Wine | Bloomberg
28 February 2018
New Zealand “was once known merely for crisp, grassy sauvignon blanc wines. No longer,” Elin McCoy writes in a report for Bloomberg.
“Actor Sam Neill just finished a six-part television documentary on the voyages of…
Magazine
28 February 2018
News of New Zealand…
Music | NPR
28 February 2018
“Marlon Williams is a handsome devil with a heart-stopping voice, who writes songs about vampires and horror films. This 27-year-old, New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based singer is also a teller of tales,” tastemaster Bob Boilen writes…
Wine | Wine Enthusiast
27 February 2018
“Perhaps no other wine style is as instantly recognisable as New Zealand sauvignon blanc,” Christina Pickard writes for Wine Enthusiast magazine. “It put New Zealand wine on the map in all its brash, aromatic…
Sport General | CNN
27 February 2018
Wanaka’s Wells brothers are “skiing’s answer to the Von Trapp family”, according to CNN’s Matias Grez. The four freeskiers are: Jossi, 27, (pictured) Byron, 25, Beau-James, 21, and Jackson, 19.
Ever since he can remember,…
Media | Australian (The)
26 February 2018
For a woman who has appeared in living rooms across Queensland almost nightly for 30 years, Channel Seven newsreader New Zealand-born Kay McGrath is a little uncomfortable in her own.
“I wish I hadn’t put…
Music | West Sussex County Times
26 February 2018
Palmerston North singer Vicki Lee, 64, is touring Sussex, England in February with her tribute to the life and music of centenarian Dame Vera Lynn, known as the ‘Forces’ Sweetheart’.
The show began life in…
Music | Broadsheet
25 February 2018
Aldous Harding’s sophomore album Party has every right to stake its claim as the best album of last year, according to Melbourne-based lifestyle website Broadsheet. The power of Harding’s voice was only hinted at…
Nature | BBC
25 February 2018
A memorial was recently held for Thomas the goose, a “New Zealander who spent most of his life as a loving partner, caring father and an icon of the LGBT community”, Yvette Tan writes in a…
Design | Boat International
24 February 2018
Amsterdam-based designer New Zealander Isaac Burrough has released his latest concept, a 28m motor yacht that draws inspiration from the world of product design.
Eschewing the more commonplace reference points of architecture and automotive design,…
Science/Tech | National Geographic
24 February 2018
New Zealand scientists have peered into one of the least-explored swaths of ocean on Earth, a vast region located off the coast of West Antarctica. It is locked beneath a crust of ice larger…
Film & TV | Collider
23 February 2018
If you enjoy contemporary New Zealand comedies like Boy, What We Do in the Shadows, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, then you should put this Taika Waititi-executive produced title The Breaker Upperers on your radar, recommends…
New Zealand | Daily Mail
23 February 2018
“If you’ve never heard of this national park, on New Zealand’s South Island, then you won’t know that it’s one of earth’s most staggeringly jaw-dropping wildernesses,” the Britain’s Daily Mail reports. The publication features…
Music | ExBerliner
22 February 2018
Signing to Domino Records mid-2017, the fun pop eight-piece Superorganism has since kept a pretty exclusive profile, playing only a handful of shows throughout the entire year. With the release of their self-titled debut…
General | Guardian (The)
22 February 2018
“If you’re interested in the end of the world, you’re interested in New Zealand. If you’re interested in how our current cultural anxieties – climate catastrophe, decline of transatlantic political orders, resurgent nuclear terror…
Film & TV | Berlinale | ExBerliner
22 February 2018
Within 10 years, former artist, teacher and filmmaker New Zealand-born Maryanne Redpath has turned the Berlinale youth section Generation into one of the most popular strands of the film festival, with a gem-packed programme…
Science/Tech | Science Magazine
21 February 2018
“When the first humans landed on what is now known as New Zealand 700 years ago, they didn’t find mammals. Instead, they discovered giant birds called moas, as well as a host of other…
Comedy | YouTube
21 February 2018
Auckland Dad Jordan Watson, aka ‘How to Dad’ is known for his funny parenting videos. Watch his new clip on teaching a baby how to talk.
