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1:42pm - 29 November 2023

Chef Vaughan Mabee Globally-Recognised

In a ground-breaking moment for New Zealand’s culinary scene, Amisfield’s executive chef and MasterChef NZ judge Vaughan Mabee, has secured the 44th position in the prestigious Top 100 Best Chef Awards. The Top 100 Best Chef Awards serve as a celebration of culinary mastery on an international scale, showcasing…

1:42pm - 29 November 2023

Mysterious Ways Set for N American Release

Specialty distributor Ariztical Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to New Zealand-set wholesome gay love story Mysterious Ways, with a multi-platform digital release in 2024, Patrick Frater reports for Variety. Written…

12:17pm - 21 November 2023

London City Airport’s Robert Sinclair Has New Role

London City Airport boss New Zealander Robert Sinclair is to swap planes for trains, having been named as the new CEO of the HS1 rail line between St. Pancras and the…

12:18pm - 20 November 2023

Runner Garth Barfoot the Oldest in NY Marathon

Eighty-seven-year-old Aucklander Garth Barfoot was the oldest participant at this year’s New York City Marathon. Barfoot, who has run dozens of marathons, including last year’s London Marathon, said this was his first…

9:18am - 20 November 2023

TIME Titan Title for ExxonMobil’s Dan Ammann

Former General Motors executive New Zealander Dan Ammann, now president of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, has been included on the TIME magazine list, 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business…

12:17pm - 18 November 2023

Kaylee Bell Wins Country Music Award in Nashville

Waimate musician Kaylee Bell, has become the first New Zealander since Keith Urban to win at America’s prestigious CMA Awards, 1 News reports. Her song Keith – a tribute to Whangārei-born Urban –…

12:17pm - 17 November 2023

Stellar Creator Mark Toia an Advertising Legend

New Zealand-born visionary filmmaker and director Mark Toia has died, at the age of 51, in Brisbane, the Daily Mail reports. Toia’s career took him from filming eye-catching ads for Jeep and…

12:17pm - 16 November 2023

Emilia Wickstead Designing Air NZ’s New Uniforms

Airline uniforms are not just instantly recognisable – they’re a statement, Connor Sturges writes for Condé Nast Traveller. New Zealand’s national carrier is following in the fashionable footsteps of British Airways…

12:17pm - 15 November 2023

Tenth DJ Champ Title for Kalib Strickland

New Zealand DJ Kalib Strickland, 19, who goes by the name DJ K-Swizz, is on a massive high after winning his tenth world DJ championship title, going back-to-back at the Olympics…

6:58pm - 13 November 2023

New Yorker Editors Rate Catherine Chidgey’s Pet

New Yorker editors and critics choose their “most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads” every Wednesday and on a recent week noticed New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey’s…

4:08am - 12 November 2023

Coronet Peak Star Natalie Urbani Skis a Title

Queenstown’s Natalie Urbani wrapped up the 2023 season with a “whopping 109 days on the mountains, 1,282,575 vertical metres and a total of 3574 runs”, essentially skiing down Mt Everest approximately…

4:08am - 10 November 2023

Setting the Scene in Our Flag Means Death

After starting the season with its lovable cast split in two, Our Flag Means Death concluded its second season with the entire crew of the Revenge sailing off together into the…

4:08am - 9 November 2023

Beatles Fan Peter Jackson Directs Music Video

Following his acclaimed documentary Get Back, New Zealand director Peter Jackson is continuing his relationship with the Beatles by directing his first ever music video for the band’s final song, Now…

4:07am - 7 November 2023

Americans Look to New Zealand for Second Homes

When Jim Rohrstaff moved to New Zealand in 2014 to help Ric Kayne manage and start his private golf club, Tara Iti, he didn’t know what the future held, Michael Croley…

3:09am - 7 November 2023

Amazing Race’s Phil Keoghan Not Slowing Down

Phil Keoghan, host of The Amazing Race, is a citizen of the world. This New Zealander may call California home at the moment. His stack of passports and ability to land…

12:29pm - 4 November 2023

Glasgow’s Tom Jordan Looks Ahead to Scottish Side

After a breakthrough season with Glasgow Warriors, New Zealander Tom Jordan, 25, now has his sights set on international honours for his adopted country, Graham Bean writes for The Scotsman. The Auckland-born…

12:28pm - 4 November 2023

LA-Based Artist Emma McIntyre Paints Magic

“With vivid hues and dynamic mark-making, conjures up pieces that might change before our very eyes,” Berlin-based writer Olivia Parkes reports for the Art Basel website. “…

12:28pm - 4 November 2023

M3GAN’s Universal Dance Thrills at Halloween

Universal and Blumhouse’s M3GAN, directed by New Zealander Gerard Johnstone, quickly became a cult classic as the killer AI doll twirled and kicked her way into our hearts after the film’s…

