Agriculture | Farmers Guardian
15 October 2018
New Zealander Doug Avery, known as ‘The Resilient Farmer’, recently spoke about having endured the worst drought “in living memory” at a tour jointly organised by The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland…
New Zealand | Province (The)
14 October 2018
“Tell a New Zealander that you’ve been to Rakiura/Stewart Island and chances are they’ll be envious, telling you they can’t wait to visit their wee third-largest island. After intros – kia ora, how ya…
Architecture | Stuff
14 October 2018
Aucklander Peter Macky, a former lawyer, has nearly completed a 10-year restoration of the first Kaiserbahnhof train station in Halbe, Germany.
Macky, who lives six months of the year in Germany, says he stumbled upon…
General | Republican Journal (The)
13 October 2018
Twenty-two foreign-born Maine residents, including New Zealand-born Lyndsey Lewis, completed the long journey of becoming US citizens at a naturalisation ceremony in Acadia National Park.
According to Lewis, there were “about 15 or 16 different…
Science/Tech | Forbes
13 October 2018
“When I met Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap’s Developer Conference (aka LEAPCon) in downtown Los Angeles yesterday, I told him it was like meeting all four Beatles at once. He’s defined for me and…
Music | 405 (The)
12 October 2018
New Zealand-born sound explorer, producer and DJ Christoph El Truento has just announced the release of his new album LWMP18 through Berlin-based record label/artist collective C O S M I C | C O…
Sport General | Outside
12 October 2018
Elite triathlon coach Jamie Turner is an affable New Zealander known for building mentally unbreakable athletes. The 46-year-old former triathlete, now a bit soft around the edges, loves to speak in metaphors gleaned from…
X Files | YouTube
12 October 2018
Together with spatial computing company Magic Leap, Air New Zealand has unveiled an initial-concept multiplayer spatial computing gaming experience in Los Angeles at the first L.E.A.P. conference….
Film & TV | Kyodo News
12 October 2018
Temuera Morrison and Sam Neill are to star in “The Brighton Miracle”, a film that portrays “Japan’s famous win over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.” The victory is “regarded by many…
Politics and Economics | Economic Times
11 October 2018
“Global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners has released its quarterly report on the world’s most desirable passports,” as reported in India’s Economic Times. New Zealand has been…
Sport General | Olympic.org
11 October 2018
“Dylan McCullough of New Zealand stormed to victory in the men’s triathlon at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 on Monday 8 October,” as reported on Olympic.org.
“The Kiwi athlete…
Magazine
11 October 2018
News of Global New…
Business | Nikkei Asian Review
11 October 2018
New Zealand-based startup Soul Machines has so far created 15 humanoids – disembodied screen presences – like Lia, employed mainly as customer service assistants. They work in seven countries for companies including Royal Bank…
Agriculture | Herald Scotland (The)
10 October 2018
Excitement is building among New Zealand’s high-end chefs over a new world-first. Deer milk is now being sourced from 70 hinds in Southland to make cheese, desserts and even yoghurt. The company behind the…
Film | YouTube
10 October 2018
Watch the second trailer for Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines, which is based on the Philip Reeve book and is set hundreds of years after civilization has been destroyed….
Science/Tech | Forbes | New Zealand Herald (The)
10 October 2018
New Plymouth-based legal tech startup Automio, which was founded by Claudia King, has made the Forbes’ list of 60 women-led tech companies, “shaking up” technology across the world.
Allyson Kapin, a contributor at Forbes, recommends: researching…
Science/Tech | space.com
10 October 2018
Rocket Lab is aiming high. The California-based company, founded in New Zealand by Peter Beck, plans to make space much more accessible via its 17m Electron rocket, which can loft about 225kg of payload…
Film & TV | Indianapolis Monthly
9 October 2018
Set against Scott Dixon’s “2017 IndyCar season with snippets and key moments from nearly every race”, Born Racer “begins with the Indy 500, where Dixon crashed in horrifying style. What follows are the challenges…
Business | New York Post
9 October 2018
New Zealand financial services firm Perpetual Guardian “has made a four-day work week permanent protocol after a trial run found “no downside,” company founder Andrew Barnes announced this week,” writes Marisa Dellatto in an…
America’s Cup | CNN
9 October 2018
The US syndicate will have renowned New Zealander Dean Barker as helmsman for the America’s Cup in 2021, plus an international crew of sailors for the New York Yacht Club’s first bid for the…
General | UN News
8 October 2018
The United Nations has celebrated 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at a high-level event on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) persons around…
Arts | YouTube
8 October 2018
London’s Oceania exhibition has recently opened at the Royal Academy of Arts and will be on until 10th December 2018. Watch this short video review…
Politics and Economics | NPR
8 October 2018
Chen Weijian rests on his balcony, listening to the cicadas in a leafy suburb of Auckland, Rob Schmitz reports in an NPR broadcast. He moved from China in 1991, escaping imprisonment for working on…
Fashion | Vogue
8 October 2018
New Zealand fashion designer Rebecca Taylor recently upped and moved her family to Paris. “It was somewhat spontaneous,” Emily Farra writes for Vogue, “but she’s been dreaming of raising her children in the city…
Music | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
7 October 2018
“An hour-long set of psychedelic sonic explorations breathes fire into songs that can border on boring in their studio iterations,” the Sydney Morning Herald’s Matt Teffer writes in a review of a recent
Wine | Drinks Business (The)
7 October 2018
If you are looking to have your eyes opened to the wonders of New Zealand wine, then Melanie Brown is the one to call. Since joining The Providores and Tapa Room in Marylebone, headed…
General | Independent (The)
7 October 2018
Move over GDP, happiness is angling to become the metric of the future. Nation states have begun to compete in global happiness rankings and plan policy according to statistics of wellbeing, with New Zealand…
Business | Broadsheet
6 October 2018
Ethical nail polish company Kester Black has created a one-off custom range in partnership with Disney to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday. Australian city guide Broadsheet talks to founder, New Zealander
New Zealand | Forbes
6 October 2018
“When people ask about my favourite countries to get away from the stresses of today’s contentious world, New Zealand is right up there, offering just about everything a traveller could want: vast stunning landscapes,…
Visual Arts | Creative Boom
6 October 2018
This autumn, to mark the 30th Curve commission at London’s Barbican Centre, New Plymouth-born and London-based artist Francis Upritchard, 42, has created a new, site-specific installation.
