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1. Edmund Hillary – King of the World |
| (4,097 words) He explored places where no human being had gone before, conquered Everest and captured a world’s imagination. Yet where others would have been content to admire the view, look down and bask in the sheer individuality of achievement, for Sir Edmund Hillary it was only the beginning of a lifetime of service to others. READ MORE… | |
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2. Latest Newzedge |
| (281 items) Every week across the planet, thousands of New Zealanders are upsetting assumptions, rocking equilibriums and putting the edge back into the globe. Newzedge highlights the global community of New Zealanders causing a stir. READ MORE... | |
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3. Film and TV Index |
| (645 items) Having directed, written, produced and hosted some of the biggest films in Hollywood history, New Zealanders in the film and television industry are certainly a force to be reckoned with. Find your favourite screen moments, big and small, in the film and TV media index. READ MORE... | |
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4. Style Index |
| (460 items) Edge style has been gracing magazine covers, cutting up international catwalks and producing medal winning wines. When it comes to fashion, taste, design and wine New Zealanders are internationally acclaimed for their sense of style. Celebrate our style successes in the style media index. READ MORE... | |
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5. Ernest Rutherford – Atom Man |
| (3932 words) The creator of modern atomic physics and forerunner of the nuclear age, one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1908. The man who "tunnelled into the very material of God": inventor, experimenter and Nelson farm boy. READ MORE... | |
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6. Music Index |
| (257 items) Freddy, Hayley, Hollie, Kiri, Tim, Neil, Bic, Boh, Keith, Scribe, Fran, Daniel, John, Zane, Tama, Brent, Tali, Lyell, Dolf, Che, Teddy, Jon, Lynda, Jools, Nathan, Mark, Martin, Kylie, Dean Jonathan, P, Gillian, Jeremy, Phil, Paul and dozens more...a distinct New Zealand groove is permeating world music. nzedge music media index charts the international coverage. READ MORE... | |
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7. Katherine Mansfield – Literary Transformer |
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Mansfield revolutionised the 20th Century English short story. Her
best work shakes itself free of plots and endings and gives the
story, for the first time, the expansiveness of the interior life,
the poetry of feeling, the blurred edges of personality. Famously,
Mansfield remarked "Risk, risk anything! Do the hardest thing
on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." READ MORE… |
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8. Nancy Wake - The White
Mouse (2,599 words) Nancy Wake was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of WWII, and the Gestapo's most-wanted person. They code-named her 'The White Mouse'. She led an army of 7,000 Maquis troops in guerrilla warfare to sabotage the Nazis. Nancy Wake was born in Wellington in 1912. READ MORE... |
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9. Maurice Wilkins - DNA Enabler |
| (2,072 words) Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine in 1962. Research undertaken by New Zealander Maurice Wilkins helped lead to the discovery in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick of the DNA molecule structure - the very essence of life itself. The discovery revolutionised biology and medicine. READ MORE... | |
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10. Landscape Images Gallery |
| (40 images) From the lofty heights of Mount Aoraki to the verve and hum of our urbanity, New Zealand's landscapes are at once distinct and startling. Cruise through the majestic and edgy landscapes of Aotearoa captured in landscape image gallery. SEE MORE… |
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