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Danielle Cormack to Headline for Queensland Theatre
They killed her off in Australian prison drama Wentworth in 2016, but Auckland-born Danielle Cormack will live again on stage for Queensland Theatre next year. Cormack, 46, played Bea…
Artist Paul McNeil Muses on Goofy As Surfing
The lackadaisical, drooping C-shape wave mural reflects the irreverence with which New Zealand-born, Byron Bay-based artist Paul McNeil approaches most topics, from surfing and surf culture to music and…
HAKA! New Zealand Perform Haka After Winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup
Watch this clip to see New Zealand’s Black Ferns perform the haka after winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup.
Morgan Haakma Wins Amateur Wakeboarding Title
Waikato University Hillary Scholar Morgan Haakma has won her first world title at the 2017 Nautique WWA Wakeboard World Championships. Competing in the Amateur Women’s division, Haakma won “with a…
Crawford Falconer UK’s Top Trade Negotiator
The New Zealander in charge of negotiating the UK’s trade deals once Brexit is finalised, has begun his tenure. Crawford Falconer has taken up the post of chief trade…
Must Do Travel Destinations in New Zealand
“This summer I took an epic vacation in New Zealand,” award-winning blogger and traveller Lia Miller (pictured centre) writes in a three-part series for the Huffington Post. “To say…
Five New Zealand Designers You Want to Know
“For a small country far from the fashion capitals of Paris, New York and Milan, New Zealand fashion designers punch above their weight. Just look at Karen Walker’s empire…
EDGE #279: Black Ferns Win World Cup, All-Female Shortlist for Silver Scrolls Award Shortlist, Air NZ’s Safety Videos + Gwithyen Thomas Shares Aroha in US ++ more
Premiere’s Burnley Sign Chris Wood for Record Fee
New Zealand footballer Chris Wood, 25, who was most recently a striker for Leeds, has just signed with English Premier League team Burnley for the club-record fee of £15…
New Zealanders Win Top Ironman Prizes in Bintan
New Zealanders Amelia Watkinson, 25, and Mike Phillips, 26, have been crowned as winners at the Ironman 70.3 competition, which was held on Bintan Island in Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago.
Phillips…
Chelsea Jade – Life of the Party
Chelsea Jade is one of five Kiwi female artists who made the shortlist on this year’s Apra Silver Scroll Awards. Listen…
Insane View of Milky Way from Edge of NZ
The South Island spans 50,437sqkm of breathtaking, verdant terrain. But nothing on the ground surpasses what’s in the sky. The region is home to the largest dark sky observatory…
Silver Scrolls Music Industry First
For the first time in its 52-year history, New Zealand’s Silver Scroll Awards feature an exclusively all-female shortlist, made up of Lorde, Bic Runga, Aldous Harding, Chelsea Jade and…
Black Ferns Win World Cup
The New Zealand Black Ferns have reclaimed the Rugby World Cup title following their victory against England. Watch the game’s highlights here.
Colin Meads, Revered New Zealand Rugby Star
“Colin Meads, one of New Zealand’s greatest and most revered rugby players, died on Sunday in Te Kuiti, New Zealand, his hometown. He was 81,” writes Huw Richards in…
All Blacks Ruthless in Epic Bledisloe Victory
The finishing thrust that All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had been seeking all season finally returned during the weekend as Beauden Barrett scored a last-gasp try to give them a…
Black Ferns Blitz Red Roses to Take World Cup Crown
“New Zealand are world champions again. ruthlessly snatched the cup from this immensely talented yet ageing English side (seven of them are 30-plus) in a style…
Queen of Diamonds Jessica McCormack’s New Lines
New Zealand-born jeweller Jessica McCormack recently launched not one but two new ranges from her art-filled Mayfair townhouse in London.
