Business | Publishers Weekly
31 July 2015
The New Zealand e-publishing venture Booktrack has secured $5 million in funding led by investments from COENT Venture Partners and Sparkbox Ventures, which will be used to support recent overall growth.
Booktrack offers publishers the…
Comedy | 3 News
31 July 2015
Have a little laugh and take a look back at TV3 most funniest and embarrassing news bloopers of 25 years.
General | Telegraph (The)
31 July 2015
Students and teachers of Palmerston North Boys’ High School have paid tribute to their beloved and long-serving teacher Dawson Tamatea at his funeral.
The entire school performed a traditional Haka as the hearse carrying Mr…
Visual Arts | India Today | Taranaki Daily News
31 July 2015
“Travel to New Zealand for the love of art,” declares India Today in a feature about New Plymouth’s brand new Len Lye Centre, New Zealand’s first gallery dedicated to a single artist.
The
Science/Tech | Los Angeles Times
30 July 2015
Scientists at the University of Leipzig in Germany say they have sequenced the genome of the brown kiwi for the first time, revealing that the shy, flightless bird likely lost its ability to see…
Taste | Independent (The)
30 July 2015
New Zealand chef Anna Hansen, 45, who worked with Michelin-starred Fergus Henderson and fusion expert Peter Gordon before opening her own London restaurant, The Modern Pantry, talks with the Independent about music to make…
Music
30 July 2015
Listen and watch Stan Walkers music video ‘Start Again ft. Samantha Jade’ and was co-written by Stan Walker and Vince Harder. The video features Samantha Jade who is a…
Sport General | New York Times (The) | Scoop
29 July 2015
A new mountain bike race, The Pioneer, is set to hit the rugged trails of the Southern Alps from 31 January through 6 February 2016. The race will string together established bike trails with…
Travel
29 July 2015
Follow 100% Pure New Zealand on an epic bike journey on the Great Lake Trial. The adventure starts at the shores of beautiful Lake Taupo and takes in the…
Science/Tech | Washington Post
29 July 2015
A newly discovered mountain range on Pluto has been named Hillary Montes in homage to New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, half of the pair who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953.
Tenzing Norgay, his…
Te Ao Maori | BBC | YouTube
29 July 2015
Raumati College pupil Finnian Galbraith’s YouTube video complaining about poor pronunciation of Maori words has proved a hit online, with more than 160,386 views.
Galbraith, 15, says in his YouTube video that many people in…
Wine | Star Tribune
28 July 2015
Nigel Avery, CEO of Sileni Estates USA, and a former member of New Zealand’s Olympic weightlifting team, has moved his family to Minnesota while he works to expand sales and learn the US market…
Ads
28 July 2015
Spend a minute (and a half) and enjoy the epic, heart-warming story of Peter and the rabbit, the first of many inspiring BP stories that come from every corner…
Architecture | Inhabitat
28 July 2015
Plastics engineer and inventor Jono Williams has built possibly the world’s most coveted man cave in Linton.
After shooting the breeze one night with his mate Grant Ramsay, a mechatronics engineer, Williams committed to building…
Opera | Financial Times
28 July 2015
New Zealander Darren Pene Pati, “the one with the special tenor voice”, took second prize and the audience prize for male singer at this year’s Operalia, The World’s Opera Competition, held in London.
According to…
Rugby | New York Times (The)
27 July 2015
New Zealand captain Richie McCaw grabbed a late winning try to lift the All Blacks to a dramatic 27-20 win over South Africa at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
The home side led for most of…
Comedy
27 July 2015
Follow around Guy Williams as he tries to find New Zealand’s worst speller. The video clip was featured on Jono and Ben.
Science/Tech | ArtsHub | Atlantic (The)
27 July 2015
New Zealand-born Seb Chan, lauded for his leading role in transforming the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York with a human-centred digital renewal, has been appointed chief eXperience officer (CXO) at the…
New Zealand | Daily Mail
27 July 2015
New Zealand has been ranked as the seventh most respected country in the 2015 RepTrak Survey conducted by the Reputation Institute, which examines how countries are perceived across the globe.