Film & TV | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
21 February 2018
It is something of a surprise to see New Zealander Robyn Malcolm looking positively restrained, wearing a conservative skirt and blouse, for her role as Maxine Pavich in the new ABC television drama series…
General | Economist (The)
21 February 2018
“For a quiet country, New Zealand has a peculiar problem with gangs. It is reckoned to have one of the highest membership rates in the world. In a population of 4.7m, police count over…
General | Guardian (The)
20 February 2018
Brazilian police on a remote Amazon River island have arrested a man involved in the murder of round-the-world sailor New Zealander Sir Peter Blake in 2001.
José Irandir Cardoso had been a fugitive for the…
New Zealand | New York Times (The)
20 February 2018
“I wouldn’t have guessed that backcountry huts would become a focal point of my travels in New Zealand. Sixteen years later, I had come for the forests of Lothlorien, the peaks of the Misty…
New Zealand | Washington Post (The)
20 February 2018
“The Rotorua region, one of the world’s most geothermally active areas, is the Southern Hemisphere’s take on Yellowstone – minus bison, bears and backed-up crowds,” journalist M.L. Lyke writes for The Washington Post.
“Gases and…
Fashion | Vogue
19 February 2018
Jacinda Ardern is clear-eyed about what a prime minister of New Zealand, a country with a population of under five million, can achieve on the world stage. “We’re small,” she tells Amelia Lester reporting…
Rugby | YouTube
19 February 2018
Mitchell Hunt of the Crusaders won the New Zealand Sporting Moment of the Year at this year’s Halberg Awards for his match-winning drop goal against the…
Politics and Economics | Guardian (The)
19 February 2018
Former New Zealand prime minister Bill English, 56, has resigned as leader of the National Party, quitting politics after a 27-year career.
“Now is the right time for me to step aside and embark on new professional…
Architecture | The Big Smoke
19 February 2018
“The idea of the dream home is something we all have. But what most of us don’t is someone to realise it for us. Consider then the genius mind of Adrian Ramsay, who prides…
Visual Arts | La Jolla Light
19 February 2018
A festive crowd of art-lovers gathered at Lux Art Institute in Encinitas, California recently for the opening of a show by the first of its 2018 resident artists, London-based New Zealander Francis Upritchard.
Upritchard’s odd…
Music | SPIN
18 February 2018
The follow-up to New Zealand band Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2015 album Multi-Love, their fourth studio album, Sex & Food is out on 6 April.
Bandleader Ruban Nielson described the impetus behind the album, saying he wanted to…
New Zealand | Business Insider
18 February 2018
“Every world traveller knows the struggles of trying to fit into a foreign country’s culture. It requires remembering local customs, practicing appropriate etiquette, and (perhaps the most challenging) learning to speak like a local….
New Zealand | Jakarta Post (The)
18 February 2018
Wanting to take their time soaking in jagged mountains, rolling pastures, steep fjords, pristine lakes, raging rivers and scenic beaches, Indonesians Gwen Winarno and Yudha Budhisurya took a road trip in New Zealand while…
Film & TV | Variety Magazine
17 February 2018
New Zealander Anna Paquin plays Detective Anna Ryder in the Canadian television series, Bellevue. “Paquin, whose onscreen presence guarantees an otherworldly, alienating grace, is doing more work than is first apparent,” Variety TV critic…
Visual Arts | San Francisco Chronicle
17 February 2018
“A quiet but intensely powerful exhibition at San Francisco nonprofit gallery Kadist refutes the idea that we can shed the pain of the history of oppression by turning away from it,” Charles Desmarais writes…
Writers | Neos Kosmos
17 February 2018
Wellingtonian Petra Kotrotsos is not your average 21-year-old, according to Melbourne-based Greek community newspaper Neos Kosmos. A video blogger and aspiring filmmaker, she’s also a cancer veteran, having been through various treatments since she…
Music | EDM Sauce
16 February 2018
New Zealand-born Melbourne-based producer Oscar Davey-Wraight, aka Opiuo, has released the official video for his brand new single Ginger Lizard, which is taken from his forthcoming EP, Syzygy 01 scheduled for release on 2…
Music | YouTube
16 February 2018
Watch the official video of Marlon Williams’ ‘What’s Chasing You’. The song is part of his album ‘Make Way For Love,’ which was released on February 16, 2018. Marlon Williams is a…
Music | Westmoreland Gazette (The)
16 February 2018
Under the direction of New Zealand-born conductor Michael Joel, the Lakeland Sinfonia “presented a programme that was well-suited to their strengths,” according to the Westmorland Gazette’s Adrian Mullen in a review of a recent…
Visual Arts | Stuff
16 February 2018
New Zealander Tatiana Zimina has recently returned from northeast China where she competed in ice and snow sculpting with her partner and two friends in the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.
