Taste | Washington Post (The)
15 May 2016
Although Paris is famous for its street-side cafes and artisanal food culture, the city generally serves up an unappetising cup of coffee according to Emma Jacobs reporting for the Washington Post. “So many of…
Innovation | Airport World
15 May 2016
“Auckland Airport has installed two new Electric Vehicle (EV) rechargers at its domestic valet car park and is set to add a further two in its public car parks,” writes Joe Bates for
New Zealand | Half this World Away
14 May 2016
“New Zealand like any great love is easy to fall for and difficult to get over,” writes Megan Conway in her travel blog Half this World Away. Conway lived in New Zealand…
New Zealand | Daily Mail
14 May 2016
“Nestled in a lush green valley of ferns is a spring with water so clear it turns a brilliant blue colour” lies New Zealand’s blue spring, writes Leith Huffadine for The Daily…
General | Huffington Post (The)
14 May 2016
For the last five months New Zealand-born Josh Webb has been volunteering at Moria refugee camp in Greece. Webb relocated to New York City in 2007, landing a job as director of digital products…
Film & TV | KPUG 1170
13 May 2016
“Russell Crowe has confirmed he will star in “The Mummy” reboot as Dr. Henry Jekyll alongside Tom Cruise,” as reported in KPUG 1170.
The movie will be quite different from the Brendan Fraser-fronted…
Film | YouTube
13 May 2016
The Greenstone, which was filmed in New Zealand, is the story of a young woman who leaves South Africa and comes to new Zealand to find her father. With her she…
Z-Files | Jersey Evening Post.com
13 May 2016
One of the world’s greatest globetrotters, Timaru-born John Bougen who was the founder of the Dress Mart chain, is closing in on the world record for the number of states visited by an individual…
Nga Kupu Aroha – Words of Love | Denis O'Reilly
13 May 2016
Social change activist and longtime NZEDGE columnist Denis O’Reilly weaves a multi-layered tale located on the social edge of Aotearoa. Last week I heard on RNZ a documentary interview with Rastaman Tigilau Ness
Science/Tech | Magnify
13 May 2016
Ian Taylor, founder of Dunedin computer graphics design and production company Animation Research Ltd (ARL) will be one of the speakers at the inaugural Magnify Conference on immersive technology application, during the Auckland Tourism,…
Film & TV | Digital Trends
12 May 2016
Fans of Cinemax’s highest rated original show Banshee are on the edge of their collective seats to see just where the show’s central figure – played with a combination of extreme grit and deep-rooted…
X Files | YouTube
12 May 2016
Watch these three new Running Man Challenge clips by Ajay Sidhu11. Air New Zealand, NZFire Service and Wellington paramedics staff dance to the twenty-year-old tune of 1996’s ‘My Boo’…
Business | Denver Post (The)
12 May 2016
Former Waikato dairy farmer John Lord never really wanted to sell pot. It just sort of worked out that way. Now, one of Denver’s early pioneers of commercial marijuana growing and sales is among…
Writers | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
12 May 2016
New Zealand-born author Hannah Tunnicliffe, a self-confessed nomad, who has lived in Canada, Australia, England and Macau, writes the blog Fork and Fiction, about food, family and books. With the publication of her third novel…
Taste | Express & Star
11 May 2016
Salads can be limp, boring and vinegary if the wrong chef made the dressing but, according to Whanganui-born Peter Gordon, author of new book Savour, there’s more to salad than sad leaves of iceberg lettuce.