6:23am - 31 October 2023

Why Australia Trails Us on Indigenous Journey

An exhibition of Australia’s First Peoples art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki has stirred discussion of the two nations’ different Indigenous histories, Frances Mao reports for the BBC. Like Australia,…

5:46pm - 30 October 2023

Climate Change Already Hurting Māori Communities

Eight months have passed since the powerful Cyclone Gabrielle struck northern New Zealand, killing 11 people and displacing more than 10,000. The storm’s path across the Hawke’s Bay region was indiscriminate:…

5:45pm - 30 October 2023

New Zealand Concede Cup in Epic Contest

“It was always going to be thunderous. These two fiercely proud nations have been playing rugby union against each other for 102 years but some games are bigger than others. You…

6:23am - 30 October 2023

Producer 33 Below Shares New Club Cut

New Zealand-born producer Jack Laven, aka 33 Below, has shared his new single, “Hold Tight”, a hypnotising dancefloor number that’s likely to stay with you for some time, according to James…

6:23am - 26 October 2023

Will Young Carves Place in New Zealand Team

“Will Young was playing senior team cricket at 19 but it is only at 30 that he’s carved his place in the national team. In all that time, he’s never given…

6:23am - 25 October 2023

Why the Left Stumbled in New Zealand

“It was a coincidence that the New Zealand election fell on the same night as Australia’s ‘Voice’ referendum to recognise its indigenous population. But it is no accident that New Zealand’s…

6:23am - 24 October 2023

Understanding the Many Meanings of the Fantail

The pīwakawaka is sometimes considered an omen of death, but in Māori tradition, that’s just one part of its story, Roxanne Hoorn writes for travel site, Atlas Obscura. The bird is a…

5:38pm - 23 October 2023

Tilt at a Record Fourth World Cup Crown

“To think New Zealand had entered this tournament with questions about their ability to assert themselves up front; this was a frightening display of forward strength, leaving Argentina’s Rugby World Cup…

5:38pm - 23 October 2023

Mitchell Santner Exemplifies Black Caps’ Class

“Whatever side they put on the park, the Black Caps are ruthlessly professional. Their batters are disciplined yet brutal, their bowlers feisty yet frighteningly accurate,” Welsh cricketer Ffion Wynne writes for…

6:35am - 22 October 2023

Cal Wilson a Comic Powerhouse

Cal Wilson, the New Zealand stand-up comedian, writer and actor who became a mainstay on Australian television over a 20-year career, has died at the age of 53, Michael Sun reports…

6:35am - 22 October 2023

Thermal Explorer Highway a Wonderland

“With caves lit up with glow worms, mud pools bubbling, and geysers erupting up from the ground, New Zealand’s North Island is a wonderland of stunning natural phenomena. While temperatures are…

3:24am - 18 October 2023

Endangered, flightless bird returns to NZ mainland

The iconic and famously cheeky Kākāpō, a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand, is returning to the nation’s largest main island thanks to conservation efforts by conservation groups, indigenous tribes, and…

2:35pm - 17 October 2023

New Zealand Swings to the Centre Right in Post-Ardern Era

New Zealand’s Labour party has suffered a humbling defeat after early election results suggested a halving of its parliamentary seats compared with Jacinda Ardern’s triumph in 2020, Nic Fildes writes from…

2:34pm - 17 October 2023

New Zealand Hold off Ireland in Titanic Battle

“The agony goes on. Ireland must wonder what they have to do to break this quarter-final curse, how long to spend as No 1 in the world, how many grand slams…

7:06am - 17 October 2023

Zoo Chief Karen Fifield Takes on Global Role

Wellington Zoo chief executive, Karen Fifield MNZM, has been confirmed as the president for the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza) Council, making her the first New Zealander in history…

7:08am - 16 October 2023

Testing Low-Carbon Aircraft in Christchurch

Christchurch Airport is positioning itself as a prime candidate for testing and establishing a base for hydrogen aircraft, with New Zealand leading the potential to test Airbus’s low-carbon vision for hydrogen-powered…

4:06pm - 13 October 2023

Mourning the Passing Of Lumberjack Icon Jason Wynyard

The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series mourns the untimely passing of Jason Wynyard, nine-time Individual World Champion and Series “titan. Jason was much more than a world champion, he was a true legend,…

6:07am - 13 October 2023

Ron Te Kawa Embroiders and Connects

Textile artist and former fashion designer Maungarongo Te Kawa (known to many as Ron) interprets his name as ‘one who brings peace and tranquillity to the land’. Te Kawa’s chosen artform…

6:07am - 12 October 2023

Collaboration Saves the Kākāpō from Extinction

“Kākāpō once lived throughout Aotearoa. Found nowhere else in the world, they have become a national icon, with their muppet-like faces and frequent silliness,” Pete McKenzie writes for National Geographic. But…

