EDGE #359: Air New Zealand Voted Australia’s Most Trusted Brand + 15 stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 18 April 2019 | #359 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Henrike Forschler (Frankfurt). See all stories and a 14,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2019 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Business | Daily Mail 17 April 2019 Air New Zealand Voted Australia’s Most Trusted Brand “Qantas Airways has been beaten to the top spot once again by its New Zealand counterpart in the annual Australian Corporate Reputation Index. In the institute’s report, Air New Zealand took first position as the most trusted brand, while Australia’s flagship airline… Nature | Phys.org 10 April 2019 Why Some of Our Famous Flightless Birds Can’t Fly University of Otago researchers in association with colleagues from Harvard University have discovered new evidence of what made some of New… News | New York Times (The) 11 April 2019 NZ Passes Law Banning Most Semiautomatic Weapons “Less than a month after 50 Muslim worshipers in the city of Christchurch were fatally shot in terrorist attacks on two mosques, New Zealand… Arts | Contemporary HUM 16 April 2019 An Interview with Dame Jenny Gibbs Newly published on art platform Contemporary HUM, HUM’s own editor Pauline Autet speaks with Dame Jenny Gibbs about the forthcoming Venice Biennale and Dane Mitchell’s project for the… Design | Sydney Morning Herald (The) 13 April 2019 Bayley LuuTomes Plants Winning Woodland “(An) exhibit that defied regular display-garden expectations (at this year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show) was the one created by New Zealand designer Bayley… Rugby | South China Morning Post 13 April 2019 Rugby Australia’s Raelene Castle on Equality In a perfect world there would be no need for this conversation and the role women play in sport would not be addressed as a separate issue, “but we’re still… Visual Arts | WTTW 12 April 2019 Susan Te Kahurangi King On Show in Chicago The term “outsider artist” is big enough to include a creative person without classical training – and a silent artist, New Zealander Susan Te Kahurangi King, 68, who… Science/Tech | Australian Aviation 12 April 2019 Air NZ Uses 3D Printing to Install Spare Part “Air New Zealand’s exploration of 3D technology for parts and tools has ratcheted up a notch after it successfully ordered a 3D bumper protector for… Fashion | InStyle 11 April 2019 Surfwear Company Salt Gypsy Supports Slow Fashion In light of recent calls to action from Australian consumers, the Australian fashion industry and Australian fashion brands have made their… Theatre | Chortle 10 April 2019 Rose Matafeo To Star In BBC Three Sitcom Rose Matafeo is to star in BBC Three sitcom Star Struck, which follows a twentysomething woman living in London as she tries to work out life and love. Jay Richardson reports for… Taste | BigHospitality 14 April 2019 Caravan Co-Founder Miles Kirby on Business in Food Miles Kirby, New Zealand-born co-founder of restaurant and coffee-roaster Caravan, oversees a growing five-strong group in London. Kirby spoke with… Film & TV | Entertainment Weekly 14 April 2019 K.J. Apa & Maia Mitchell Make The Most Of The Last Summer Netflix has just “released the trailer for The Last Summer” featuring Maia Mitchell and K.J. Apa,” writes Tyler… Film & TV | Los Angeles Times 13 April 2019 Patriot Star Michael Dorman Took a Risk and Won “Amazon’s Patriot is a spy show, a comic drama, an epic test of its protagonist’s will [played by New Zealander Michael Dorman] a boldly cinematic tale… Business | LA Times 16 April 2014 5 Years Ago – Dreamliner Flying in the Face of Convention The newly painted, and “stunning”, black Air New Zealand 787-9 is literally flying in the face of convention, according to Los Angeles Times travel editor Catharine Hamm.“The… Writers | The Age 18 April 2009 10 Years Ago – Changing Fiction Auckland-based author Witi Ihimaera, 65, is in the process of reworking earlier fiction saying that “as the author grows, so should their stories.” “Writers should be able to transform their stories in whichever way they… Community/General | San Francisco Chronicle 20 April 2004 15 Years Ago – “For Many NZ is the New Utopia” The flood of US immigrants seeking a better life in NZ continues – with good reason, according to a lengthy San Francisco Gate article. “It’s like California, it’s like San…