55 nations were…
Film & TV | Deadline Hollywood
26 July 2015
The official trailer for The Good Dinosaur has been released and is starring New Zealander Anna Paquin as part of the voice-over cast.
“At first glance it might look like ground similarly tread by another…
New Zealand | Indian Express (The)
26 July 2015
The Indian Express has featured six breathtaking places in New Zealand “you will absolutely love (…) if you are a nature lover”.
1. Sutherland Falls – New Zealand’s largest waterfall in Milford Sound
2. The Kepler…
General | Guardian (The)
26 July 2015
New Zealander Nigel Richards has won the French Scrabble championships even though “his command of the language (…) stretches to “bonjour” and being able to count”.
Richards, who has been called the Tiger Woods of…
Music | Telegraph (The)
25 July 2015
“Some people are so good at musical instruments they purport to be able to play it in their sleep. Yet for this one girl, it’s a reality”, writes Vin Shahrestani for The Telegraph.
A video…
Film & TV | The Hollywood Reporter
25 July 2015
“Twenty years after it first premiered as a Hercules spinoff, Xena: Warrior Princess could be returning to television”, writes Lesley Goldberg for The Hollywood Reporter.
Over the last few weeks rumours have been heard that the beloved…
New Zealand | Tripadvisor
25 July 2015
A number of New Zealand attractions including the amusement parks Splash Planet and Rainbow’s End have been recognised in the TripAdvisor 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards.
Hawke’s Bay’s water park Splash Planet has been…
Visual Arts | New York Times (The)
24 July 2015
New York-based Aucklander Kate Newby debuts at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery in the Lower East Side with a show ‘I memorized it I loved it so much’, with a laudatory review in…
Wine | Wall Street Journal (The)
24 July 2015
Reliable, inexpensive New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is the go-to wine for many Americans. Is it worthy? And are some even better than just upscale Pinot Grigio? Lettie Teague, wine columnist for The…
Sport
24 July 2015
Watch the beautiful video by Sammi Kim as he takes amazing shots of surfing at the beaches of West Coast New Zealand. The video was shot with vintage glass…
War & Peace | Amazon
24 July 2015
Aldershot in the Great War: The Home of the British Army, part of the Your Towns & Cities in the Great War series published by Pen and Sword Military, is the first…
Music | BCMF
24 July 2015
Internationally acclaimed flutist Marya Martin heads the 26st season of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival on New York’s Long Island with an 12-concert program featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Schubert….
Rugby | Wales Online
23 July 2015
With a near perfect World Cup training trip to Switzerland in the bank, Wales coach Warren Gatland has steered his squad into a very good place, according to Wales Online rugby editor Delme Parfitt.
“If…
Opera | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
23 July 2015
Operatic baritone New Zealander Teddy Tahu Rhodes has the lead role as the infamous barber in Victorian Opera’s take on Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim’s bloodiest musical.
Rhodes, playing Sweeney for the first time, hasn’t watched…
Music
23 July 2015
Te Ao Te Huia sings ‘It Only Happens’ for her audition for The X Factor NZ. The X Factor is where talent seekers compete with one another to become…
Visual Arts | Huffington Post (The)
23 July 2015
New Zealand street artist Owen Dippie is making a name for himself in Brooklyn, New York with “show-stopping” murals.
It takes a true intuitive sense and careful execution to produce a mashup or remix, and…
Visual Arts | Daily Mail
22 July 2015
Ohura is a tiny town with a population of just 120 people where there is next to no power, internet, or jobs – where time almost stands still. Photographer Tony Carter spent one year…
Rugby
22 July 2015
Take a look at the highlights of Maori All Blacks vs. New Zealand Barbarians – 18th July 2015 by NZAUTV Rugby Union.
Visual Arts | Guardian (The)
22 July 2015
New Zealand artist Michel Tuffery joined forces with the Royal Samoa Police Band, who were in Sydney playing outside the Pacific Islands for the first time, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end…
Film & TV | Guardian (The)
21 July 2015
Flight of the Conchords stars Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie are California-born stand-up comedian Arj Barker’s role models, he tells the Guardian.