7:08am - 11 October 2023

Artist Angela Tiatia Keeps ACMI Visitors Guessing

The opening sequence of New Zealand-born artist Angela Tiatia’s The Dark Current, a 17-minute digital video now screening at the ACMI in Melbourne, is as mesmerising as it is suspenseful, Lenny…

7:06am - 10 October 2023

Formula One Trailblazer Liam Lawson Impresses

The emergence of Pukekohe-raised Liam Lawson has been one of the most surprising, feel good stories of Formula One in 2023, Luke Smith writes for The Athletic. Drafted in for the Dutch…

4:27pm - 9 October 2023

Georgia Nott Reborn as Georgia Gets By

With four studio albums under their belt, the Nelson brother-sister act BROODS remains a beacon not just of radiant sound, but of soul-stirring emotion – and with the release of Georgia…

4:26pm - 9 October 2023

Flying Under the Radar the Black Caps Cup-Set

Despite reaching the finals at the last two 50-overs World Cups, some fans and critics still view New Zealand as the underdogs. For stand-in captain Tom Latham, 31, that is not…

4:26pm - 9 October 2023

Model Georgia Fowler in the Shapeshifting Business

One of the most versatile models of her generation, what is the key to the New Zealand-born model Georgia Fowler’s enduring success? Tessa Ogle asks in a digital cover story published…

7:06am - 9 October 2023

Call Time on Titanic Says Explorer Rob McCallum

Founder of EYOS Expeditions New Zealander Rob McCallum will never forget the first time he saw the Titanic through the porthole window of a submersible. Emotions welled as he contemplated a…

7:06am - 8 October 2023

Six Katherine Mansfield Stories You Need to Read

“The only contemporary writer Virginia Woolf admitted to being jealous of,” New Zealand-born Katherine Mansfield “is one of the greatest short story writers of all time,” Catherine Dent writes for Canada-based…

7:06am - 7 October 2023

Chef Vaughan Mabee is a Mad Genius

“ asks helicopter pilots to drop him off in the middle of nowhere so he can forage, hunt and cook. He researches the molecular structure of animal proteins. He shoots…

7:06am - 6 October 2023

Margot Henderson on Feeding the Art World

Margot Henderson sits down with Ocula Advisory to speak about the food she grew up with in Wellington, her days feeding the YBAs, and her friendship with London gallerist Sadie Coles. “All…

7:06am - 5 October 2023

Adventurous Sailing Couple Stops in Wisconsin

A little piece of New Zealand passed through Kenosha recently with globetrotting couple Gavin and Lica Morris docking their 46-foot-long catamaran, the Sol Maria, in Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin, Joe States reports…

10:38pm - 4 October 2023

Australia Will Decide The New Zealand Election

New overseas voting drive invites New Zealanders living in Australia to decide the outcome of the 2023 election. New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the…

7:06am - 4 October 2023

Sam Hamilton Exhibits at Portland’s Converge 45

“The strongest curatorial statement of Converge 45 is at Oregon Contemporary, where a five-channel video by Portland-based, Aotearoa New Zealand-born Sam Hamilton (Sam Tam Ham) rejects the hegemonic world…

7:06am - 3 October 2023

Coping with Train Misery by James Nokise

There are many ways to cope with a rail journey from hell, Helen Pidd writes for The Guardian. When the New Zealand-born comedian James Nokise found himself on an 11-hour odyssey…

3:42pm - 2 October 2023

Cogito’s Josh Feast Discusses Behaviour and AI

New Zealander Josh Feast is the CEO and co-founder of Cogito, an enterprise that combines Emotion and Conversation AI into an innovative platform that provides real-time coaching and guidance to contact…

3:41pm - 2 October 2023

Aaron Smith Hat-Trick Inspires Italy Demo Job

“There had been pre-match speculation that Italy might prove more than just a speed bump to All Black ambitions. So much for that cosy theory,” The Guardian’s Robert Kitson reports from…

7:06am - 1 October 2023

Ecologist Elizabeth Bell Kills to Be Kind

Elizabeth “Biz” Bell is one of the primary architects of a series of ambitious conservation projects from the Caribbean to the Channel Islands. Honed in New Zealand and now exported to…

1:35pm - 30 September 2023

Rakiura Cooking Its Way Through Tourism Boom

Tokyo may be famed for its density of eateries, at 994 restaurants per 100,000 people – but it has nothing on a small island at the foot of New Zealand’s South…

1:35pm - 30 September 2023

Three Perfect Days in Queenstown

“Queenstown, New Zealand, wouldn’t be Queenstown if it weren’t far away from everything – more than three hours’ flight from the closest foreign city of Sydney, a long transpacific slog from…

1:34pm - 30 September 2023

Pristine Places Models for New Zealand’s Future

“ Peters was sailing with Heritage Expeditions as part of a line-up of conservationists on board to explain and interpret New Zealand’s singular ecosystem for guests,” Jamie Lafferty…