New Zealand businessman Sir John Hood has joined Blackstone’s board of directors on May 14, 2018. Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray said Blackstone was looking forward to working closely with Hood and that…
Learn How to Rugby in How to Dad’s new How to Sport episode which guest stars All Black Kieran Reid. Jordan Watson, known as How to Dad, makes funny video tutorials…
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The 2018 Steinlager Series v France has started last week. In the first match of this year’s season the All Blacks won 52-11. Watch this clip published by Rugby.com.au to…
New Zealand DNA testing software known as ‘STRmix’ “has helped United States prosecutors secure a murder conviction in a Brooklyn courtroom.” Radio New Zealand reports. STRmix untangles complex mixtures of DNA…
Last month Netflix released science fiction thriller Anon, which plays in a futuristic world where privacy and anonymity no longer exist. Anon was directed by New Zealander…
“John Watson is the first to admit that his DJ skills put people to sleep. Luckily for him, that is the point,” writes Charles Anderson in an article for The…
“In a bid to tackle climate change, scientists have teamed up with New Zealand farmers to try and make sheep a little less gassy,” writes Joe Pinkstone in an article for the
New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has been featured in a Forbes article which highlights “some of the most popular parks in the world.” Duncan Madden reports. “Like much of its native…
The first full trailer for Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines has been released, reports Abid Rahman for The Hollywood Reporter. In the trailer the city of London…
Hidden Ice is the story of Glen Aspin, Ed Harrison, Jerome Waldron and Dean Aspin, a group of climbers exploring a range in the Southern Alps in search of…
“New Zealander Yosan An has joined Disney’s live-action movie Mulan as the main love interest Chen Hongui opposite Liu Yifei (also known as Crystal Liu) who is playing Hua Mulan,” reports Kylie Hemmert for…
“Recognition is something Māori communities have been campaigning for over 150 years. In 2013, they achieved a landmark ruling when the Te Urewera national park on the North Island was granted ‘all the rights,…
Watch New Zealand singer-songwriter Robinson’s new video for Nothing to Regret. The 21-year-old, who was born in Greymouth has been likened to Lorde and Georgia Nott.
Helen Clark was hosted by Ambassador Lecture Series and UNU-MERIT at Maastricht University. Clark speaks about her childhood, student politics and equality in the workforce.
When Rebecca Gibian first emailed Peter Hillary about an interview, he replied saying that he was currently at 16,000 feet in the Himalayans, but would get back to her when he returned to New…
“New Zealand is planning to invest more in recycling plants and set up government-led taskforce to work out how to grapple with the fallout from China’s ban on waste imports, its associate environment minister…
Watch this clip to find out more about Sevens newcomer Etene Nanai-Seturo and how he fell in love with the game. He joined the All Blacks Sevens team in 2018.
Commissioned by the New Zealand Consulate in the USA, designer Lydia Starkey illustrated a map of all the great NZ establishments in New York. The map, titled ‘Little New Zealand – A New NYC…
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Watch this clip by Lake Wanaka NZ to find out more about skiing in Wanaka. Wanaka local Ella Maluschnig shares what’s her perfect ski day and shares why she loves…
New Zealand athlete and Auckland councillor Dick Quax, who was “regarded as one of his country’s greatest runners, died on Monday at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer. The
What do the arts mean to you? Why is art important? Watch this short clip by Creative New Zealand to hear New Zealanders talk about what the arts mean to…
New Zealand designer Blair Archibald has been praised for his debut at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Australia last week. Watch this video to see his…
“Long before Peter Blake was killed by a Brazilian pirate in the Amazon in 2001, he talked at the dinner table with his young son James about the privileges that came with successfully sailing…
For fans of the new Kiwi comedy The Breaker Upperers Air New Zealand’s latest clip is a must-watch. In the short clip the film’s directors Madeleine Sami and Jackie van…
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“Fast friends and sailing stars, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won Olympic gold and the America’s Cup together in the last two years, but their career paths are diverging for the moment in…
Auckland guitar pop group The Beths recently signed with Washington DC-based Carpark Records and will release their first album in August this year. Watch this clip to see and hear their title track…
