EDGE #354: Rugby Star Sene Naoupu Takes Strength from Family + 18 stories

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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 March 2019 | #354 | New York
Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Henrike Forschler (Frankfurt).
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Rugby | RTÉ Sport
09 March 2019
Rugby Star Sene Naoupu Takes Strength from Family
Spend any length of time with New Zealander Sene Naoupu, 35, and her love for friends and family will be palpable. But she doesn’t just value that ancestral bond, she cherishes it and is sustained by it, according to broadcaster, RTÉ Sport. Naoupu is a first generation New Zealand-born Samoan…

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Arts | Daily Mail
10 March 2019
Paintings from Sir Edmund Hillary’s Everest Climb Found
“Never-before-seen paintings from Sir Edmund Hillary’s record-breaking expedition to Mount Everest have been found in a house…
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New Zealand | Guardian (The)
12 March 2019
Queenstown Considers Tourist Levy
In order to cope with large numbers of holidaymakers, New Zealand’s ‘adventure capital’ Queenstown proposes to charge international tourists a $7.50 fee for the privilege of visiting the…
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Obituaries | Scotsman (The)
11 March 2019
Academic George Cawkwell Lived Life to the Full
Auckland-born George Cawkwell, “who has died aged 99, was Scotland’s oldest rugby international having won one cap against France. He was also a…
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Sport General | Xinhua
12 March 2019
Wuhan Open Appoints Brenda Perry
Wuhan Open has marked International Women’s Day by becoming the most prestigious professional tennis tournament to have two female tournament directors, New Zealander Brenda Perry and China’s Li…
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Politics and Economics | Xinhua
13 March 2019
Ambassador Clare Fearnley Interviewed on China
The changes that have taken place in China in the past 70 years are very significant, New Zealand’s Ambassador to China Clare Fearnley has said in a recent interview with Xinhuanet…
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Community/General | Guardian (The)
07 March 2019
Sale of Portable Cabins Booms in NZ Amid Housing Crisis
“The sale of portable cabins is booming in New Zealand, where a housing crisis means hundreds of thousands of Kiwis can no longer…
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Rugby | Reuters
11 March 2019
Kieran Read to Play for Japan After World Cup
“All Blacks captain Kieran Read has signed up to play with Japanese club Toyota Verblitz after this year’s World Cup, bringing an end to 13 seasons as a…
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Te Ao Maori | BBC
11 March 2019
Barbie Releases First-Ever Māori Doll
Barbie has released its first-ever Māori doll, modelled after New Zealand sports journalist and former rugby player Melodie Robinson. The doll, which has “curly hair…
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Motorsports | Motorsport.com
12 March 2019
Karting Ace Madeline Stewart Behind New Wheels
New Zealand karting ace Madeline Stewart, 18, will race for Australia’s Brad Jones Racing in the Super3 Supercars series this season.The teenager has spent…
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Nature | New York Times (The)
08 March 2019
Extinct Penguins Wiped out by Hungry Humans
The discovery of two extinct penguin subspecies in New Zealand is a cautionary tale of the threats faced by the waddling birds in the wild. Veronique Greenwood reports…
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Z-Files | Telegraph (The)
08 March 2019
Antarctic Tour Guide Tarn Pilkington Job Addictive
There is no doubt that Ernest Shackleton’s endeavours in 1916 – when he sailed a lifeboat 1287km across the southern Atlantic Ocean, crossed the…
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Business | South China Morning Post
07 March 2019
Zero-Waste Advocate Kate Mercurio Starts with Soap
Having grown fed up with watching her children play among plastic rubbish on Hong Kong beaches, New Zealand-born Kate Mercurio decided to tackle the…
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News | Deadline
08 March 2019
Rose Matafeo to Star in Taika Waititi Exec Produced ‘Baby, Done’
New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo will star alongside Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis in…
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Design | Dezeen
09 March 2019
Sophie Rowley Makes Furniture From Denim
New Zealand-born, Berlin-based designer Sophie Rowley gives new life to discarded post-consumer denim offcuts by recycling them into pieces of furniture with…
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Music | NPR
07 March 2019
Jess Cornelius’ Sudsy Self-Reckoning on Display
In recent years, self-care culture has exploded beyond simple millennial infatuation; the term, which refers to the conscious integration…
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New Zealand | Guardian (The)
10 March 2019
Canoeing a Living Entity in New Zealand
“The Whanganui [River] is so important in Māori culture it has the legal rights of a person. A canoe trip along its forested valley proves a great way of getting to know it,”…
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New Zealand | Daily Mail
06 March 2019
New Luxury Lodge The Lindis Blends In
Boasting slick interiors and gaping floor-to-ceiling windows, this luxury hobbit house takes Middle Earth luxury to the next level, according to the Daily Mail. The Lindis, which is…
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Sport | YouTube
11 March 2019
William Trubridge TEDxChristchurch
Listen to freediver William Trubridge’s TED Talk to be taken on your very first free dive. The New Zealander shares with the Christchurch audience what it feels like to dive deep and why he does…
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Society | Idealog
13 March 2014
5 Years Ago – New Zealand Stays 4th in the Women in Work Index
New Zealand has held on to fourth place in this year’s PwC Women in Work index; ranking higher than Australia (9th) and far higher…
Story
Education | University World News
14 March 2009
10 Years Ago – Small With Might
In an unprecedented move, Lincoln University, New Zealand’s smallest with just 2,600 full-time students and 610 staff, will merge with government-owned AgResearch “in order to…
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Obituaries | New York Times (The)
17 March 2004
15 Years Ago – “The New Zealand Native Who Helped Open the Door to the Stars”
William Pickering, one of the leading figures in US space exploration, died of pneumonia in California aged 92. A graduate of…
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