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EDGE #431 – On the Brilliance of Katherine Mansfield + 39 Global Stories

EDGE #431 – On the Brilliance of Katherine Mansfield + 39 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM |8 February 2023 | #431 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of international …

EDGE #430 – Ten Things to Keep in Mind Before Visiting NZ + 48 Global Stories –

EDGE #430 – Ten Things to Keep in Mind Before Visiting NZ + 48 Global Stories –

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 04 January 2023 | #430 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London) See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …

EDGE #429 – 2022 Commonwealth Games NZ’s Most Successful + 24 Global Stories

EDGE #429 – 2022 Commonwealth Games NZ’s Most Successful + 24 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 22 February 2023 | #432 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …

EDGE #428 – Aldous Harding’s Latest a NY Times Critic’s Pick + 15 Global Stories

EDGE #428 – Aldous Harding’s Latest a NY Times Critic’s Pick + 15 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 06 April 2022 | #428 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …

A Great New Zealander You Most Likely Never Heard Of

A Great New Zealander You Most Likely Never Heard Of

In the year of my birth, 1952, a man from Timaru, and a student at the high school which I was later to attend, St Patrick’s Timaru, William Colin Mathew Durning (BDS, MDS, PhD), was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship. In …

EDGE #427 Pandemic Effects Roil Aotearoa – End in Sight + 30 Global Stories

EDGE #427 Pandemic Effects Roil Aotearoa – End in Sight + 30 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 04 March 2022 | #427 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …

Pandemic Effects Roil Aotearoa – End in Sight

Pandemic Effects Roil Aotearoa – End in Sight

A full two years into the pandemic and New Zealand has been roiled by the mass arrival of the Omicron variant, economic stress in the tourism and hospitality and agricultural sectors, protests against mandate requirements including three-week occupation of Parliament …

Getty Research Institute Acquires Max Gimblett Artist’s Book Collection

Getty Research Institute Acquires Max Gimblett Artist’s Book Collection

New Zealand American artist Max Gimblett ONZM has celebrated six decades of creativity with the Getty Center’s acquisition of an archive of 275 of his artist’s books. The Getty of Los Angeles is a leading global arts organization committed to …

Laurie O’Reilly’s voice from the grave

Laurie O’Reilly’s voice from the grave

Last week I attempted to present to the Social Services and Communities Committee dealing with the ‘Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill’. I am troubled by the intention to disestablish the role of the …

Geoff Andrews, Kiwi Connector in the Big Apple

Geoff Andrews, Kiwi Connector in the Big Apple

Geoff Andrews, a leader and organizer of the New Zealand community in New York City, died on December 30, 2021, at his home in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, aged 76. He lived in New York for 40 years, having previously …

EDGE #426 – Newsreader Oriini Kaipara Presents World-First + 15 Other global stories

EDGE #426 – Newsreader Oriini Kaipara Presents World-First + 15 Other global stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 06 January 2022 | #426 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …

EDGE #425 – How Peter Jackson Became a Local Hero after LOTR + 15 Other global stories

EDGE #425 – How Peter Jackson Became a Local Hero after LOTR + 15 Other global stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 December 2021 | #425 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …

EDGE #424 – Floeting Rings In A Revolutionary Diamond Setting + 27 Global Stories

EDGE #424 – Floeting Rings In A Revolutionary Diamond Setting + 27 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 09 December 2021 | #424 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

Floeting Rings In A Revolutionary Diamond Setting

Floeting Rings In A Revolutionary Diamond Setting

“A New Zealand jeweler has invented a way to put more sparkle in an engagement ring,” writes Forbes Watches & Jewelry contributor Carol Besler. The new Floeting Diamond created by veteran Wellington master jeweler Ian Douglas has been heralded by …

EDGE #423 – What’s On Thomasin McKenzie’s Cultural Radar? + 15 Global Stories

EDGE #423 – What’s On Thomasin McKenzie’s Cultural Radar? + 15 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 12 November 2021 | #423 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #422 – New Zealanders Struggling to Find a Home + 24 Global Stories

