Writers | Guardian (The)
30 November 2016
In New Zealand, poetry’s latest “it girl”, Hera Lindsay Bird, is amassing a semi-cult online following for her smart, sassy and explicit takes on everything from female sexuality to Friends. Bird, along with contemporaries…
X Files | YouTube
30 November 2016
If you’ve been to Aotea Square recently you will have noticed the Christmas tree made entirely of LEGO. Watch this video by Auckland Council to see a timelapse of…
Magazine
30 November 2016
News of Global New…
Business | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
30 November 2016
New Zealand has been the home to Australian expats for years, and now New Zealander are muscling in on the startup world as low living costs and talented entrepreneurs continue to build the country’s…
Business | DealStreetAsia
29 November 2016
“New Zealand-based artificial intelligence (AI) and avatar company Soul Machines has raised $7.5 million in a Series A financing round led by venture capital firm Horizons Ventures along with Silicon Valley firm Iconiq Capital,”…
Sport General | Ironman
29 November 2016
New Zealand professional triathlete “up-and-comer” Amelia Watkinson, 25, who has just won the IRONMAN 70.3 Thailand, talks with the sports brand about patience, consistency, and using injury to her advantage.
Ever since she turned pro…
Business | SmartCompany
28 November 2016
Australia’s Young Business Woman of the Year has been named and she is New Zealand-born Anna Ross, founder of Kester Black Cosmetics, a brand customers rank better than global name Butter London and in…
Rugby | YouTube
28 November 2016
Watch the highlights of the All Blacks vs. France match – the final game of the Northern Tour 2016. The NZ team won 24-19.
Rugby | Fox Sports
28 November 2016
“World player of the year Beauden Barrett helped stretch New Zealand’s winning streak over France to 10 games with a hard-fought but ultimately comfortable 24-19 victory on Sunday (AEDT),” as reported in an article…
New Zealand | Wanderlust
27 November 2016
“Move over Tongariro, there’s a new ‘best one-day walk in the world’ in New Zealand.” The Pouakai Crossing winds around Mount Taranaki’s northern slopes and “aims to attract those who might otherwise…
New Zealand | Travelers Today
27 November 2016
Wellington Zoo in New Zealand has been featured as “one of the most amazing zoos around the world”, as reported in an article in Travelers Today.
“The Wellington Zoo houses native endangered species…
Innovation | Quartz
26 November 2016
Domino’s Pizza has started to deliver pizzas using drones in the town of Whangaparaoa in New Zealand and the company is planning to make it available at more New Zealand stores in the future,…
Film & TV | Vanity Fair
26 November 2016
Fine attention to detail and constant feedback from John Musker and Ron Clements, the writer-director team behind Moana’s cultural advisory group The Oceanic Story Trust, has helped shape the Disney film on every level, Vanity…
Travel | YouTube
25 November 2016
Watch this clip and see how Wiebe de Jager captures the beauty of New Zealand’s South Island with a drone. The filming was supported by National Geographic Traveler NL/BE and…
Visual Arts | Christie's | Luxury London
25 November 2016
To mark Christie’s 250th anniversary, Luxury London met with New Zealander Imogen Kerr who, along with Briton Kate Flitcroft, represents the new generation of female specialists at the renowned auction house making a name…
Magazine
25 November 2016
News of Global New…
Business | National (The)
25 November 2016
New Zealand-born Farhad Farahbakhshian and Briton Ed Sclater of Naked Labs have designed a mirror that lets you see, in real-time, the effect of your workout on your body.
The Naked 3D Fitness…
Film & TV | Plymouth Herald (The)
24 November 2016
Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson will produce an adaptation of British author Philip Reeve’s steampunk series Mortal Engines, the script which the New Zealander has also co-written.
Another Academy Award winner, Christian Rivers, Jackson’s long-term collaborator…
Design | Dezeen | Isthmus
24 November 2016
Kopupaka Reserve – “an Auckland wetlands reserve featuring “woven” timber structures has been named World Landscape of the Year 2016 at the World Architecture Festival,” writes Amy Frearson for Dezeen.
