EDGE #337: GirlBoss Founder Wins Facebook Leadership Award, Jono Rotman on Mongrelism, Zane Lowe Music Czar, Peter Jackson WWI Film + Bloomberg, Designboom, Mainichi Japan

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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 24 October 2018 | #337 | New York
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Business | Stuff
19 October 2018
GirlBoss Founder Wins Facebook Leadership Award
“GirlBoss New Zealand founder Alexia Hilbertidou is the first and only Kiwi to be selected for the social media network’s Community Leaders Program,” writes Brittany Keogh in an article for Stuff. “The 19-year-old, from Red Beach, north Auckland, was one of 100 people from 46 countries chosen…

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Business | Bloomberg
18 October 2018
Air NZ Partners with Larry Page on Electric Air Taxis
Air New Zealand has announced plans to “partner with Zephyr Airworks, a flying car startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, ‘to make autonomous, electric air travel a reality…
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Politics and Economics | Financial Times
24 October 2018
Bunker Buyers and Billionaires Still Seek Shelter
“If the New Zealand government was sending a message when it banned foreigners from buying houses in the country earlier this year, it does not seem…
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Business | Financial Times
23 October 2018
Mark Wilson Steps Down as Aviva Chief
New Zealander Mark Wilson, the “straight-talking” chief of the FTSE 100 British insurer Aviva, leaves with immediate effect after six years at the helm. Wilson, 52, will remain at Aviva until April next year to “assist with the planned…
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Business | Guardian (The)
19 October 2018
Allbirds Open First UK Store
“Allbirds, the San Francisco-based shoe brand that makes its trainers out of eucalyptus, wool and sugar cane, is opening its first UK store in London’s Covent Garden on Wednesday and, if the…
Story
Politics and Economics | Lismore Echo
24 October 2018
MP Poto Williams Awarded University Prize
MP Poto Williams has been named the 2018 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year at Southern Cross University’s annual awards recognising…
Story
Watersports | Xinhua
23 October 2018
Designer Swimmer Makes Olympian Grandmother Proud
Seventy years after her grandmother swam in the London 1948 Olympic Games, Auckland swimmer Gina Galloway, 17, took up the torch to represent her…
Story
Te Ao Maori | Campaign Asia
21 October 2018
How Spark Helped NZ Learn Māori
“Whilst te reo Māori has steadily seen an increase in a number of revitalisation efforts across New Zealand—especially in recent years—actual te reo learning opportunities remain…
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Architecture | Designboom
20 October 2018
New Christchurch Library Featured in Designboom
New earthquake-resistant library in Christchurch, named Tūranga, was featured in an article in Designboom. The new building by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects…
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Visual Arts | British Journal of Photography
23 October 2018
Mongrelism by Jono Rotman Now in Print
“Arresting. Exquisite. Gripping. Chilling. Disgraceful. Unacceptable. These are all words people have used to describe portraits made by Jono…
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Music | Dallas News
20 October 2018
Dallas Symphony Names Gemma New As First Female Principal Guest Conductor
“Inaugurating a program to appoint a succession of female principal guest conductors, the Dallas…
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Music | Junkee
18 October 2018
Music’s Most Powerful Tastemaker Zane Lowe
Auckland-born, LA-based radio host Zane Lowe “has been in the thick of the music industry for nearly 20 years — first as a presenter for MTV, than as the 13-year host of BBC Radio 1’s evening, and now as the Creative…
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Video | Youtube
18 October 2018
All Blacks Team Naming
Watch this short clip to hear Steve Hansen and Grant Fox talk through the All Black selections for the Vista 2018 Northern Tour to Japan and Europe for Tests against Australia, Japan, England, Ireland and Italy…
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Film & TV | IndieWire
18 October 2018
Peter Jackson Brings to Life WWI on The Big Screen
Peter Jackson “is up to his usual ambitious tricks in his latest project, the World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old,” writes Zack Sharf in an article for IndieWire…
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Theatre | Irish Examiner
22 October 2018
Rhys Darby – From the Army to Flight of the Conchords
“It was a long march for Rhys Darby to go from the New Zealand army to starring in Flight Of The Conchords, writes Richard Fitzpatrick” in an article in The Irish…
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Film & TV | Mainichi Japan
22 October 2018
‘Anything You Can Imagine’ Recounts Quest to Film Tolkien
“Reaching the final sentence in film writer Ian Nathan’s 576-page exploration of movie director Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy requires…
Story
Taste | Scotchwhiskey.com
19 October 2018
NZ Boasts a Burgeoning Craft Whisky Movement
New Zealand’s whisky scene is on the rise. Not for the first time either, but this time it’s being built to last, with upstart distilleries making quality, distinctively Kiwi…
Story
Taste | Guardian (The)
17 October 2018
New Zealand Enters the Craft Beer Game
New Zealand’s “Ministry of Primary Industries wants to develop ‘a super-premium hops’ and craft beer in an attempt to emulate New Zealand’s success with wines such as sauvignon blanc…
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Taste | Mumbai Live
21 October 2018
Mumbai Restaurant Celebrates New Zealand Cuisine
Curated by Chef Roberto Zorzoli, specialty Italian restaurant Romano’s at the JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar is celebrating the cuisine of New Zealand in October…
Story
Wine | The Village Voice
23 October 2013
5 Years Ago – Musket Room Cellar Tips for Future NZ Classics
The sommelier at New York’s first restaurant showcasing haute New Zealand cuisine, The Musket Room suggests we start cellaring future New Zealand classics before the…
Story
Business | hsmglobal.com
27 October 2008
10 Years Ago – KR on Argentinean Edge
Saatchi & Saatchi CEO and Lovemarks instigator Kevin Roberts keynoted HSM’s Buenos Aires management conference alongside Harvard U strategy guru Michael Porter, Nobel laureates…
Story
Politics and Economics | Straits Times
26 October 2003
15 Years Ago – President Hu Jintao Goes Oriental to the Edge
A 3-day diplomatic visit to NZ by Chinese President Hu Jintao has further strengthened economic ties…
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