The new collections have very disparate inspirations but, as is…
Kieran Keane Happy with Connacht Chemistry
Kieran Keane has just arrived in Galway, Ireland to take up his new post as Connacht coach, replacing fellow New Zealander Pat Lam who has moved on to a…
Blue Maestro’s Pacif-i Takes the Heat off Parents
Co-founder of UK-based Blue Maestro, New Zealander Kirstin Hancock knew from experience that attempting to take the temperature of a poorly child is no mean feat – whether you’re…
US Sailor Amazed Onboard NZ Navy Frigate
American mass communication specialist Cole Schroeder of the supercarrier USS Nimitz was recently granted the opportunity “to view life on the ocean from a New Zealander’s perspective,” boarding the…
Comedian Trygve Wakenshaw Puts His Baby to Work
This year, Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s “best-loved mime act” New Zealander Trygve Wakenshaw has teamed up with his one-year-old son on stage in Trygve vs a Baby.
“The publicity asks: who’s…
Café Owner Gwithyen Thomas Shares the Aroha in US
Originally from Auckland, Gwithyen Thomas, 28, and his American wife are co-owners of Aroha Restaurant in Westlake Village, California.
Aroha, which opened in September 2014, specialises in…
Take a Sonic Journey in LA With Mark de Clive-Lowe
Auckland-born Mark de Clive-Lowe, who now calls Los Angeles home, juggles piano, synths and live sampling with effortless fluidity. De Clive-Lowe will perform Mirai No Rekishi (未来の歴史) / History…
Pete’s Discovered a Better Way to Fly
Watch this clip by Air New Zealand about Pete – a kiwi that found a #BetterWaytoFly with New Zealand’s national airline.
Chef Margot Henderson Loves Artichokes
London’s “restaurant royalty”, including New Zealand-born chef Margot Henderson of the Rochelle Canteen, “show their love for their favourite food” in a photographic essay for the award-winning British food…
Tom Pritchard, New Zealand’s Oldest Cricketer
“Tom Pritchard, New Zealand’s oldest cricketer, has died aged 100 at his home in New Zealand,” as reported in an article on Cricbuzz. “Pritchard, who played a total…
Peter King’s is the Lathe Cutter’s Way
Mount Somers is famous for two things: its natural beauty, and being the home of Peter King Lathe Cut Records, Noel Meek writes in a feature for UK music…
How Air NZ Makes Airline Safety Videos Exciting
Air New Zealand has taken a dull chore and turned it into a viral video phenomenon, complete with jaw-dropping shots from its home country and A-list Hollywood actors, Matt…
Triplets Melting Hearts All Over the World
Christchurch newborn photographer Cassandra English, of Hazel & Cass, has made hearts melt across the world, after capturing heartwarming images of one-month-old redhead triplets Macy, Toby and Sadie cuddled…
Pero Cameron to be Inducted Into Hall Of Fame
Former New Zealand basketball player Pero Cameron, 43, will be inducted into the International Basketball Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Geneva in late September.
Cameron attended two Olympic…
#WaveNewYork Installation
Watch how kiwi innovation Kaynemaile takes over New York Times Square in this recap of their New York installation #WaveNewYork.
EDGE #278: Colin Meads Leaves Mighty Memories, Silicon Valley Crazy About Allbirds + Small Screen Gives Jane Campion New Space to Shine ++ more
New Legal Role for Josephine Van Lierop in Scotland
New Zealander Josephine Van Lierop who relocated from one continent to another has now moved from London to Scotland to lead the employment law team at Slater and Gordon…
Silicon Valley Crazy About Allbirds Wool Shoes
Silicon Valley goes through its own unique shoe crazes. There were Vibrams. There were Crocs. Now comes the Allbird, a knit wool loafer. Founded by New Zealand soccer star…
New Zealand Thrash Australia in Sydney
New Zealand “hammered” Australia 54-34 in their 2017 Investec Rugby Championship opener. According to the BBC, the All Blacks “were exceptional in the first half in Sydney and, with…
All Blacks Great Colin Meads Leaves Mighty Memories
Colin Meads, the famously tough All Blacks captain hailed as New Zealand’s greatest rugby player of the 20th century, has died. He was 81. Cambridge-born Meads played 55 tests…
Rose Matafeo at Chortle’s Fast Fringe
Watch this clip to see Rose Matafeo at Chortle’s Fast Fringe, She shows an extract of her new show Sassy Best Friend. Matafeo is a New Zealand…
Timothy Husband Helping Animals at Dubai Safari
New Zealander Timothy Husband should have been enjoying retirement at his cattle farm near the Blue Mountains of Australia, but he couldn’t resist the lure of helping captive wild…
Sofitel Viaduct Harbour “A Quirky Affair”
Sofitel’s “stylistic marriage of Parisian salon and Pacific meeting house is just out of earshot from the bars and restaurants of the Viaduct Harbour’s busy end. It is a…
Brown Kiwi Hatches at Zoo in Virginia
A little brown kiwi chick has hatched at The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia, United States.