EDGE #422 – New Zealanders Struggling to Find a Home + 24 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 28 October 2021 | #422 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

Flatiron Triplex Balances Elegance with Comfort

Flatiron Triplex Balances Elegance with Comfort

Architect David Howell and interior designer Steffani Aarons have reimagined a Flatiron District penthouse for a young New York family, reports Pilar Viladas in Introspective, the magazine of the design marketplace 1stDibs. The apartment occupies the entire 18th and 19th …

EDGE #421 – Kinetic Façade Brings NZ Pavilion To Life At Expo 2020 + 27 Global Stories

EDGE #421 – Kinetic Façade Brings NZ Pavilion To Life At Expo 2020 + 27 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 01 October 2021 | #421 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

Kinetic Façade Brings NZ Pavilion To Life At Expo 2020

Kinetic Façade Brings NZ Pavilion To Life At Expo 2020

“A pioneering feat of engineering and craftsmanship, the New Zealand pavilion’s innovative façade made from a unique architectural mesh called Kaynemaile pays homage to the Māori way of life,” according to a report in Architectural Digest Middle East by design …

What is really in our wine?

What is really in our wine?

New research by Malborough Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson “is likely to provoke considerable revision in winemaking practices and in how sulphites are perceived,” according to Jancis Robinson, famed wined writer for The Financial Times. Wine intolerance affects between 7 …

You don’t need physics to appreciate Katherine Mansfield

You don’t need physics to appreciate Katherine Mansfield

In an entertainingly self-deprecating essay for Oxford University’s independent student newspaper Cherwell, Ben Jureidini apologies to the ghost of New Zealand short story master Katharine Mansfield for almost submitting a terribly pretentious theory about her work. Juredini imagines Mansfield as …

Spectacular David Howell creation is “the best furnished in New York City”

Spectacular David Howell creation is “the best furnished in New York City”

A spectacular apartment designed by NZ-born, New York-based architect David Howell and his team at DHD Architecture + Interior Design has been featured on Bravo TV’s Million Dollar Listing New York. The 4,116 square foot condominium is at One57 on …

EDGE #420 – Tokyo Paralympians Return Victorious + 25 Global Stories

EDGE #420 – Tokyo Paralympians Return Victorious + 25 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 September 2021 | #420 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

Philip Roche’s Palm Springs ‘Desert Dreams’

Philip Roche’s Palm Springs ‘Desert Dreams’

Former Wellingtonian Philip Roche and his iconic Palm Springs Mid Century Modern feature in September’s issue of NZ House & Garden. His design and restoration of the ranch-style house tells a story of care, observation and openness, incorporating the natural …

EDGE #419 – New Zealand Olympians Triumph in Tokyo and 15 Global Stories

EDGE #419 – New Zealand Olympians Triumph in Tokyo and 15 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 12 August 2021 | #419 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

We say goodbye to Creative Rebel Paratene Temokopuorongo Matchitt

We say goodbye to Creative Rebel Paratene Temokopuorongo Matchitt

Its Saturday. 24th July 2021. I’ve got other mahi to do but my soul tells me to write, if only briefly. I’ve got profound views on current worldly issues to share with you in essays yet to come. But, let …

EDGE #418 – Integrating Mātauranga into UNESCO’s Work +12 Global Stories

EDGE #418 – Integrating Mātauranga into UNESCO’s Work +12 Global Stories

[[trackingImage]] News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 29 July 2021 | #418 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive …

EDGE #417 Lorde’s Just Scratching the Surface of Her Powers + 24 Global Stories

EDGE #417 Lorde’s Just Scratching the Surface of Her Powers + 24 Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 22 July 2021 | #417 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #416 New Zealanders Flock Home to the Edge + 15 other global stories

