EDGE #335/New feature: OLD NEWS – nzedge.com GLOBAL HEADLINES from 5, 10 & 15 years AGO + 22 CURRENT STORIES

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 11 October 2018 | #335 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), 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. OLD NEWS SEE LAST THREE STORIES OF THIS PAGE JONAH GIANT OF THE GAME, HC@UN, TE PAPA WHALES IN D.C. FROM THE GUARDIAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, THE STAR Visual Arts | Guardian (The) 05 October 2018 London’s Oceania Exhibition Gets More Rave Reviews The new Oceania exhibition has just opened at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. The Guardian’s art reviewer Jonathan Jones was there, deeming the show “dazzling like having the ocean roll under your canoe”, and awarding it five out five stars. “It was the European modernists, of course, who got all the wealth and fame while their collections of Oceanian art went down in art history as troves… Business | Khaleej Times 05 October 2018 Ocean Rower Kathy Tracey Speaks on Leadership In 2005, New Zealander Kathy Tracey, along with three women from the UK, pitted themselves against the might of the ocean on a 4700km historic journey… Business | New York Post 09 October 2018 Four-Day Work Week Trial Run Finds ‘No Downside’ New Zealand financial services firm Perpetual Guardian “has made a four-day work week permanent protocol after a trial run found “no downside… Video | Youtube 05 October 2018 Ossis – #AnotherAmazing NZStory Have you heard about Ossis? Watch this clip, published by the New Zealand Story Group, to find out a little more about the global leader in custom-designed titanium implants… Science/Tech | Olean Times Herald 03 October 2018 AI Expert Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh Lectures in US St. Bonaventure University’s cyber security programme recently hosted artificial intelligence expert and STEM advocate, New Zealander Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh as its… Science/Tech | Space.com 10 October 2018 Peter Beck is Changing the Launch Equation Rocket Lab is aiming high. The California-based company, founded in New Zealand by Peter Beck, plans to make space much more accessible via its 17m Electron rocket, which can loft about 225kg of payload… Science/Tech | Noted 04 October 2018 New Zealand to Get into the Space Junk Business New Zealand is being drawn into the effort to tackle the space junk problem, Peter Griffin writes for Noted. Menlo Park, California-based space mapping start-up… Business | Broadsheet 06 October 2018 Kester Black’s Anna Ross Designs for Disney Ethical nail polish company Kester Black has created a one-off custom range in partnership with Disney to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday. Australian city guide Broadsheet talks to… Community/General | Independent (The) 07 October 2018 Why Countries Are Competing in Happiness Rankings Move over GDP, happiness is angling to become the metric of the future. Nation states have begun to compete in global happiness rankings and plan policy according to… Community/General | UN News 08 October 2018 Photographer Robin Hammond Speaks Out at UN The United Nations has celebrated 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at a high-level event on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings of lesbian, gay… Film & TV | Indianapolis Monthly 09 October 2018 Scott Dixon Dazzles in ‘Born Racer’ Set against Scott Dixon’s “2017 IndyCar season with snippets and key moments from nearly every race”, Born Racer “begins with the Indy 500, where Dixon crashed in horrifying style. What… Video | Youtube 03 October 2018 Castle Rock – Trailer New Zealander Melanie Lynskey is starring in Hulu’s Castle Rock as Molly Strand, a clairvoyant real-estate agent with a pill habit. The series is based on characters and settings from the stories of Stephen King. Watch the… Film & TV | GQ 04 October 2018 Riverdale’s KJ Apa Makes the Cover of GQ KJ Apa is really going places. Driven, humble, talented, the boy from New Zealand is soon to be everywhere, according to Jake Millar in a cover story written for GQ Australia… Science/Tech | Seattle Post-Intelligencer 05 October 2018 Investigating the Visionary Inventor Richard Pearse “Richard Pearse, a New Zealander, is remarkable for very nearly being the first to fly under power and control. The more remarkable for also designing and making the… Science/Tech | Forbes 10 October 2018 Claudia King’s Automio Shaking Up Tech World New Plymouth-based legal tech startup Automio, which was founded by Claudia King, has made the Forbes’ list of 60 women-led tech companies, “shaking up” technology across the… Visual Arts | Creative Boom 06 October 2018 Francis Upritchard Exhibition on at the Barbican This autumn, to mark the 30th Curve commission at London’s Barbican Centre, New Plymouth-born and London-based artist Francis Upritchard, 42, has created a new, site-specific… Music | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 07 October 2018 Mind Altering Moments with Unknown Mortal Orchestra “An hour-long set of psychedelic sonic explorations breathes fire into songs that can border on boring in their studio… Fashion | Vogue 08 October 2018 Paris Inspires Designer Rebecca Taylor New Zealand fashion designer Rebecca Taylor recently upped and moved her family to Paris. “It was somewhat spontaneous,” Emily Farra writes for Vogue, “but she’s been dreaming of raising her children in the city… America’s Cup | CNN 09 October 2018 American Magic Entrust Campaign to Dean Barker The US syndicate will have renowned New Zealander Dean Barker as helmsman for the America’s Cup in 2021, plus an international crew of sailors for the New York Yacht Club’s first bid for… New Zealand | Los Angeles Times 04 October 2018 WOW Is WOW “The idea, Suzie Moncrieff said, was to ‘take art off the wall and on to the human body’. From Moncrieff’s concept, WOW – World of Wearable Art – evolved into a show that was staged in 1987 in the bohemian town… New Zealand | Forbes 06 October 2018 Adventures for Absolutely Everyone “When people ask about my favourite countries to get away from the stresses of today’s contentious world, New Zealand is right up there, offering just about everything a traveller could want… Wine | Drinks Business (The) 07 October 2018 Melanie Brown Is Champion of Our Wine in London If you are looking to have your eyes opened to the wonders of New Zealand wine, then Melanie Brown is the one to call. Since joining The Providores and Tapa Room… Community/General | Guardian (The) 10 October 2013 5 Years Ago – Helen Clark Tackles Digital Discrimination Digital gender inequality – women’s access to technology is less than men’s – is being tackled by the United Nations in a new report unveiled by Helen Clark, administrator… Visual Arts | National Geographic 14 October 2008 10 Years Ago – Guardians Surface in DC Te Papa exhibition ‘Whales | Tohor?’ has opened at Washington DC’s National Geographic Museum. The exhibition features whale specimens including an 18-metre-long male sperm… Rugby | The Star 09 October 2003 15 Years Ago – Giant of the Game Acknowledged by IRPA The International Rugby Players Association (IRPA) presented Jonah Lomu with its discretionary Special Merit Award at a ceremony in Sydney on November 18…