love story from Aotearoa, the world's geographical edge; and from our country's social edge - from within the two major Maori street gangs, the Black Power and the Mongrel Mob. The context of the narrative is a quest to reduce the community demand for crystal methamphetamine, 'Kiwi-crack' or 'P', by enrolling the leadership of both gangs in a movement towards a better future for their people. NZEDGE has invited Denis O’Reilly, social activist, coach, businessman, to tell his story of kia whakarite - the desire to put things right.The first in a series of columns by Denis. Edge Message #72


		Global newzmakers of June and July 2004: Robert Burchfield, Rahera Windsor, Mike Walker, Auckland U, Black Caps, Andrew Adamson, In My Father’s Den, Michael Seresin, Michael King, John Chen, Geoff Sewell, Greg Nevill-Manning, Hayley Westenra, Peter Jackson, Liz Calder, Leticia Forbes, Murray Barrett, Malcolm Grant, Brian Turner, Amanda Ellis, Jeremy Nelson, The Kiwi Grille, Peter Molan, Doug Young, Steriogram, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, John Clarke, Royal NZ Ballet, Phil Keoghan, Will Marks, 42-Below, Craig Spearman, Keri Hulme, Fay Weldon, Barbara Anderson, Tony Wilson, Bruce Reihana, Tama Waipara, Roger Donaldson, Steve Williams, Russell Crowe, Jonah Lomu, Black Grace, John Psathas, Brendon Cole, Kiri, Bob McLaren, John Wright, Jud Arthur, Rawiri Paretene, Frank Worsley, Queenstown, Concord Dawn, Spy Valley, Kim Crawford, Leslie Kenton. Edge Message #71



		Farewells and Fanfares News of New Zealanders from the world’s online press, including obituaries for William Pickering, Michael King, Martin Emond, Susan Okin, Malcolm Kemp, Norvel Morris and Jack Foster; Gibbs Humdinga a go-everywhere-pretty-fast blast; Captain Tana; new world sports champions; New Zealand the “new utopia” for Californians; and 100 more stories from the edge in the globe. Mailbox 130-plus messages from Innisville to Ipswich, from Mt Hagen to Mt Tamborine, from Spokane to Surfers, from Oamaru to Ohope. About the edge you are from, about coming home and being away, about heroes found and lost, about our flag. New speeches To MA students in international tourism at the University of Limerick on emotional marketing of nation states; and a Kevin Roberts acceptance speech following being named a Citizen for NYC. Rugby Hemisphere Three columns from Kevin Roberts on rugby the Japanese way, and on learnings from the Six Nations. New nzedge brand ad “Every world needs an edge”, download from the site. Edge Message #70


		Newzedge: Aotearoveans in Global Profile Janet Frame RIP, Peter Jackson and team in Return of the King (everywhere), Keisha-Castle Hughes in for Oscar plus other Kiwi helmers, scripters and thesp's, Hayley Westenra heads classical charts, wins for Black teams (7s, Sox, Caps), Michael Cullen and Howard Frederick on competitive, entrepreneurial NZ, Judith Mayhew Jonas on alpha females, the Venerable Pong Re Sung Rap Tulku Rinpoche (10) aka "Kiwi Buddha" on his return to his native NZ, plus copious stories from blue-chip media about NZ wine, cuisine and Rings-inspired tourism. http://www.nzedge.com/media/index.html To The Is-Land nzedge tribute to Janet Frame by editor-at-large Paul Ward (4000 words): "Mixing and revolving words with the skill of a warrior handling a Taiaha, novelist Janet Frame made an pre-eminent edge contribution to international literature, coming as she did from the peripheries of art and society. Yet her fictional explorations have always been forays into the interior. For Frame her art and imagining was the closest she could come to conjuring experience, madness, dreams, identity and memory, into a coiled reality. http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/frame.html Edge Message #69: Edge of the Alphabet



