News
31 May 2006
Nike turned to Maori Moko for inspiration in their latest major ad campaign, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Air Jordan basketball shoes. Created by Wieden + Kennedy (NYC) art director Robert Rasmussen, the striking ads show Michael…
General | Reuters
28 May 2006
NZ mountaineer Mark Inglis has made history by being the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mt Everest. Inglis lost both legs to frostbite in 1982 while trapped in blizzard…
Ads
26 May 2006
A classic television ad from L&P on the value of stubbies.
Writers | Globe and Mail (The)
26 May 2006
Historian Gavin Menzies recently visited NZ to promote his controversial bestseller 1421. One of the most contentious theories in the book is that NZ was mapped and settled by Chinese 3o0 years before…
Motorsports | Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Freedom 100 event
26 May 2006
NZ’s up-and-coming Indy racing star, WadeCunningham, pulled out a thrilling win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Freedom 100 event. The 21-year-old led all 40 laps, setting an average speed record of 295.48km/h
Music
25 May 2006
New Zealand Reggae band Katchafire perform their track, Seriously.
Motorsports | Motorsport.com | Stuff.co.nz
25 May 2006
Kiwi legend Burt Munro is one of nine new members selected for induction into Ohio’sMotorcycle Hall of Fame this year. The Invercargill native set a land-speed record on his customised 1920 Indian Scout at…
Nga Kupu Aroha – Words of Love | Denis O'Reilly
24 May 2006
I left you last as I was on my way to the inaugural Parihaka International Peace Festival. There is something uplifting about the name Parihaka itself. For me it triggers memories of the early…
Nature | Garden Magazine
24 May 2006
The 100% NZ Garden won a silver medal at the gardening world’s most prestigious annual event – the Chelsea Garden Show. The garden was inspired by the West Coast of Auckland, and features a black sand beach…
Media | Bulletin (The)
23 May 2006
Australian news magazine, The Bulletin, featured a lengthy interview with John Clarke in its May 23 edition. The NZ-born wry humourist, who has lived across the Tasman for the last 30 years, is described…
Business | Reveries.com
23 May 2006
The Zespri phenomenon has been featured in online marketing magazine Reveries. NZ lost its domination of international kiwifruit sales as far back as 1989, when countries such as Italy, Spain, Chile, South Africa and France starting producing…
General | Channel News Asia
23 May 2006
Retired Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson, NZ’s former Chief of Defence Force, has been awarded Singapore’s highest military honour. The Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang Tentera, or Distinguished Service Order, Military, was awarded to Air…
Wine | Charlotte Observer (The)
23 May 2006
Charlotte Observer wine critic, restaurant owner Catherine Rabb, gives US readers the low down on NZ Sauvignon Blanc. “Restaurant work is a hot, sweaty business. At the end of a long night, my favorite wine is…
Business | Hollywood | New Zealand Herald | Xinhua News
21 May 2006
New York based company, Massive Inc, of which Wellingtonian Claudia Batten is a part owner, has been sold to Microsoft for up to $US 400 million. Founded four years ago, Massive Inc pioneered a…
Business | Times (The) | TVNZ
21 May 2006
Two New Zealanders are at the forefront of a massive property boom currently happening in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates is spending £140 billion to transform the city into an ultra-modern capitalist powerhouse, the business…
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18 May 2006
Trumpet asks the question: how far from the beach do togs become undies?
Z-Files | Guardian (The)
18 May 2006
American archaeologists have discovered four 18th century ships off the coast of Rhode Island, New York, one of which could be Captain Cook’s Endeavour. Cook commanded the Endeavour on his famous 1768-1771 voyage to…
Wine | Pittsburgh Live
17 May 2006
Monkey Bay is officially the number one selling NZ Sauvignon Blanc in America. Released two years ago, Monkey Bay is an affiliate of the Nobilo Wine Group. Senior winemaker Alistair McIntosh cites a number of factors…
Music
16 May 2006
The New Zealand classic, Six Months in a Leaky Boat by Split Enz.