Upstairs…
Magazine
11 May 2016
News of New Zealanders…
Sport | YouTube
11 May 2016
Watch this video clip by The Inertia and listen to Daniel Kereopa talk about his journey to become New Zealand’s Ultimate Waterman. He was crowned the first ever Ultimate Waterman in 2015 and has…
Fashion | Education New Zealand | Times of India
11 May 2016
“The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Education New Zealand (ENZ) will be organising a fashion event ‘Runway to New Zealand’ based on the theme “Future World Connection”, in New Delhi on May…
Music | Independent (The)
11 May 2016
Wellington-born mezzo-soprano Bianca Andrew, 26, has won the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize for her performance of Hugo Alfvén’s “Skogen sover” and Hugo Wolf’s “Nimmersatte Liebe”. According to the Independent’s Michael Church, who attended the…
Rugby | Observer (The)
10 May 2016
Dan Carter has rebuilt himself again, helping French club Racing 92 to the Champions Cup final on 14 May and proving the pain of rehab is worth enduring for continued success, the Observer’s Eddie…
Music | YouTube
10 May 2016
Listen to Gin Wigmore’s track ‘Man Like That’. The song opens Shonda Rhimes’ new show ‘The Catch’, which follows a private investigator who is defrauded by her own fiance….
Politics and Economics | Guardian (The)
10 May 2016
New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark has begun her campaign to become the first woman to lead the United Nations, saying in Paris that, “peace really matters to women”. Clark has led the…
Music | Strad (The)
10 May 2016
Auckland violinist Amalia Hall, 27, has won the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition, taking both the string section and the overall award.
Hall received cash prizes of £2500, and concert opportunities with the…
America’s Cup | Daily Mail
9 May 2016
“Emirates Team New Zealand grabbed a dramatic victory in the final race of the America’s Cup World Series New York on Sunday to maintain their overall lead in the America’s Cup preliminary circuit,” as…
Sport | YouTube
9 May 2016
Emirates Team New Zealand have won the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series New York today. Watch the clip to see the highlights of the intense race and hear what skipper Glenn Ashby…
Rugby | Wales Online
9 May 2016
Many believe that New Zealand “are as vulnerable as ever this summer,” after having lost their faction of hall of famers to international careers, writes Matthew Southcombe for Wales Online.
Looking at New…
Film & TV | Hollywood Reporter
8 May 2016
“Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi rules the box office in his homeland of New Zealand,” writes Pip Bulbeck for The Hollywood Reporter.
Two of his films are now the top New Zealand films at…
New Zealand | Canada Free Press
8 May 2016
“To really get to know New Zealand, you have to do less and take in more,” according to an article in Canada Free Press. “If you want a rush, there’s no place…
Sport General | ESPN
7 May 2016
When Thunder center Steven Adams arrived at his first NBA training camp, he knew virtually nothing about the NBA. There was a lot of shrugging and no deference when he started playing, which unnerved…
Watersports | Brisbane Times (The)
7 May 2016
Free-diver William Trubridge “has now gone deeper than any unassisted free-diver before by breaking his own world record – twice in less than 72 hours”, as reported in an article in The…
New Zealand | Travel Pulse
7 May 2016
There’s a lot to see in New Zealand. Shannon Ullman shared the highlights of her three month road trip itinerary with Travel Pulse.
Auckland is a great place to start a road trip….
General | Guardian (The)
6 May 2016
“The New Zealand police force has released a video of officers doing the “running man” dance and issued a challenge to other forces around the world to do the same in an unorthodox recruitment drive,” as…
Film & TV | Indiegogo
6 May 2016
A meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict, the documentary feature film notes to eternity, directed and produced by New Zealander Sarah Cordery, centers on the lives and ideas of three Jewish Americans: world renowned public…
New Zealand | Daily Mail
6 May 2016
“Airplane passengers have taken to social media to share some of the country’s most spectacular images from up in the air,” writes Alisha Buaya in an article for The Daily Mail.
Close to 16,000…
Dance | New Zealand Herald
5 May 2016
Wellingtonian Lance Savali, 24, is a back-up dancer for pop queen Rihanna’s Anti World Tour, which will take him around the US and Europe.
This latest gig follows what has been a whirlwind year for…
Music | YouTube
5 May 2016
Listen to Broods, Kiwi duo Georgia and Caleb Nott, and their song ‘Free’. Broods was formed in Auckland in early 2013. Their debut single ‘Bridges’ debuted at No. 8 in the…
Z-Files | Guardian (The)
5 May 2016
A woman has brought back Myths and Legends of Maoriland by AW Reed to an Auckland library 67 years after it was due to be returned.