		Newzedge Return of the King world premiere held in Wellington to international applause, PJ lauded, Rob Mountain UN envoy to Iraq, Crowe is Master and Commander, LA Times goes west to the edge, Alan Gibbs' Aquada in Time coolest inventions of 03, Straits Times gets No. 8 wired, Evers-Swindells row over, Akld Uni talking turkey language breakthrough, Lomu honoured, McCahon is edge modernist, Peter Gordon goes public in NYC, and more ... Mailbox 100 messages. Global edge connections, aroha, praise, affirmations, doubts, homesickness as the pohutukawas bloom, and thoughts punted up and down under.
		NZ Cultural Identity in Cyberspace Anna Tripp, Jocelyn Williams and Glenda Jacobs from UNITEC Institute of Technology have written a paper on national identity, place and community in relation to nzedge.com. Click here for the conclusions: "NZEDGE provides a reference point for New Zealanders to connect to their history, to each other, and to their future." Edge Message #68: Edge of Modernism


		Newzedge Colin McCahon in ArtForum, Hayley Westenra's Pure fastest UK classical album ever, Scott Dixon wins Indy, Emmy win for Phil Keoghan and Julian Grimmond, David Lange recieves "alternative Nobel", NZ Fashion Week "small but perfectly formed", Rugby League Kiwis tie down Kanaroos, Moa DNA research in Nature, directors Campion, Jeffs, Preston hit screens ... and more. Edge Message #67: Whoosh Bang


		Newzedge Z-mentions in world media this month led by a magnificent Time mag cover feature, an Aotearoa special exploring our edge in a 50 page rave. Compelling affirmation: "Cool Kiwis: why it's suddenly hot on the edge of the world". Also: Evers-Swindell sisters world champ rowing victory, Aquada launch (see below), nano-Nobel MacDiarmid honoured, Kiwis take edge to Edinburgh Fringe, ABs win Bledisloe and Tri-Nations, and more.
		Aquada The Aquada continues the edge tradition of engineering and design solutions geared to speed. Developed by entrepreneur Alan Gibbs from inventor Terry Roycroft's original idea, the revolutionary sports vehicle with the amphibian edge can reach up to 100mph on land, and on the water retracts its wheels and uses a jet to plane along the surface at speeds of over 30mph.
		Rugby postcard The All Blacks tradition, based on pride and innovation, forms one of the most impressive records in international sport. We republish NZEdge co-founder Kevin Robert's monthly rugby postcard for NZ Rugby World magazine following the efforts of the 2003 edition to create the legacy in the modern era. Edge Message #66: Getting it Wide


		Newzedge This month's international media confirmation: netball's Silver Ferns win the World Champs and the ABs go Wallaby hunting in Sydney; Whale Rider opens in the UK to swelling praise; Norma McCulloch named British Female Inventor of the Year; Andrew (Shrek) Adamson to bring Narnia to Aotearoa; NZ wines two good in San Fran; and more: from sheep power to flying nuns in media from New Scientist to Art Froum...
		Mailbox This month over 150 correspondents (from Auckland to Apia, Anyang to Atlanta) roused by the edge. A taster from Operations Director, Melbourne, Australia: "I love the freshness of thought and the sense of excitement that vibrates from the site. In uncovering the history of great achievements it calls to all of us, overseas or not, to do more to realise NZ's opportunity today." Forum update 14 recent contributions to Coming Home forum. Film directors, rugby players, pilots, teachers and copywriters facing the return: the promise of C21st Aotearoa; doubts of exile; nostalgia for childhood; yearning for the edge; desire to raise children in NZ; anxiety about whether 'home' is still the same place; and grace after re-entry. Edge Message #65: This Sporting Life