The…
Music | Exclaim!
15 February 2018
There is nothing like some personal trauma to fuel the muse of a songwriter. Acclaimed New Zealand troubadour Marlon Williams, 27, can attest to that, and the results are etched deeply into the grooves…
Business | Times (The)
15 February 2018
Virgin Media, with New Zealander Tom Mockridge at the helm, has connected more than a million homes to its ultrafast broadband network, in the latest sign that the roll-out of high-speed internet services is…
Science/Tech | Guardian (The)
15 February 2018
Rocket Lab entrepreneur Peter Beck’s recent launch into orbit of the 65-sided, carbon-fibre satellite Humanity Star drew a barrage of flak from scientists. But the New Zealander remains undaunted.
Beck explains his decision to Ian…
Fashion | Harper's Bazaar Australia | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
14 February 2018
Georgia Fowler, 25, the youngest daughter of Australian golfer Peter Fowler, is quickly becoming one of the most recognisable faces in the world, twice taking to the coveted Victoria’s Secret runway. Fowler (pictured left)…
Film | YouTube
14 February 2018
Watch the trailer to acclaimed Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour, which was written by New Zealand-born filmmaker Anthony McCarten. McCarten is best known for the screenplay…
Sport General | Irish Times (The)
14 February 2018
Athletics Ireland has announced the appointment of New Zealander Hamish Adams as its new chief executive officer.
Adams, who for the past five years has been Rowing Ireland CEO, will vacate that role and take…
Magazine
14 February 2018
News of New Zealand…
General | Guardian (The)
14 February 2018
New Zealand trustee company Perpetual Guardian is on the cusp of granting its employees the ultimate in work-life balance: four days work for five days pay, Eleanor Ainge Roy reports for UK newspaper The…
Nature | Deutsche Welle
13 February 2018
Sirocco, New Zealand’s superstar kakapo, is alive and well in Fiordland, according to the Department of Conservation. The conservation ‘spokesbird’ shot to fame after he got a bit too friendly…
Visual Arts | My Modern Met
13 February 2018
Interested in producing images on “the fringe of the otherworldly,” California-based landscape photographer Paul Hoi creatively combines science fiction with psychedelia. Using a camera modified for full spectrum infrared, Hoi transforms familiar visuals into…
Medicine/Health | Fortune
13 February 2018
New Zealand is about to take a pioneering approach to fighting HIV/AIDS – by publicly funding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication Truvada, manufactured by US biotech giant Gilead.
Taking this drug daily has shown to offer…
Sport General | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
13 February 2018
All Sydney-based trainer Chris Waller wanted to be was a reasonable trainer when he started in the tough game of preparing racehorses in his homeland of New Zealand. Reasonable has been replaced by premier…
Obituaries | Telegraph (The)
12 February 2018
Motueka-born Bevan Congdon, who captained New Zealand to its first Test win over Australia in 1974, has died a day short of his 80th birthday in Auckland.
In total, Congdon played 61 Tests and captained…
X Files | YouTube
12 February 2018
For the past two years New Zealand’s national “spokesbird” Sirocco had disappeared off the radar due to a failed transmitter. Watch this clip to see DOC rangers Jake Osborne and Sara…
Film & TV | Blue Mountains Gazette
12 February 2018
Queenstown design engineers John Coyle, Brad Hurndell, Vikas Sathaye and Shane Buckham have scored a jump on Margot Robbie, Daniel Day-Lewis and Meryl Streep a month before the Oscars. The group has just been…
Politics and Economics | Times (The)
12 February 2018
Jacinda Ardern is not your average prime minister, Times political journalist Alice Thomson quickly learns. The second prime minister after Benazir Bhutto, in 1990, to be pregnant while running a country, is down to…
Z-Files | SB Nation
12 February 2018
“I ended up in boat-drunk summery Auckland because I wanted to figure out, 10 years after Sir Edmund Hillary’s death, how the first person to climb Mount Everest ever happened. I promise that is…
Film & TV | PerthNow
11 February 2018
A quirk of fate could have changed the path of Australian film history and seen New Zealander Aaron Jeffery play Chopper Read nearly 20 years ago.
“I auditioned for the original Chopper movie,” Jeffery, 47,…