“80 billion plastic bottles from shampoo and conditioner alone enter our oceans every year,” writes Mara Leighton in an article for Business Insider. Ethique – a…
New Zealand photographer Bianca Duimel “is hoping to change the conversation around red hair with a powerful art project.” Sarah Young reports for The Independent. “I was looking for children for…
“All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks is a new six-episode series and it promises to be a belter,” writes Paul Moore in an article for Joe.ie. Narrated by the “incredibly…
Watch this short teaser of Kim Swims – a documentary about Kim Chambers’ record-breaking solo swim from the Farallon Islands, about 48km off the coast of San Francisco back under…
Watch the teaser to the new Amazon Prime series: All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks. The series shows a glimpse behind the scenes of the most successful rugby team…
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“Japan is famed for its ultramodern cityscapes. But what happens when the ultramodern becomes old?” Photographer Cody Ellingham is using landscape photography skills developed in New Zealand to explore fading monolithic public housing projects…
“New Zealand’s football body announced a new deal May 8 that gives the national women’s team the same pay and conditions as the men’s side, becoming one of the world’s first countries to do…
New Zealand has made the biggest leap of any country – up seven spots to 16th – in this year’s A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDI). The USA…
Watch this short clip by Visit Auckland to find out which places professional golfer Lydia Ko loves in The City of Sails. The New Zealander recently won her 15th LPGA title at…
Piha Beach has been identified as one of the most Instagrammed beaches (#21) in the Asia Pacific Region in a list compiled by travel company Globehunters.
“The universe is back in fashion. Perhaps it’s because light pollution on the increase as white LED streetlights across ever-expanding cities, but there seems to be a growing interest in astro-tourism,” writes Jamie Carter…
Cody Ellingham is an artist born in New Zealand, whose first exhibition DERIVE – a series of neon Tokyo cityscapes – found fame in 2017. Listen to this clip…
“A spectacular sinkhole the length of two football fields and the depth of a six-story building has opened up on a New Zealand farm” near the North Island town of Rotorua, writes Guy Birchall in…
Watch this clip to see parts of the thrilling finale of the 2018 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. New Zealander Jonelle Price won the championship on her horse Classic Moet.
“Jonelle Price and her star mare Classic Moet have won the 2018 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials,” writes Lucy Elder in an article for Horse & Hound. Price is the…
Watch this 4-minute clip of Rose Matafeo’s performance at Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Upfront. Rose Matafeo is a New Zealand comedian and TV presenter who is splitting her time between UK…
New Zealand cinematographer John Cavill has won an Emmy – Outstanding Cinematography – for American/Chinese co-production Scars of Nanking at the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In
“If you live in a concrete jungle inundated with constant noise, pollution, too many people and not enough trees, or are simply feeling the urge to get back to nature” –“a trip to New…
“New Zealand may be experiencing economic growth fuelled by both emerging home-grown innovations and FDI that represented 38% of that nation’s GDP in 2016 and totalled NZ$101bn ($72bn) in FDI stock in 2017, but…
The Breaker Upperers is the latest unique Kiwi comedy which is described as a “must-watch” for fans of Boy or Hunt for the Wilderpeople. The film was executive produced by…
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In the latest Tourism NZ ad Rhys Darby and Jacinda Ardern aim to find out why New Zealand is being left off world maps in a global conspiracy. Darby…
“The death of long-serving Australian swimming coach Jan Cameron is being mourned on both sides of the Tasman.” The Sydney Morning Herald reports. “As Swimming Australia’s current para sport mentor coach,…
“A two-year win drought marked by changes in coaches, caddies and clubs ended for Lydia Ko on Sunday as the former world number one closed out victory at the Mediheal…
New York “first embraced global ingredients in the early ’80s, and the rest of the world followed suit.” And the “Kiwi was the gateway drug,” writes Ligaya Mishan in an article for
Watch this clip to see and hear Theia’s latest single Bye Bye. The Christchurch-born artist, Em-Haley Walker, wrote ‘Bye Bye’ in February 2017 alongside US-producer Mike Elizondo. Theia was a finalist in the 2017…
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