		Newzedge This month's newsworthy edge prods, provocations, characters, achievements and life featured in global media: World of respect accorded to Sir Ed on Everest 50th; John Hood to be Vice Chancellor at Oxford University; Karen Walker chosen with Galliano, Miyake, McQueen in Bellevue Art Museum fashion exhibition; Blues win rugby Super 12; "wickedly absorbing" (NYT) Whale Rider hits US; Third Culture science, Black Grace, kiwifruit SARS antidote and more ...
		Designing Cultural Identity NZEdge co-founder Brian Sweeney was invited to speak on "the design of cultural identity" at a Victoria University School of Architecture/Dowse Art Museum symposium on design. Click above for the speech. The reference point: an Australian government study concerned about neglected diaspora advantage. Aust has one million expats (5% of population). NZ has a similar number with a population 5X as small - do the spiritual and economic math!
		Mailbox 130-plus messages received about the experiences of NZers here and living overseas; emotionally connective correspondence about coming home, leaving home, staying away, being homesick, being frustrated about being here! A full gamut of affirmations, disclosures, celebrations, commitments and ideas. Edge Message #64: Matariki


		Transmit Transmit is a dynamic digital project, mixing rich images, interactive toys and conscious urban Pacific sounds and rhymes to encourage users to actively play with, challenge, contribute to, and extend the notion of Aotearoa New Zealand's South Pacific identity. Produced by Sarah Hunter in collaboration with new media wizards Oktobor Interactive, and DJ MU, and bought to you in association with NZEdge. Edge Message #63: Transmit - It's Cool to Korero
		Newzedge Anniversaries of Everest, first flight and Double Helix continue to boost global zeal stocks. Helen Clark firm on pacific principles in Europe, Lloyd Jones Book of Fame and fortune, rally ace Possum Bourne mourned, Datsuns rock on, NZ wine region of the year, Lye, Apple, Tuffery, O'Neil in art attack, PJ to helm King Kong, Anzacs remembered ... plus lit, sci-tech, sport, landscape, cuisine feature in media from Foreign Policy to Variety to Moscow Times ... Edge Message #62: Good as Gold


		Newzedge Amongst the z-spots in world media: 50th Anniversary of DNA celebrations pays tribute to NZ's Nobel winning "third man of DNA" Maurice Wilkins; America's Cup leaves Auckland as Team NZ defeated 5-0 by Alinghi, but the Swiss skipper, Kiwi Russell Coutts establishes himself amongst the greats; Sir Ed celebrates 50th anniversary of Everest ascent; war protests begin in Aotearoa; and more ...
		Rewi Alley Postscript In November of 2002 a book on Rewi Alley, Friend of China - The Myth of Rewi Alley, by Anne-Marie Brady (Routledge Curzon, $102.95) was published to a series of reviews responding to Brady's revision of Alley's character and the mythology surrounding his life. In a postscript to the New Zealand Edge's hero bio of Alley we have published a selection of the reviews. Click here.
		Forum updates Recent missives contributing to NZEDGE's forums. Page three of Re-entry features angst and expectation from abroad, and affirmation from those reaping the Aotearoa soil on return. Page Two of responses to Turi Park's letter on NZ visual language offers perspectives on the state of the brand nation, issues challenges to the image-makers, crits the colours and sports new alternatives Edge Message #61: World on Edge


		New Speeches Two speeches by Kevin Roberts to high profile New Zealand events, the Knowledge Wave conference (Edge of Knowledge), and the Investment New Zealand "Regatta" (Global Edge). Both speeches invoke the edge metaphor for New Zealand. The Investment NZ speech ebulliently presents the nation's record of rampant innovation and the innate creativity of the people; the Knowledge Wave speech presents six tough ideas to make the New Zealand Edge a global competitive reality. Edge Message #60: Edge of Knowledge