Drawing from figurative sculpture, craft…
Science/Tech | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
5 October 2018
“Richard Pearse, a New Zealander, is remarkable for very nearly being the first to fly under power and control. The more remarkable for also designing and making the engine for the aircraft,” Joseph May…
X Files | YouTube
5 October 2018
Have you heard about Ossis? Watch this clip, published by the New Zealand Story Group, to find out a little more about the global leader in custom-designed titanium implants.
Visual Arts | Guardian (The)
5 October 2018
The new Oceania exhibition has just opened at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. The Guardian’s art reviewer Jonathan Jones was there, deeming the show “dazzling … like having the ocean…
Business | Khaleej Times (The)
5 October 2018
In 2005, New Zealander Kathy Tracey, along with three women from the UK, pitted themselves against the might of the ocean on a 4700km historic journey. The now 56-year-old founding partner of
Film & TV | GQ
4 October 2018
KJ Apa is really going places. Driven, humble, talented, the boy from New Zealand is soon to be everywhere, according to Jake Millar in a cover story written for GQ Australia.
Apa, 21,…
New Zealand | Los Angeles Times
4 October 2018
“The idea, Suzie Moncrieff said, was to ‘take art off the wall and on to the human body’. From Moncrieff’s concept, WOW – World of Wearable…
Science/Tech | Noted
4 October 2018
New Zealand is being drawn into the effort to tackle the space junk problem, Peter Griffin writes for Noted. Menlo Park, California-based space mapping start-up LeoLabs has applied for resource consent to build a…
Science/Tech | New Zealander of the Year | Olean Times Herald
3 October 2018
St. Bonaventure University’s cyber security programme recently hosted artificial intelligence expert and STEM advocate, New Zealander Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh as its Lenna Visiting Professor.
Mohaghegh is a professor at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) with a…
Film | YouTube
3 October 2018
New Zealander Melanie Lynskey is starring in Hulu’s Castle Rock as Molly Strand, a clairvoyant real-estate agent with a pill habit. The series is based on characters…
Magazine
3 October 2018
News of Global New…
Business | NZEdge
3 October 2018
New Zealand chocolate maker, Whittaker’s, has opened their first ever store. Located at Auckland International Airport, just beyond the Customs area, it’s the perfect convenience for any traveler in need of an authentic Kiwi…
Te Ao Maori | BBC | Guardian (The)
3 October 2018
British art historian James Fox presents Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific, an “engaging” BBC documentary exploring Māori culture. It is reviewed in The Guardian by Emine Saner.
In Oceans Apart, Fox examines artworks that…
Sport General | News & Advance (The)
2 October 2018
More than 4000 descended on Lynchburg for the annual Genworth Virginia 10 Miler and its sister races to see course record-holder New Zealander Anne Audain return to the Virginia city…
Design | Women's Wear Daily
2 October 2018
Shoes from Allbirds, the Leonardo DiCaprio-backed sustainable brand co-founded by New Zealander Tim Brown, have quickly morphed into a consumer favourite. Now via a partnership with Air New Zealand, the…
Media | New Zealand Herald (The)
2 October 2018
Rod Emmerson, who is the editorial cartoonist for The New Zealand Herald, has been recognised for his popular artwork after receiving a new award he says “beats a knighthood”.
While in California attending a conference for…
Politics and Economics | UN News
2 October 2018
The collapse of multilateralism would be “catastrophic,” Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, said in her first speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
Opening her address with a Māori salutation,
Music | Los Angeles Times
1 October 2018
Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper’s film, A Star Is Born, featuring Lady Gaga in the lead female role, has been generating steady awards buzz since debuting at the Venice Film Festival last month and…
Politics | YouTube
1 October 2018
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN. “In her speech she highlighted how the…
Theatre | Evening Standard
1 October 2018
“When Rose Matafeo won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival in August the acclaim was widespread. The director of the awards, Nica Burns, described the London-based New Zealander as…