Fashion | Elle Magazine | Harper's Bazaar | Sydney Morning Herald (The) | Women's Wear Daily
16 May 2006
Hamilton-born Nicole Colovos has been appointed joint design director of Helmut Lang with husband Michael, making her the first Australasian designer in history to head a major international fashion label. After fashion editing at…
Writers | Guardian (The)
16 May 2006
The Guardian interviews NZ born writer and historian Michael Baigent – “the man who sued Dan Brown and lost.” Baigent co-authored The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail with Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln….
Design | InteriorDesign.net
15 May 2006
Essenze, the distribution partner for some of NZ’s best known designers, has partnered with Saatchi & Saatchi to present a comprehensive exhibition at the ad agency’s New York headquarters at 375 Hudson St. Entitled ‘The Edge…
Writers | Guardian (The)
15 May 2006
NZ raised novelist Fay Weldon has signed on to teach creative writing at Brunel University, as part of the UK institution’s new MA course. The prolific writer of bestsellers including Puff Ball, Praxis and…
General | The Pacific Islands Magazine
14 May 2006
The Rainbow Warrior incident is back in the news, with convicted French agents Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart seeking to legally bar TVNZ from screening previously unseen footage of their Auckland District Court appearance….
News
13 May 2006
Renowned NZ Germanist, Professor Alan Kirkness, who retired from Auckland University in 2004, played a key role in the discovery of nine new books by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The hand-annotated volumes of…
Nature | Lonely Planet
11 May 2006
Leading US travel site, Frommer’s, featured a lengthy write-up on the South Island’s spectacular west coast – “where there’s more to see and do than there are residents.” The writer’s comprehensive holiday includes a…
Film & TV | Herald Sun
10 May 2006
Castle-Hughes is to star alongside Toni Collette in the upcoming Australian black comedy Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger. Castle-Hughes plays a 13-year-old Jewish girl struggling to fit in both at school and at…
Film & TV | Superherohype
9 May 2006
Vampire film 30 Days of Night is the latest Hollywood blockbuster to be filmed in NZ. Based on a horror comic book series, 30 Days of Night is set in Alaska where locals…
General | Time Magazine
8 May 2006
Hawera-born Wayne Gould, the New Zealander behind the international Sudoku craze, features in Time magazine’s Time 100 for 2006. The list of “men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our…
Politics and Economics | Arts & Letters Daily | Sunday Star Times | USA Today | Washington Post
7 May 2006
Canterbury University Professor of Philosophy and Arts & Letters Daily founder, Denis Dutton, was invited to the White House Press Correspondents’ Annual Dinner, as a guest of The Washington Post. The black tie event – a celebrity…
Writers | Guardian (The) | New Zealand Herald
5 May 2006
The latest book by acclaimed British author, Jenny Diski – On Trying to Keep Still – opens with her visit to NZ in 2004 for the NZ International Arts Festival’s Writers and Readers Week….
Visual Arts | Agora Gallery
4 May 2006
Out From Down Under and Beyond: an Exhibition of Fine Art from Australia and New Zealand is currently showing at the Agora Gallery in Soho, New York. Helga Windle (pictured) from Buller, West…
Writers | Sydney Morning Herald (The) | Washington Post
3 May 2006
Departure Lounge, the latest novel by Auckland writer Chad Taylor, has garnered praise abroad for its cool, noir aesthetics. The Sydney Morning Herald calls Taylor “impressive,” while the review by Washington Post senior critic,…
Magazine
3 May 2006
Edge Message #80 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM
Greetings to new friends at NZEDGE.COM from Toronto, Melbourne, Saskatoon, Hollywood, Sydney, London, Perth, Vancouver, Santiago, Munich, Singapore, JinHua, Chaterlault, Monteria, Abu Dhabi, Manchester and Dublin…
X Files
2 May 2006
The crowning of Miss Universe 1983, New Zealand’s Lorraine Downes.
General | pulitzer.org
1 May 2006
Former Wellington Evening Post photographer Melanie Burford is the first NZer to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Burford was part of the Dallas Morning News team that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for…
Business | Edge Daily
1 May 2006
New Zealander, now Singaporean resident Simon Israel has secured his place in the upper echelons of Singapore’s business community with his appointment as the first non-Singaporean Director of state holding and investment agency Temasek. Temasek’s US $60…