EDGE #348: Helen Clark On Jacinda Ardern’s Kindness Quotient + 18 stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 30 January 2019 | #348 | 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. Politics and Economics | Foreign Policy 30 January 2019 Helen Clark On Jacinda Ardern’s Kindness Quotient “Jacinda Ardern’s sudden, spectacular rise to the position of New Zealand’s prime minister in 2017 propelled her into headlines around the world. Deservedly so,” Helen Clark writes in a piece for Foreign Policy magazine. “In an era defined by the emergence… New Zealand | The Drum 30 January 2019 How Tourism NZ Lures Visitors with WeChat For a small island nation, tucked away in the South Pacific, New Zealand has an interesting challenge: to attract tourists to its picturesque shores, but not too many. Marketing… Business | Business Insider 29 January 2019 Malware Doesn’t Sleep and Nor Does Emsisoft Christian Mairoll is the CEO of malware protection business Emsisoft – a New Zealand-based company with no offices, where every single one of his 40 or so employees works remotely, including Mairoll who works from his… Nature | Atlas Obscura 29 January 2019 Candyman’s Quiet Quest to Collect Banana Varieties In Alega, American Samoa some delicious banana varieties are getting harder to find. A New Zealander, known only as Candyman, collects the fruit… Film & TV | Inside Film 28 January 2019 Big New Zealand Presence at Berlinale and SXSW Ten New Zealand features and shorts including a record number by female directors will screen in official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival in February… Community/General | Swissinfo 26 January 2019 No Worries for Swiss Family in New Zealand Even though she’d never been here before, Eva Hefti took the chance and moved with her family to New Zealand. Her husband had found a job in Northland which, due to the shorter working hours… Politics and Economics | Financial Times 28 January 2019 Hopes World Will Follow Our Wellness-Based Policies In an article featured in the Financial Times, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urges the world’s governments to focus on… Sport General | GQ 23 January 2019 Liam Mallone Running Down a New Track Double-amputee and Paralympic gold medalist, Nelson-born Liam Mallone, 25, talks to Britain’s GQ magazine about anxiety, depression and how a life-changing car accident… Sport General | ESPN 23 January 2019 Legend of Scrabble Nigel Richards Continues to Grow Hunched motionless over the board and calling out his word scores in a voice slightly louder than a whisper was four-time World English Scrabble champion… Design | Haute Living 30 January 2019 New McLaren Spider a Car with Heritage Bruce McLaren, a New Zealander, started racing in his teens and worked his way up to Formula One driver, winning the US Grand Prix in 1959 and, at age 22, was the youngest such winner up… Taste | Idaho Statesman 24 January 2019 Kiwi Shake and Bake Opens in Idaho “Intrigued Boiseans are feasting” at a newly opened bakery and café in Idaho in the United States, which is serving up traditional New Zealand meat pies, mousetraps, cakes and… Taste | Financial Times 25 January 2019 Chef Jess Murphy on Ireland’s Food Renaissance Ireland’s national cuisine is being redefined – thanks to a growing number of very ambitious chefs, including New Zealander Jess Murphy, 39, who runs Kai in… Taste | Broadsheet 25 January 2019 Adelaide Café Clement + Herron Shines In Australian city guide Broadsheet’s coverage of this year’s café openings, “avocado” wasn’t mentioned anywhere near as much as in previous years. And that’s a good thing. Operators are… Taste | TimeOut 24 January 2019 Say Hello to Hong Kong’s Only Locally Distilled Gin Gin is having a bit of a moment in Hong Kong, and everywhere for that matter. “However, there’s not been a gin actually made and distilled in Hong Kong… New Zealand | London Evening Standard 27 January 2019 Ten Wonders to See in the South Island From fiords to world-class vineyards, and forested mountains to Alpine lakes, London Evening Standard journalist Kate Springer discovers the South Island’s… New Zealand | Forbes 28 January 2019 Best Luxury Lodges in the North Island The North Island’s “enchanting” luxury lodges are reviewed in a travel piece by Forbes contributor, Amber Gibson, who visits Huka Lodge (pictured), Wharekauhau Country… Community/General | Guardian (The) 31 January 2014 5 Years Ago – Large Numbers of Australians Flocking to NZ to Wed More than a quarter of all same-sex marriages in New Zealand are couples from Australia, according to the Registrar of Births Deaths’ … Writers | New York Times (The) 29 January 2009 10 Years Ago – Is it or Isn’t It University of Canterbury professor of philosophy Denis Dutton’s latest book The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution – which supposes that art appreciation stems first from evolutionary adaptions… Fashion | Sport & Street 14 January 2004 15 Years Ago – The Future is Kiwi? The latest issue of Italian trend prediction magazine and style bible, Sport & Street Collezioni, includes a significant spread on NZ fashion, with Nom*D as the headlining feature. S&S on…