The book was checked out by a girl in…
Rugby | New York Times (The)
5 May 2016
Helping kick start American rugby is former New Zealand fullback Mils Muliaina who played 100 tests for the All Blacks and who will play for San Francisco in the five-team league PRO Rugby tournament,…
Film & TV | People Magazine
4 May 2016
Game of Thrones star, New Zealand-born Joseph Naufahu, 38, talks with People magazine about the problems of speaking Dothraki, and about fighting in his underwear.
Naufahu, who made his debut as Khal Moro in the…
X Files | YouTube
4 May 2016
Watch the New Zealand Police do the running man dance in this video released as part of their year-long recruitment campaign. With their clip the New Zealand Police challenged…
Music | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
4 May 2016
Visionary composer, producer, violist, guitarist and arranger New Zealand-born John Metcalfe will perform a series of live shows, coming to Stroud’s SVA in Gloucestershire on 21 May.
For these shows Metcalfe has assembled an incredible…
Magazine
4 May 2016
News of New Zealanders…
Visual Arts | Radio New Zealand
4 May 2016
New Zealand photographer Fiona Pardington has been named a Knight (Chevalier) in the Order of Arts and Letters by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls at a ceremony held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Pardington…
Music | Digital Trends
3 May 2016
Life is moving fast for Nelson sibling duo Broods, Georgia, 21, and Caleb Nott, 23, whose popularity seems to be gaining momentum daily. Recently, they’ve been selling out headlining tours and sharing stages with…
Sport | YouTube
3 May 2016
Watch Kiwi Steven Adams score 12 points for Thunder in this clip showing the highlights of the game against Spurs on May 2. Steven’s team won 98 to 97. Stevens…
Music | List (The)
3 May 2016
New Zealander Annea Lockwood, who grew up with nature thanks to her father’s love of mountaineering, brings her aural installation Sound Map of the Housatonic River to Glasgow on 7 May, reports UK arts…
Fashion | Financial Times
3 May 2016
The Great War’s liberating effect on womenswear is often overlooked. Aimee Farrell, writing for the Financial Times meets the designers – including New Zealand-born Emilia Wickstead – now redressing its sartorial legacy championed in…
Music | LondonTheatre.co.uk
2 May 2016
Aucklander Nicholas Afoa will join the cast of the West End Lion King production in the role of “Simba” from 10 May at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
Afoa made his stage debut as Simba…
Film | YouTube
2 May 2016
Watch the trailer for ‘This Giant Papier Mache Boulder is Actually Really Heavy’, which premiered at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival 2016. The Kiwi feature film was made by…
Motorsports | Yahoo Sports
2 May 2016
New Zealander Hayden Paddon, 29, has kept French world champion Sebastien Ogier at bay to win the Rally of Argentina for his first world rally championship success.
The Hyundai driver, tipped as a future world…
New Zealand | TNT Magazine
2 May 2016
There are numerous reasons for moving to New Zealand, according to an article in TNT Magazine. Below are some of them.
High Quality of Life: New Zealand has topped surveys evaluating countries’ quality…
New Zealand | The Province
1 May 2016
“From north to south, New Zealand is an immersion in Maori-dipped expressions, iconic outdoor adventures and exotic Kiwi foodie fare,” writes Shannon Melnyk for The Province.
Melnyk mapped out a cross-nation sojourn via…
Theatre | Daily Telegraph
1 May 2016
New Zealand-born actor Justine Campbell (pictured left) and Australian Sarah Hamilton recently performed their award-winning play about survival and extinction, They Saw a Thylacine as part of The Joan’s 2016 Brave New Work season…
Cricket | ICC
1 May 2016
Kane Williamson has been chosen to skipper the New Zealand team in all three formats.
“Kane has been a leader within the team for a long time now and already shown himself to be an…