EDGE #321: Happy 4th of July; New Zealand World’s Second Safest Country, Social Enterprise Empowering Women Refugees + Taika Waititi’s Wellington Paranormal + +

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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 04 July 2018 | #321 | New York
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Community/General | Independent (The)
29 June 2018
New Zealand World’s Second Safest Country
New Zealand has been ranked as the second safest country in the world in this year’s edition of the Global Peace Index. Iceland was ranked the world’s safest place for the 11th consecutive year. Will Martin reports for The Independent.

“The report, published by think tank the Institute for Economics and…

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Politics and Economics | Guardian (The)
03 July 2018
Jacinda Ardern What the Global Left Needs Now
The future of the left is bright if it looks like Jacinda Ardern and American political activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, according to Guardian Australian columnist Van Badham.As a political…
Story
Video | Youtube
03 July 2018
New Zealand’s Inside Stories Global Film
NZ Story Group have created a selection of NZ stories, which underpin the values of Kaitiaki, Ingenuity, and Integrity. The Global Film celebrates New Zealand’s unique contribution to the world and highlights our talented people and…
Story
Community/General | PRWekk
30 June 2018
NZ Police Campaign Recognised at Cannes
The New Zealand Police’s campaign World’s Most Successful Recruitment Video won one Silver and one Bronze Lion at this year’s Cannes Lions. Sam Burne James reports for PR Week.With World’s Most Successful Recruitment Video…
Story
Community/General | PRI
30 June 2018
Social Enterprise Empowering Women Refugees
“Government discussion surrounding refugees oftentimes revolves around costs and quotas” and “the human element can get lost in the conversation,” writes Rina Diane Caballar in an…
Story
Business | Belfast Telegraph
28 June 2018
Reform Studio’s Yvette McGaffin on Her Lifestyle
New Zealander Yvette McGaffin, 32, runs Reform Studios in Belfast and Edinburgh. McGaffin talks to the Belfast Telegraph about her lifestyle choices.McGaffin says she trains at the…
Story
Community/General | Evening Standard
27 June 2018
Rob Bell’s Wife Is on a Mission to Unite London
After her husband Rob Bell’s suicide, journalist Poorna Bell realised that for all its dazzle, London can create a perfect storm of isolation. In an article for the Evening Standard she writes about…
Story
Film & TV | W Magazine
03 July 2018
J-Law-Like Rise of Thomasin McKenzie
This January, Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik returned to Sundance, to premiere her follow-up narrative feature, Leave No Trace. And she again brought with her a precocious talent in a role that could be the…
Story
Film & TV | Indie Wire
02 July 2018
Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement’s Latest: Wellington Paranormal
“Police officers try to solve New Zealand’s most absurd paranormal and supernatural cases in Waititi and Clement’s new comedy series Wellington Paranormal…
Story
Film & TV | Daily Democrat
01 July 2018
Slow Down With Low-Key Drama ‘Leave No Trace’
“Purposefully slow cinema can be a welcome respite from the craziness in both our world and multiplexes,” writes Linsey Bahr in an article for The Daily Democrat. “That is exactly…
No8 - Recharged
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Visual Arts | Ocula
04 July 2018
Billy Apple in Hong Kong and in Focus
To present 21 works in Hong Kong, spanning approximately six decades (1962–2018), is an unusual occasion for Billy Apple, a groundbreaking New Zealand-born artist whose pop-infused conceptual practice is…
Story
Arts | Grazia
02 July 2018
Matt Arbuckle to Exhibit at Melbourne Art Fair
Auckland artist Matt Arbuckle is one of six artists featured in Grazia Australia as “most exciting emerging artists exhibiting as part of the Melbourne Art Fair.” Nicholas Carolan reports…
Story
Visual Arts | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
24 June 2018
Busy Year for Artist Ronnie van Hout
Ronnie van Hout might need to learn to say no. Not only is the New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based artist about to receive the first major solo exhibition at the new Buxton Contemporary gallery…
Story
Video | Youtube
02 July 2018
100% Pure New Zealand: A Welcoming Journey
New Zealanders are known for welcoming tourists and locals alike into their beautiful country. Watch Tourism NZ’s latest ad “A Welcoming Journey” here to see and hear more about the people and the land that will “welcome…
Story
New Zealand | Travel Daily News
02 July 2018
Maori Hāngi in Rotorua One of World’s Top Experiences
A Maori Hāngi in Rotorua has been recognized as one of the world’s best experiences in TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards for Experiences. Travel Daily News reports. “Experiences…
Story
Nature | Xinhua
22 June 2018
Towards Making Auckland Island Predator-Free
At Forest and Bird’s 2018 Conference, New Zealand Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced funding for the first step in the country’s “most ambitious island pest eradication”.Sage has committed $2 million…
Story
Z-Files | Carmichael Times
03 July 2018
Photojournalist Susan Skinner New US Citizen
After many years of photographing the Carmichael Independence Day Parade in Sacramento, California, newly naturalised US citizen, Susan Maxwell Skinner will this year ride in its first division as Grand…
Story
Writers | The New Yorker
29 June 2018
Ashleigh Young’s Essays Praised in New Yorker
Wellington writer Ashleigh Young’s debut essay collection Can You Tolerate This? is New Yorker-recommended summer reading.“Two things happened the first week I moved to New York, in…
Story
Writers | Financial Post
28 June 2018
Academic Peter Fleming’s Earthy Economics
Peter Fleming, an amiable-sounding New Zealander, professes for a living at the Cass Business School at City University London. Once, business schools taught accounting, finance, and profit-and-loss. Nowadays…
Story
Fashion | Telegraph (The)
30 June 2018
Ascot Nod for Emilia Wickstead Vida Jumpsuit
Sophie, Countess of Wessex was the first royal to trial Ascot’s latest dress code amendment, wearing a wide-legged turquoise jumpsuit designed by New Zealander Emilia Wickstead…
Story
Music | Paper Magazine
22 June 2018
Kimbra & DAWN’s ‘Version of Me’ A Vision of Solidarity
“When New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Kimbra dropped her third album, Primal Heart this past spring, it proved to be a cohesive marriage of her best ideas…
Story
Wine | Decanter
01 July 2018
NZ Wine Wows With Surprises
“’The speed of change in New Zealand wine leaves me breathless,’ writes Elin McCoy after visiting the country for tastings earlier this year.” McCoy reports for Decanter. New Zealand always seems to deliver surprises…
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