		Global News-makers 2002 Nzedge.com and The Sunday Star Times present the Top-60 International New Zealand newsmakers for 2002, "Centre Stage: The Kiwis making a mark on the world." From the well-known: Peter Jackson and LotR team, to the surprising: the edge behind the Apple iMac, Shrek, Parkinson's cure hopes and MTV. Reproduced on-site here.
		Newzedge NZ is Lonely Planet Hot destination of 2003; cutting edge creative styles: i-D and Vogue dedicate spreads to NZ place and culture; Whale Rider wins World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance, Stacey Jones and Barbara Kendall world's best ... and more
		Mailbox 90 missives and engagements with the edge, from Auckland to Abu Dhabi, Akaroa to Agawa-gun, Atlanta to Amstelveen. Considered nationalism, spirits lifted, landfall remembered, additions to our heroes list suggested and further contributions added to the Coming Home and NZ Visual Language forums. Edge Message #59: Global Warming 2003


		Imagery 'Imagery' is a series of picture galleries beginning to tell the visual stories of the New Zealand Edge a project that we have been maturing and sharpening over 2002. The result: 15 galleries articulating in 300 photographs, icons, text and images, different aspects of the nzedge metaphor, evocative and provocative in equal measure. Newzedge Peter "the Kiwi George Lucas" Jackson again claims the headlines with a Time cover feature. Other NZers with zeal range from Dalvanius to City of London CEO Judith Mayhew, Karen Walker, Brian Henderson and LA body painter Joanne Gair.


		Newzedge Isolated NZ is hot high-end boutique destination on back of LotR and America's Cup and, "if it's made in Auckland it looks like the future." Whale Rider wins People's Choice at Toronto Film Fest, Sir Garfield Todd dies, Evers Swindell twins are rowing world champions and Matthew During on verge of Parkinson's breakthrough.


		Heroes New Zealand has long been mythologised as a country that 'rode to fortune on the sheep's back'. The $4 billion+ export food industry of today might never have happened were it not for the innovation and wisdom shown by a group of legendary settlers of the 1880's led by Chilly Bin export pioneers William Davidson and Thomas Brydone. Story written by Lesley Whittaker.
		Hot Second batch of responses to the re-entry/coming home debate. Defences of the islands and advances for staying global. Plus recent responses to Turi Park's open letter on New Zealand visual culture, including: "The public image for Kiwis in the UK is desperately straight, unsexy, unmysterious … and that just isn't true. Sort it out all you bright people! " Engage.
		Newzedge The Tall Black's hoop dreams soar in Indianapolis, Neal Travis and Alan Brunton remembered, major Colin McCahon exhibition in Stedelijk, All Blacks win Tri-Nations and Commonwealth Games re-capped.
		Mailbox "Could we create New Zealand as the silver lining to the cloud of the world?" (Yes). This and other brilliant provocation and affirmation in the 100 or so letters from New Zealanders all around the world, including the story of unsung WWII hero Pte Bruce Morrison.




		Newzedge Arts and Letters wins Webby, Formway's Life chair wins design gold at Neocon, Aotearoa rainbow nation celebrated in Independent, Black Caps historic win in Windies.

Heroes
Aesthetic Reconstructor Sir Harold Gillies is acclaimed as the father of modern plastic surgery. Craig Williams presents the extraordinary story of surgeon Gillies. Warning: like an early Peter Jackson film, some of the pictures are not for the squeamish!

Hot
Stories and edge debate:

>	'Made in New Zealand': A personal and fascinating account of the Peter Jackson story (thus far) by filmmaker Costa Botes. Costa’s account of Jackson's journey is a steadfastly idiosyncratic case study of innovation, focus and energy from the edge.
>	Kelly Carmichael presents the story of 'Chinatown Dealer' Giovanni Intra: an artist, critic and gallerist who has gone east to stir up the LA art world. His gallery China Art Objects was recently selected by iD magazine as one of international art's "outstanding galleries".
>	Provocative responses have flowed into the two edge forums: 'Re-entry: Coming Home', and Turi Park's letter: 'BrandNZ or a NZ Visual Language?' For NZ identity stimulus, check them out.

Newzedge
Crusaders sweep all before them in Super-12, David Low exhibition in London, Ed Hillary in Vanity Fair, Rain film critical acclaim, NZ Nat Geo cover country, and Ray Webster heads Easy Jet ...

Hot spots
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