Barker, who is best known for his role as pawnshop owner Dave in…
Ads
21 July 2015
Take a look at this quirky advertisement by NZ Post about New Zealanders and New Zealand businesses who busy achieving remarkable things. NZ Post helps in any way they…
Design
21 July 2015
A free-standing hammock designed by New Zealand-based company Lujo features in the Dallas Morning News Home & Gardening section.
Lujo, which designs and manufactures top-of-the-line lounge furniture, describes its free-standing hammock as “a functional sculpture…
Sport General | Daily Mail | YouTube
21 July 2015
New Zealand professional BMX biker Jed Mildon, 28, has landed the world’s first quadruple backflip after four years of planning for the incredible feat.
Riding a 20-foot box jump, Mildon scored his second world first…
Rugby | Scotsman (The)
20 July 2015
Captain Richie McCaw scored a try and stand-off Dan Carter kicked 14 points in their last home Test at AMI Stadium in Christchurch as the All Blacks beat Argentina 39-18 in the opening match…
Obituaries | Financial Times
20 July 2015
Sir John Buchanan, who has died aged 72, was an Auckland-born scientist who rose to be finance director at BP before taking on prominent non-executive board roles in sectors ranging from mining, most recently…
Music | Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
20 July 2015
Gemma New, the 28-year-old native New Zealander violinist who became a professional conductor while still in her teens, has been named the music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s in…
X Files
20 July 2015
New Zealand National Film Unit presents a 1950 short film on New Zealand Flax. This film takes a look at the harvesting and milling of New Zealand flax -…
Science/Tech | Sculpture Center
20 July 2015
A hydro-mechanical computer that models world economic flows, invented in 1949 by New Zealander Bill Phillips, is the inspiration for artist Michael Stevenson’s installation at Long Island City’s SculptureCenter in…
Film & TV | Coming Soon
19 July 2015
Karl Urban has nominated the New Zealand charity Kids Can as one of the nine global causes chosen by the cast of Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond as part of the Star Trek: To Boldly…
Film & TV | Examiner (The)
19 July 2015
The first Ash vs. Evil Dead trailer has been screened at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con.
“If anyone was on the fence about bringing the cult classic horror tale to the small screen, this trailer…
Rugby | Daily Mail | The Daily Mail
18 July 2015
New Zealand’s All Blacks players unleash their inner animals in the new powerful World Cup advert by shirt sponsors Adidas.
“It’s inside us. Beating in our heart, pumping through our veins. It strengthens every sense….
Film & TV | Guardian (The)
18 July 2015
“Everest, a new movie about the two rival missions up the mountain in 1996, has been chosen as the opening night film of this year’s Venice film festival – a spot which has recently proved…
Wine | Air France Magazine
17 July 2015
Cloudy Bay, the New Zealand winery that has “become the flag-bearer for New World wines,” is celebrated in the June issue of Air France Magazine. The winery, established in 1985…
Obituaries | New York Times (The)
17 July 2015
The family of Wade Thompson, the Wellington, New Zealand native who revitalized the US recreational vehicle industry in the 1980s, has gifted New York City’s Park Avenue Armory with an historic $65…
Music
17 July 2015
Listen to SIX60’s single ‘Forever’ from their self-titled debut studio album. SIX60 was formed in Dunedin, the founding members met while attending the University of Otago. The band created…
Theatre | Huffington Post (The)
17 July 2015
New Zealander Annette Tanner, executive director of Atlanta-based non-profit organisation Broadway Dreams Foundation, is one of a “handful of remarkable women who are making their mark on educational theatre” in the United States, the…
Media | Tehran Times
16 July 2015
“I feel personal commitment to tell the stories of Palestinians in the West Bank where I taught voluntarily a few times,” Chris Galloway, a professor from Massey University, told the Tehran Times on the…
Architecture | Slate.com
16 July 2015
Barry Cox’s Waikato Tree Church is a “heavenly 100-seat chapel set among a three-acre landscaped garden … walls are made of living trees planted around an iron frame”, Slate magazine reports.
“In 2011, Cox,…