Zoo staff had been monitoring the egg closely the previous…
NPR Calls On Aldous Harding for Tiny Desk Session
“Intensity in songs often expresses itself as volume – a loud guitar, a scream, a piercing synth line. But in the case of Aldous Harding it’s in the spaces,…
Rachel Hunter Returns to Modelling
Thirty years after she appeared on the cover of Vogue Australia as a teenager, New Zealander Rachel Hunter has returned as the face of Australian women’s fashion brand Jacqui…
New Zealand’s Disabled-Friendly Adventures
A quick flick around the internet will confirm that travellers with disabilities can enjoy adventure activities in New Zealand – from leaping out of planes and exploring the rainforest…
Rose Matafeo’s New Show Effervescently Entertaining
New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo, 25, “keeps things upbeat as she lightly interrogates Hollywood cliché and the role models on offer to young women” in her new show Sassy…
Banqer’s Kendall Flutey Teaching Kids Money Smarts
The answer to the conundrum of adding financial literacy classes to already overloaded curriculums may just be an innovative piece of technology being trialled by 3000 Australian primary school…
Paul Cleave Discusses New Killer Novel
Christchurch-born Paul Cleave, 42, is a relative newcomer to United States audiences. Although his first book, The Cleaner, was published in 2006 and sold half a million copies, his…
Silicon Valley Whizz Kids Pitch New Zealand
When American Matthew Monahan first visited New Zealand, the Silicon Valley software developer was struck by a sense of possibility, Bloomberg reports.
Seven years later, the 33-year-old is helping the…
Beneath the Black: A Journey Through New Zealand Rugby
Watch Sky Sports documentary Beneath the Black: A Journey Through New Zealand Rugby to learn what rugby means to New Zealand.
EDGE #277: The Future Of NZ Wine Is Strong, Record McLaren Road Car Gathering + Getting Excited About Taika Waititi’s Thor ++ more
Coaching like a Good Marriage Says Bruce Edgar
On a recent visit to Secunderabad, India, New Zealander Bruce Edgar met with coaches of the St John Sports Coaching Foundation. Talking to Telangana Today, Edgar said cricket has…
Small Screen Gives Jane Campion New Space to Shine
In a review of Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake: China Girl, which is currently screening on BBC2 in the UK, the Guardian’s Sam Wollaston says that not only…
Katherine Mansfield’s Garden Party Puffs Puffed
Katherine Mansfield’s 1922 short story The Garden Party, set around the wealthy Sheridan family’s shindig, inspires Guardian columnist Kate Young to make a dessert from their elegant spread.
That meant…
The Future Of New Zealand Wine Is Strong
“The future of New Zealand wine is strong – both through local sales and, increasingly, export,” writes Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas in an article for
Newsman Peter Bale Hired by Wikipedia Founder
New Zealand-born former Reuters reporter Peter Bale, 52, has been hired by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales as the founding editor of WikiTribune, which will bring together professional journalists and…
Start Getting Excited About Taika Waititi’s Thor
The Taika Waititi-directed Thor: Ragnarok might just be “one of the greatest Marvel movies ever,” according to Forbes contributor Dani Di Placido. It’s shorter, a lot was improvised, and…