EDGE #416 New Zealanders Flock Home to the Edge + 15 other global stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 June 2021 | #416 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #415 Crowded House Is Back and Loving It + 30 other global stories

EDGE #415 Crowded House Is Back and Loving It + 30 other global stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 11 June 2021 | #415 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

He Poroporoaki mo Carl Meredith Bradley. BA. MA Ph.D

He Poroporoaki mo Carl Meredith Bradley. BA. MA Ph.D

Carl Bradley died suddenly last week. Just 52 years of age. He was a friend and colleague. Carl was an Aikido 4th Dan black belt and on an upward trajectory in his sport. He was a military historian and the …

EDGE #414 Great Scotts Take First and Second in Texas + 25 Other Global Stories

EDGE #414 Great Scotts Take First and Second in Texas + 25 Other Global Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 06 May 2021 | #414 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #413 Manaakitanga Behind Our Strong Covid Response+ 15 Global Kiwi Stories

EDGE #413 Manaakitanga Behind Our Strong Covid Response+ 15 Global Kiwi Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 17 March 2021 | #413 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #412 Trapped in Museums for Centuries, Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home  + 27 Global Kiwi Stories

EDGE #412 Trapped in Museums for Centuries, Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home + 27 Global Kiwi Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 09 March 2021 | #412 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside(London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of international …

EDGE #411 New Year Edition – Peter Jackson Astonishes With Beatles Documentary + 15 Global Kiwi Stories

EDGE #411 New Year Edition – Peter Jackson Astonishes With Beatles Documentary + 15 Global Kiwi Stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 11 January 2021 | #411 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #410 Holiday Edition – Richie McCaw World Rugby Player of the Decade + 24 Global Kiwi Stories

EDGE #410 Holiday Edition – Richie McCaw World Rugby Player of the Decade + 24 Global Kiwi Stories

[[trackingImage]] News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 24 December 2020 | #410 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

David Howell Talks Architecture with Ralph Pucci

David Howell Talks Architecture with Ralph Pucci

New York New Zealander David Howell and his wife and business partner Steffani Aarons talk architecture and design on the podcast of renowned American designer, gallery owner and entrepreneur Ralph Pucci. Asked by Pucci at what moment of his life …

“Made with Care” showcases New Zealand’s food and beverage on world stage

“Made with Care” showcases New Zealand’s food and beverage on world stage

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has launched a new campaign to promote New Zealand’s world-leading food and beverage overseas. The campaign comes at a time when borders are closed and as a result, many people overseas with a desire …

New Zealand emerges as global leader and “beacon of light” in era of Covid-19

New Zealand emerges as global leader and “beacon of light” in era of Covid-19

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand has emerged as a global leader. However there’s more to this leadership than New Zealand’s efforts in developing a world-renowned best-practice pandemic response, says London-based economist Umair Haque, writing for Eudaimonia …

Nanaia Mahuta “blazes new trails” as foreign minister

Nanaia Mahuta “blazes new trails” as foreign minister

Nanaia Mahuta entered New Zealand’s Parliament as the youngest Maori woman to ever gain a seat. More than two decades later, she has become the country’s minister of foreign affairs, another trailblazing first. Ms Mahuta is emblematic of what Damien …

EDGE #409 – Nanaia Mahuta “blazes new trails” as foreign minister – NY Times + 21 stories Happy Thanksgiving Edition

EDGE #409 – Nanaia Mahuta “blazes new trails” as foreign minister – NY Times + 21 stories Happy Thanksgiving Edition

[[trackingImage]] News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 26 November 2020 | #409 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive …

EDGE #408 – Global Media Outlets React to Jacinda Ardern’s Win + 24

EDGE #408 – Global Media Outlets React to Jacinda Ardern’s Win + 24

[[trackingImage]] News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 November 2020 | #408 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive …

“Indigenous knowledge central to Aotearoa”: artist Shannon Te Ao discusses new video work in Canada

