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UMO Brings Intimate Rock Feel to Oregon Gig
Ruban Nielson, New Zealand-born singer and guitarist of Unknown Mortal Orchestra excitedly addressed the sold-out crowd at the WOW Hall, in Eugene, Oregon. “What’s up, Eugene? You alright?” Unknown…
Stylist Chloe Hill Leads Anti-Minimalism Movement
There’s beauty and ease in the ability to maintain a minimalist sense of style. Colours remain subdued and consistently complementary. Plus, a less-is-more approach, in essence, keeps the actual…
Sake Changed Rebekah Wilson-Lye’s Life
Tokyo-based sake expert and International Wine Challenge (IWC) judge, New Zealander Rebekah Wilson-Lye is one of three central figures in Kampai! Sake Sisters, a documentary about women in the…
Scottish Opera’s Alex Reedijk the Company’s Saviour
In 13 years, New Zealander Alex Reedijk has pulled Scottish Opera back from the brink, turning it into a thriving company that takes risks on stage and serves the…
Mitch Evans and Rocket-Ship Take E-Victory
New Zealander Mitch Evans, 24, negotiated a chaotic opening lap that saw bumps, crashes and a multi-car pile up before pulling off a dramatic overtaking manoeuvre to secure victory at…
Surgeon Simon Talbot Heads World-Leading Team
Harvard-based New Zealander Dr Simon Talbot M.D. leads a team of surgeons performing astonishing hand transplants and plays a part in operations that give patients a new face,…
Emilia Wickstead Recruits Some Important Women
When London-based designer Emilia Wickstead took inspiration from her native New Zealand to create a capsule collection with The Woolmark Company, it seemed fitting that she should ask her…
Swiss Give Artist Judy Millar First Survey Show
Since attracting the Zurich-based Galerie Mark Muller 17 years ago, the Swiss have embraced New Zealand artist Judy Millar’s wildly colourful art with its untamed brushstrokes, and given the…
Laybuy Continues its Move onto UK Platforms
Laybuy, which was co-founded by Gary Rohloff and his son Alex, is a New Zealand company that’s trying to bring a new payment model to the UK.
It’s based on…
Big Names to Speak at Film Summit in Auckland
New Zealand filmmakers Niki Caro, Philippa Boyens, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US film producer Charles King will headline global screen inclusion summit, Power of Inclusion, which will take…
Jacinda Ardern One of World’s Greatest Leaders
The Fortune magazine’s sixth annual leaders list “is the home of the brave”. “These thinkers, speakers, and doers make bold choices and…
Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck at TED in Vancouver
Peter Beck is a space entrepreneur with a rocket and launch pad in New Zealand that has permission for flights “every 72 hours for the next 30 years”. Beck…
Egg Shortage as Farmers Scramble to Go Free-Range
New Zealand is in the grip of an egg shortage as the industry undergoes a massive period of disruption while it transitions to free-range farming. The Guardian reports.
The shortage…
Sarah Mary Chadwick’s Latest is Otherworldly
“The mix of New Zealand-born singer agony and the hope of the organ she’s playing makes for a compelling listen,” according to Kory Grow in a…
Author Heather Morris Discusses New Novel
After delivering one of last year’s biggest bestsellers with The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Te Awamutu-raised Heather Morris is ready to reveal Cilka’s Journey as a follow-up.
Morris recreated the experiences…
Record-Breaking Breeding Season for the Kākāpō
The world’s fattest species of parrot, the kākāpō, has had a record-breaking breeding season in New Zealand, with scientists saying the fortunes of the critically-endangered bird are finally turning…
Teen Charlie O’Brien Breaks Swinging World Record
After 32 hours, Taradale High School student Charlie O’Brien, 16, has broken the world record for longest non-stop marathon on a swing.
O’Brien was allowed a five-minute break for every…
Sophie Mashlan – Things I Don’t Mean – Sofar Wellington
Sophie Mashlan is a young New Zealand folk musician, who has “been rapidly gaining attention for her enchanting performances and evocative…
An Interview with Dame Jenny Gibbs
Newly published on art platform Contemporary HUM, HUM’s own editor Pauline Autet speaks with Dame Jenny Gibbs about the forthcoming Venice Biennale and Dane Mitchell’s project for the prestigious…
How to Dad – Teaching a Baby How to Run
Watch one of the latest installments of How to Dad’s comedic instructional parenting videos – How to Teach a Baby to Run. Jordan Watson, a.k.a How…
Caravan Co-Founder Miles Kirby on Business in Food
Miles Kirby, New Zealand-born co-founder of restaurant and coffee-roaster Caravan, oversees a growing five-strong group in London. Kirby spoke with British daily news site BigHospitality about how he made…
K.J. Apa & Maia Mitchell Make The Most Of The Last Summer
Netflix has just “released the trailer for The Last Summer” featuring Maia Mitchell and K.J. Apa,” writes Tyler Aquilina in an article for Entertainment Weekly.
