EDGE #330: Sam Neill on Capt. Cook, Healing Powers of Manuka Honey, Miranda Harcourt + Guardian, Indie Outlook, The Washington Post, Wallpaper

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 05 September 2018 | #330 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Berlin), Carla Hofler, Henrike Forschler (Auckland). See all stories and a 14,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2018 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Film & TV | Sydney Morning Herald 30 August 2018 Sam Neill Cooks up a Storm in New TV Doco Few performers can match the easy charm of New Zealander Sam Neill either on camera or off, but he is braced for outrage in response to his latest outing, as presenter of a History Channel six-part documentary series retracing the epic voyages of Captain James Cook. Neill re-examines Cook’s legacy, delivering new… Obituaries | Daily Express 04 September 2018 Sabah-Based Wendy Hutton a Prolific Travel Writer Renowned food and travel writer, New Zealand-born Wendy Hutton, who lived in Malaysia, has died, aged 77.Hutton first set foot in Southeast Asia in 1967, and had worked in the region… Business | Tucson News Now 30 August 2018 NASDAQ Milestone for Carl Sanders-Edwards Carl Sanders-Edwards, founder of the New Zealand leadership development platform Adeption, has celebrated his graduation from NASDAQ Milestone Makers. Sanders-Edward’s photo and the Adeption… Business | High Times 05 September 2018 NZ Awards First-Ever Medical Cannabis Growing License With the rise to power of a progressive government coalition of Greens and the Labour Party, cannabis policy is beginning to change in New Zealand, Adam Drury writes for the New York-based… Medicine/Health | Hemispheres 30 August 2018 The Healing Powers of Manuka Honey Freelance writer Chaney Kwak took his cancer-survivor mother on a road trip through New Zealand in search of the magical healing powers of manuka honey. He writes about his experience in an article for Hemispheres… Nature | Smithsonian 04 September 2018 Fiordland Penguins Make Mammoth Migrations “As small villages go, the riverside village of Matakana has it all,” according to the Newcastle Herald’s Sue Preston. “Situated within the picturesque Matakana wine region with its boutique… New Zealand | Newcastle Herald 29 August 2018 Be Charmed by Matakana “As small villages go, the riverside village of Matakana has it all,” according to the Newcastle Herald’s Sue Preston. “Situated within the picturesque Matakana wine region with its boutique vineyards, olive groves… Film & TV | Indie Outlook 31 August 2018 Miranda Harcourt on “The Changeover” And Whānau Values In NZ “As a sought-after acting coach, Miranda Harcourt has worked with numerous major talents, including Nicole Kidman for her Oscar-nominated performance in Lion” and her “award… Education | Futurism 04 September 2018 New Zealand Debuts World’s First Digital Teacher Primary school students in New Zealand will soon be the first in the world to learn from an artificially intelligent (AI) digital avatar. Auckland energy company Vector teamed up with AI… Theatre | Times (The) 02 September 2018 Comic Thom Monckton Embodies Art of Laughter “Thom Monckton has demonstrated what an outstanding physical comedian he is during several previous Fringe visits. In The Pianist he used his gangling frame and rubbery face to… Music | Billboard 30 August 2018 Neil and Liam Finn Video Premieres Despite its young cast, Neil and Liam Finn’s new video for guitar ballad “Anger Plays a Part” deals with grown-up problems in the real world. The single is on the duo’s new album, Lightsleeper, which… Music | The 405 01 September 2018 Connan Mockasin Announces LP and Film Project “It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from [New Zealand-born] Connan Mockasin, but [this month] he has emerged with no small amount of ambitious… Music | NME 29 August 2018 2008 Ladyhawke Debut Still Resounds “[It] was an eventful year, to say the least,” NME blogger Luke Morgan Britton writes. “[In 2008] Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the United… Visual Arts | London Evening Standard 03 September 2018 New Zealand Artists on Show in London As a season of summer blockbuster exhibitions come to a close in London, autumn is hot on its heels in September, with a range of shows opening in the capital’s biggest cultural… Architecture | Guardian (The) 31 August 2018 Wes Anderson-Like Cool in New Zealand “An Instagram account dedicated to photos of locations that bear an uncanny resemblance to a stylised Wes Anderson film set – think balanced symmetry, pastel facades and cinematic setups – has… Architecture | Wallpaper 02 September 2018 Dreaming of Miles Humphreys-Designed Cempedak New Zealand-born Bali-based architect Miles Humphreys’ 20-villa resort on the private Indonesian island of Cempedak, is one of 10 hotels Wallpaper magazine editors list as having them… Music | Perth Now 31 August 2018 Michael Brett Draws on Bram Stoker for Ballet Score The task of piecing together the music for the West Australian Ballet production of Dracula has fallen to the company’s Auckland-born music coordinator, Michael… Writers | Guardian (The) 03 September 2018 Adapting Ruth Park’s Novels for the Stage New Zealand-born author Ruth Park’s novel, The Harp in the South caused an uproar in 1948 for its portrayal of working-class life. Now, the Sydney Theatre Company has turned it into an epic stage… Music | The Washington Post 02 September 2018 Neil Finn and Son Liam Get Dreamy on Lightsleeper “Lightsleeper is the result of another crowded house at the Finn residence. The album principals, father Neil and son Liam, get the rest of the family involved – mother… Taste | Indian Express (The) 31 August 2018 Chennai-Based Chef Willi Wilson Curates Big Menu New Zealand chef Willi Wilson takes on the helm at soon-to-open Chennai “garage-themed restobar”, The Mechanic Shop in the Indian city’s upscale area, Nungambakkam. According to The Indian… Taste | Guardian (The) 31 August 2018 How to Breakfast like an Antipodean New Zealand and Australian cooks are creating sunny, generous and unexpected takes on a classic meal, inspiring food-lovers far and wide. The Guardian’s Mina Holland investigates what makes a real Antipodean… Z-Files | Thrillist 29 August 2018 Aucklanders Share SH1 with Family of Ducks As a species, humans rarely take the time to exude kindness to each other, let alone our fellow inhabitants of this Earth. But motorists in Auckland recently provided a high-minded example of… Fashion | Marie Claire 01 September 2018 Georgia Pratt Figures in Modelling World “For a long time, Ashley Graham’s name was about the only one that would pop to mind when thinking of a famous plus-size model. But as diversity becomes an increasing focus in the… Fashion | Vogue 01 September 2018 Model Stella Maxwell Designs Bag for The Kooples “Throughout the years I’ve been working as a model, I’ve gathered lots of information on the process of creating fashion without even trying,” New Zealander Stella… Style | Vogue 03 September 2018 The Best NZ–Made Beauty Products “This weekend, Georgia Cherrie and Paris Mitchell Temple, the designers behind the three-year-old Auckland-based label Paris Georgia, rang in New Zealand Fashion Week with a festive lunch… Media | TNT Magazine 4 September 2013 5 Years Ago – Auckland Students Feminist Video a Hit YouTube’s parent company, Google, has admitted the site made a mistake when it removed Auckland University law students’ viral parody video of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”… Film & TV | Variety 09 September 2008 10 Years Ago – Edwardian Assortment Sam Neill stars in Toa Fraser’s second feature Dean Spanley which Variety reviews, describing the film as “immaculately cast”. “Based on an obscure novel by late Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, Alan Sharp’s … Writers | Straits Times 06 September 2003 15 Years Ago – Illness In Body, Not In Mind In reviewing The Selected Letters of D.H Lawrence, Straits Times writer Richard Lim refers to Katherine Mansfield who, like Lawrence, suffered and eventually died from tuberculosis. Said Mansfield of her illness…