The reserve, a…
Business | Acuity
24 November 2016
Self-taught New Zealand-born scientist and CEO of Rocket Lab Peter Beck, 39, explains to accountancy industry magazine Acuity how – and why – he is making space more accessible.
At its Auckland base, Rocket Lab…
Business | Bank of China
23 November 2016
(SPONSORED CONTENT) “Latest China-New Zealand trade statistics illustrate the value Bank of China (New Zealand) brings to the economic relationship as the bank marks its second full-year of operation in New Zealand,” as reported…
Music | Guardian (The)
23 November 2016
“New Zealand’s Aldous Harding –who was recently recommended by Charlotte Church in the Guardian” is “a folk artist whose performances strike that rare balance between fragility and full-blown possession,” writes Kate Hutchinson in an…
Business | Australian (The)
23 November 2016
Qantas Loyalty chief New Zealand-born Lesley Grant is one of three individuals on the executive team who have helped the airline’s turnaround, according to chief executive Alan Joyce.
Grant was an air hostess who worked…
Ads | YouTube
23 November 2016
Watch this new promotional video released by Air New Zealand and get immersed in what you could experience in New Zealand.
Business | BBC
23 November 2016
“It’s often said that the inspiration for starting a business can come from anywhere. For Stephanie Chai it was a dare,” writes Sarah Porter for the BBC. The NZ-born model and former TV…
Adrenalin | Times of India (The)
22 November 2016
Bollywood superstar and adventure junkie Sidharth Malhotra, 31, was in New Zealand recently shooting a social media video highlighting New Zealand’s scenery, adrenalin-packed activities and cultural experiences which will be incorporated into Tourism New…
Politics and Economics | Asia Times
22 November 2016
“Hillary Clinton and the Democrats deserved to lose the presidential election,” writes Bob Rigg, Wellington-based researcher and writer specialising in nuclear issues, the Middle East, Central Asia, and US foreign policy, in an opinion…
Music | Strad (The)
22 November 2016
Violinist Benjamin Baker, 26, has been named one of four first prizewinners at the 2016 Young Concert Artists (YCA) International Auditions in New York.
The four artists were selected from a pool of nearly 200…
Writers | Victoria University of Wellington
21 November 2016
Author Anna Smaill’s debut The Chimes won best novel at the 2016 World Fantasy Awards in Ohio, United States, a “wonderful honour”, the Victoria University lecturer said.
“I’m really happy. The authors on the shortlist…
Business | British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
21 November 2016
Jacky Scanlan Dyas, a Kiwi from Gisborne and a corporate partner at Hogan Lovells’ Tokyo office, has won the Person of the Year Award at this year’s British Business Awards at a gala event…
Video | YouTube
21 November 2016
Watch the trailer for The Zookeeper’s Wife, which was directed by Niki Caro. The film tells the story of Antonina and Jan Zabinski, zookeepers of the Warsaw Zoo, who helped…
Rugby | Telegraph (The)
21 November 2016
“Two weeks after their 18-game winning run was ended by a 40-29 defeat to Ireland in Chicago, New Zealand reasserted their hegemony with a victory that was a lot less convincing than the score…
Writers | This is Local London
21 November 2016
New Zealand-born author and musician Lawrence Paterson has recently reprinted his fourth book, Hitler’s Grey Wolves: U-Boats In The Indian Ocean, which originally came out in 2004 and explores the forty German submarines that…
Theatre | Guardian (The)
20 November 2016
Fresh from a stint on America’s Got Talent, New Zealand comedian Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, recently preformed in Milton Keynes, delivering “a captivating set of skits that the audience on stage and…
New Zealand | Independent (The)
19 November 2016
Wellington “is a small city and practically everything in the downtown district is in a straight line between the mountains that rise to the west and the bay to the east,” writes Christopher Beanland…
Fashion | Los Angeles Times
19 November 2016
Rebecca Taylor started her fashion line two decades ago, cutting and sewing at a kitchen table in New York that she had built herself. Since then, the New Zealand-born designer has established stores in…
X Files | YouTube
18 November 2016
Domino’s Pizza in New Zealand has started to deliver pizzas using drones in Whangaparaoa. Watch this clip to see how it all works.