“The…
The Last Summer – Netflix – Trailer
New Zealand actor K.J. Apa is starring in Netflix’ latest teen romantic movie The Last Summer, which follows four friends trying to make the most…
Bayley LuuTomes Plants Winning Woodland
“(An) exhibit that defied regular display-garden expectations (at this year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show) was the one created by New Zealand designer Bayley LuuTomes,” Megan Backhouse reports…
Exploring Aotearoa in Sunshine and in Rain
“We could not have asked for a more spectacular summer day when we set off from Awaroa Lodge on our walking/kayaking adventure in Abel Tasman Park,” Sue-Ann Levy writes…
Rugby Australia’s Raelene Castle on Equality
In a perfect world there would be no need for this conversation and the role women play in sport would not be addressed as a separate issue, “but we’re…
AirNZ 3-D Prints Spare Part
Air New Zealand used a 3D printed part in one of its planes. They ordered the digital aircraft part file from Singapore, had it…
Susan Te Kahurangi King On Show in Chicago
The term “outsider artist” is big enough to include a creative person without classical training – and a silent artist, New Zealander Susan Te Kahurangi King, 68, who communicates…
NZ Passes Law Banning Most Semiautomatic Weapons
“Less than a month after 50 Muslim worshipers in the city of Christchurch were fatally shot in terrorist attacks on two mosques, New Zealand passed a law banning most…
Behind the Scenes – Georgia Fowler
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a fashion shoot? Watch this vlog to be taken behind-the-scenes with art director Jed…
Rose Matafeo To Star In BBC Three Sitcom
Rose Matafeo is to star in BBC Three sitcom Star Struck, which follows a twentysomething woman living in London as she tries to work out life and love. Jay…
EDGE #358: Six Kiwis Make Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 + 18 stories
Why Some of Our Famous Flightless Birds Can’t Fly
University of Otago researchers in association with colleagues from Harvard University have discovered new evidence of what made some of New Zealand’s iconic birds such as the kiwi and…
Māori Business Revaluing the Past
Global businesses should heed traditional, indigenous knowledge to better protect land, honour old customs and boost profits, participants at a Wakatū Incorporation conference in Wellington said last week.
Instead of…
Six Kiwis Make Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019
“For the fourth year in a row, our team at Forbes Asia has been scouting the Asia-Pacific region in search for 300 outstanding individuals to highlight in the annual…
Chef Monica Galetti Recounts Rise to Cooking Fame
Samoan-born New Zealand chef Monica Galetti was the first woman to become head chef at La Gavroche and now runs her own restaurant, Mere, in London with her husband….
Tā Moko as Much about Māori Identity as Art
The “unusual and pioneering exhibition” Māori Markings: Tā Moko, on until 25 August at the National Gallery of Australia, is curated by Crispin Howarth, and explores and documents tā…
Discover Abel Tasman With National Geographic’s Erika Larsen
Watch the third installment in the National Geographic/Tourism NZ series and follow National Geographic photographer Erika Larsen as she explores the South Island’s Abel…
PM Jacinda Ardern Discusses Global Scrutiny
Optimism is baked into Jacinda Ardern’s character, Spinoff editor Toby Manhire writes in a feature about the prime minister published in The Guardian. At school, her mother once revealed,…
Feijoas Are a National Pastime
The little green fruit that’s native to Brazil, feijoa, is one of the most vitamin C-rich foods you can eat. But just for the record, New Zealand discovered them…
Your Apples May Soon Be Picked By Laser-Shooting Robots
Roboticists are creating crop-specific machines to harvest fruits and veggies. One of these inventions is “the apple-picking robot, a metallic farmer that just graduated from R&D and won a…
What We Do In The Shadows “Has Bite”
“Taika Waititi’s cult mockumentary has arisen on the small screen with the same mix of gravity-defying slapstick and endlessly amusing squabbles,” writes Charles Bramesco in a review for
HOWL FOR CHANGE with Heperi Mita
The Howl for Change team speaks to Māori filmmaker Heperi Mita about his documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, “with which he revives his…
Designer Richard Clarkson Looks to the Stars
Intrepid visitors to the Architectural Digest Design Show on in New York during March braved lashings of chilly rain to get there. But inside, the elements were the source of…
Auckland Gets More People on Its Buses
“Cities across the world are struggling to tempt people out of their cars and onto transit, but Auckland has reversed the trend by creating a really, really good bus…
Travel the World Like Influencer Alex Gillespie
New Zealand-born Instagram travel guru Alex Gillespie has amassed over 54k followers on Instagram over recent years, and has made a living travelling the world. He’s one of those…
Saving the Strangest Parrot on Earth
It’s as plump as a goose, has the face of an owl and waddles like a duck. It sleeps in the day and is active at night. And it…
New Zealand Continues Plans to Save Natives
New Zealand is three years into what many consider to be the world’s largest animal protection programme. The Predator Free 2050 government programme has a goal of removing all…
The Beths Live
Watch this clip to see and hear a live performance of The Beths in the KEXX studio. The Beths are a New Zealand indie pop…
Hong Kong Basel Showcases Painter Imogen Taylor
This year, Art Basel in Hong Kong featured 242 galleries from 35 countries and territories, with a booth set up by Auckland gallerist Michael Lett featuring Whangarei-born painter Imogen…
Even in Brogues Peter Messervy-Gross Completes Race
It would be hard enough completing a 160km ultra marathon across a frozen Mongolian lake with the proper equipment. New Zealander Peter Messervy-Gross, 47, performed the feat wearing his…
Icy World Record for Diver Ant Williams
Freediver Ant Williams, 47, has claimed a Guinness World Record for the deepest dive under ice, in a Norwegian fjord in the Arctic Circle.
Overseen by GWR observers, wearing only…
New Zealand’s Engaged Diaspora an Asset
The number of New Zealanders scattered around the globe is massive. Back in 1999 Brian Sweeney, founder of nzedge.com which originated the idea of a Kiwi Diaspora, put the…
“Nothing Consoles You Like Despair”
Newly published on online art platform Contemporary HUM, artist, writer, and curator Boaz Levin unpacks the work of Berlin-based artist Richard Frater, exhibited in Germany and New Zealand in…
Garden Designer Bayley LuuTomes Wins in Melbourne
New Zealand garden designer Bayley LuuTomes has ticked a career goal off his bucket list and won a bronze medal in the process at this year’s Melbourne International Flower…
Karen Walker’s Advice for Emerging Designers
Late last year iconic New Zealand designer Karen Walker spoke to Cityscape Magazine and shared some advice for emerging designers….