“Indigenous knowledge central to Aotearoa”: artist Shannon Te Ao discusses new video work in Canada

Despite experiencing setbacks caused by COVID-19, Wellington-based artist Shannon Te Ao is having a busy year, presenting new video work in two Canadian locations during 2020, and marking his first solo museum exhibitions in the country. Earlier this year, Te …

EDGE #407 – New Zealand Passport Takes Top Spot + 15 other stories

EDGE #407 – New Zealand Passport Takes Top Spot + 15 other stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 15 October 2020 | #407 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #406 New Zealand a food producer of global scale + 33 other stories

EDGE #406 New Zealand a food producer of global scale + 33 other stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 03 October 2020 | #406 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

OECD Nominee Liddell Helms White House Transition Planning

OECD Nominee Liddell Helms White House Transition Planning

Whoever wins the U.S. Presidential race – Trump or Biden – New Zealand-born Chris Liddell will be holding the keys to the front door of the White House in his role as head of the Presidential transition team. Federal law …

Max Gimblett Shows Juggernaut in San Francisco

Max Gimblett Shows Juggernaut in San Francisco

San Francisco’s prestigious Hosfelt Gallery presents a solo exhibition of work by the esteemed 84 year-old painter, calligrapher, and Rinzai Zen monk Max Gimblett. The exhibition, entitled juggernaut, opens September 8, 2020 and is the NYNZ artist’s first exhibition at …

New Zealand a food producer of global scale

New Zealand a food producer of global scale

New Zealand’s credentials as a global food and meat producer are highlighted in an op-ed in leading U.S. trade publication The National Provisioner by Matt Luxton, Director of Sales, USA at Silver Fern Farms. New Zealand exports a variety of …

Peter FitzSimons: “Australia should take back Christchurch killer.” Others disagree.

Peter FitzSimons: “Australia should take back Christchurch killer.” Others disagree.

“Asked by New Zealand media to summate the Australian reaction to the conviction of the Christchurch killer who grew up in Grafton only to murder 51 people in a Kiwi mosque in March last year, I took pause,” writes Sydney …

“I forgive you: Why victims’ empathy was kryptonite to the Christchurch killer”

“I forgive you: Why victims’ empathy was kryptonite to the Christchurch killer”

Reflecting on four days of victim impact statements prior to the life-without-parole sentence of the Christchurch mosque killer, Sydney Morning Herald columnist and senior journalist Jacqueline Maley wrote “The more I listened, the more it seemed to me this public …

EDGE #405 – Travel + Leisure Takes in the Best of Auckland + 24 more stories

EDGE #405 – Travel + Leisure Takes in the Best of Auckland + 24 more stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 27 August 2020 | #405 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE #404 – How New Zealand Is Beating the Coronavirus Pandemic + 18 other stories

EDGE #404 – How New Zealand Is Beating the Coronavirus Pandemic + 18 other stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 30 July 2020 | #404 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

EDGE# 403 – Helen Clark to co-Lead WHO COVID-19 Panel on Global Response, Future Prevention + 21 other stories

EDGE# 403 – Helen Clark to co-Lead WHO COVID-19 Panel on Global Response, Future Prevention + 21 other stories

News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 July 2020 | #403 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …

Calling All Change Agents

Calling All Change Agents

In the mid 1980’s when the Whakatu meatworks closed we ran a programme at Waiohiki to support workers made redundant by the extraordinary restructuring of our economy. Men and women who previously had been slaughtering animals or working in meat …

Hugh McCutcheon’s Minnesota Gophers the #1 USA Women’s College Volleyball Pick for 2020

Hugh McCutcheon’s Minnesota Gophers the #1 USA Women’s College Volleyball Pick for 2020

Christchurch-born Olympic Gold Medal volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon, in his eighth year as coach of the University of Minnesota’s women’s volleyball team The Gophers, is preparing for the 2020 season with his incoming team the #1 pick of the nation, …