Science/Tech | Intercept (The)
18 November 2016
Designed by little-known New Zealand company Endace, a powerful piece of technology called the Medusa system, had one main purpose: to vacuum up vast quantities of internet data at an astonishing speed. And it…
Music | Hamilton Spectator (The)
18 November 2016
If you were to listen to the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) with your eyes closed, could you tell that they were from halfway around the world? The Hamilton Spectator classical music writer Leonard Turnevicius…
Theatre | New York Times (The)
17 November 2016
A New York Times reviewer describes Auckland-born actor Lisa Harrow’s performance as “superb” in her role as Volumnia in Red Bull Theatre’s “gripping new production” of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, on now at New…
Science/Tech | Ars Technica | Intercept (The)
17 November 2016
New Zealand-born security researcher, hacker and journalist Morgan Marquis-Boire recently spoke on digital authoritarianism at an Ars Technica Live event in Oakland, California, “telling us,” according to the Ars Technica Facebook pages, “what we…
Rugby | YouTube
16 November 2016
Watch the highlights of Saturday’s All Blacks vs. Italy match, which New Zealand won 68-10. The All Blacks have recently been awarded the Team of the Year Award at the…
Rugby | South China Morning Post
16 November 2016
New Hong Kong Rugby Union president New Zealander Peter Duncan is “honoured” to be in the job after a 16-year hiatus.
Duncan was first involved with the union as Hong Kong’s coach in the 1970s…
Magazine
16 November 2016
News of Global New…
Business | AirlineRatings.com | CNN
16 November 2016
“Air New Zealand has been named 2017 Airline of the Year by AirlineRatings.com in its Airline Excellence Awards,” writes Maureen O’Hare in an article for CNN. It’s the fourth time the airline…
General | Guardian (The)
15 November 2016
Following Monday’s 7.5 earthquake near Hanmer Springs on New Zealand’s South Island, which saw two people dead and several injured, “military helicopters and a navy ship dispatched to coastal town of Kaikoura with buildings…
Travel & Tourism | World Golf Awards
15 November 2016
Millbrook Resort has been named Best Golf Hotel 2016 in Oceania and New Zealand in this year’s World Golf Awards. New Zealand has been named the Best Golfing Destination in Oceania at the…
Nature | Guardian (The) | Otago Daily Times
15 November 2016
A group of Little Blue Penguins have had their own underpass built between their nests and the sea at Oamaru Harbour to protect them from traffic and give them privacy from tourists keen to…
Politics and Economics | Washington Post (The)
15 November 2016
“The prospect of a Trump presidency led to some prominent Americans – including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – joking, or perhaps half-joking, that they would move to New Zealand,” Washington Post Tokyo…
Music | YouTube
14 November 2016
Watch the official Music Video for Kingpinz single “Dance Off” – Old Men vs Kids. “Dance Off” is the first single to be released off the debut album of the electric…
Rugby | Washington Post (The)
14 November 2016
“New Zealand flyhalf Beauden Barrett has been voted World Player of the Year as the world champion All Blacks swept the major awards at the end of a record-breaking rugby season,” as reported in…
Wine | Canada Free Press
14 November 2016
“New Zealand wine regions are at their most spectacular in fall, when the days are long and bathed in late sunshine,” as reported in an article in the Canada Free Press, which features some…
New Zealand | Business Insider
14 November 2016
“Deep underground in New Zealand’s North Island, a winding underground universe of limestone caves glow with a magical blue-green light. While it might seem like pure fantasy, these caves are very real. Their dark…
New Zealand | Economic Times
13 November 2016
“From the undeveloped interiors of Caribbean islands to the virgin jungles of southwestern Africa to the temperate rain forests of Oceania and the Pacific Northwest, it is possible to trek through a huge variety…
New Zealand | Lonely Planet
13 November 2016
“Tucked away on the central west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, the Taranaki region is both overlooked and under-appreciated. But for more intrepid travellers, the area dubbed ‘the ‘Naki’ is definitely worth a…
Film & TV | WeGotThisCovered
12 November 2016
“Come 2017, Hollywood veteran Scarlett Johansson will be headlining Paramount’s lavish Ghost in the Shell movie as The Major, an elite cyborg enforcer who spearheads a task force known as Section 9,” writes Michael…