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 –

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

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

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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The least of these, my brethren

The president of Black Power’s Whanganui chapter, Damien Kuru, is currently in prison for manslaughter. A jury found him guilty in the killing of Kevin Ratana, a Mongrel Mob member, even though he wasn’t there when the shooting happened, and there was no evidence to tie him to the killing, either directly or indirectly….

Advice to the Mayor of Whananaki

I felt compelled to respond to Shane Jones – This mob mentality needs a short, sharp shock NZ Herald June 20th. I respect Shane Jones as a person of intellect and as an effective…

The Two Colossi of Ahuriri, Pat Magill and John Harre

Closing a Community Chapter. The Two Colossi of Ahuriri, Pat Magill and John Harre   On Monday 24 April Pat Magill, my kaumatua Pākehā, tangata Tiriti, called a few of us together for a coffee at…

The obligation of citizenship

Denis O’Reilly’s community in Waiohiki, Hawke’s Bay, is one of many still reeling from Cyclone Gabrielle and the flooding. In this update, he writes about the continuing challenges, and why the census matters even…

Situation Report, Waiohiki. The scale of devastation is vast. Nerves are frayed.

Situation Report, Waiohiki, 1st March, 2023 Ranginui is relentless. The scale of devastation is vast. Behind what’s left of my home and down Omarunui Road it looks like the Somme. Individually and collectively our community…

Tihei mauri ora! Tihei Aotearoa

( Waiohiki Flood Recovery-Givealittle ) I began this kōrero at Waipatu, Heretaunga, in Hastings, in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 18, 2023. The sun had not yet risen, but it will….

Putting Power in the Hands of Whanau

With submissions on the proposed Charities Amendment Bill closing a couple of days ago, Denis O’Reilly argues against the changing attitude towards charities and what he sees as the move away from a pragmatic,…

A Matter of Better Judgement

Cultural Reports under Section 27 of the Sentencing Act seek to address the entrenched asymmetry or negative disproportionality in criminal justice outcomes for Māori offenders. Its complex. Justice Sir Joe Williams holds that “We tend…

Sermon on the Mahau

KNOX The following sermon, a panegyric for William Knockers Allen, was delivered on 7th November 2022 by Denis O’Reilly from the mahau, the front porch, of the whare Taamaki Makaurau at Ihumatao, Auckland, to members…

Tangata Tiriti – Learning to Stand Upright

In late June 2022 I joined many other New Zealanders in celebrating Matariki. Maori-led and defined Matariki has emerged as our first recognised indigenous holiday, or if you prefer holy day, seeing that it…

Here we go Again

If we don’t learn from the past, we are doomed to unsuccessfully grapple with present and future social problems. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls these problematics ‘wicked problems’. They are complex. Answers to…

Sort Out the Warriors

It’s a man’s game. Jacinda Ardern should take over the Warriors. After what was looking like becoming a troublesome season for the Labour team, she has made some tough calls over positional play. I’ll…

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),…

Graduation Address

Graduation Address

by Peter V. Rajsingh to the University of Auckland Business School May 7, 2103, Aotea Center   Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council, Members of the University, Graduands, Families and Friends… Kia ora koutou katoa! Heartiest congratulations to our Graduands – accomplished, …

TEDxAuckland 2013

TEDxAuckland 2013

Brian Sweeney’s TEDxAuckland talk, ‘Punk Eek’ Seventeen years ago I experienced a revelation on the road to Karakare. I was driving with this man, who told me a story about New Zealand’s unique and powerful position in the world. A …

Sunday Business, RadioLIVE

Sunday Business, RadioLIVE

Brian Sweeney speaks to RadioLIVE’s Sunday Business host Andrew Patterson about New Zealand’s branding and story. (17 minutes)