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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 April 2019 | #360 | New York

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Community/General | Fortune

23 April 2019

Jacinda Ardern One of World’s Greatest Leaders

The Fortune magazine’s sixth annual leaders list “is the home of the brave”. “These thinkers, speakers, and doers [including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern] make bold choices and take big risks – and move others to do the same,” Geoff Colvin…

Motorsports | CNN
23 April 2019

Mitch Evans and Rocket-Ship Take E-Victory

New Zealander Mitch Evans, 24, negotiated a chaotic opening lap that saw bumps, crashes and a multi-car pile up before pulling off a dramatic overtaking manoeuvre to secure…

Medicine/Health | New Zealand Listener
23 April 2019

Surgeon Simon Talbot Heads World-Leading Team

Harvard-based New Zealander Simon Talbot leads a team of surgeons performing astonishing hand transplants and plays a part in operations that give patients a new…

Fashion | Vogue
23 April 2019

Emilia Wickstead Recruits Some Important Women

When London-based designer Emilia Wickstead took inspiration from her native New Zealand to create a capsule collection with The Woolmark Company, it seemed…

Visual Arts | New Zealand Herald (The)
23 April 2019

Swiss Give Artist Judy Millar First Survey Show

Since attracting the Zurich-based Galerie Mark Muller 17 years ago, the Swiss have embraced New Zealand artist Judy Millar’s wildly colourful art with its…

Business | City A.M.
23 April 2019

Laybuy Continues its Move onto UK Platforms

Laybuy, which was co-founded by Gary Rohloff and his son Alex, is a New Zealand company that’s trying to bring a new payment model to the UK.

It’s based on a model…

Film & TV | Hollywood Reporter
23 April 2019

Big Names to Speak at Film Summit in Auckland

New Zealand filmmakers Niki Caro, Philippa Boyens, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US film producer Charles King will headline global screen inclusion summit,…

Science/Tech | BBC
23 April 2019

Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck at TED in Vancouver

Peter Beck is a space entrepreneur with a rocket and launch pad in New Zealand that has permission for flights “every 72 hours for the next 30 years”. Beck…

Community/General | Guardian (The)
23 April 2019

Egg Shortage as Farmers Scramble to Go Free-Range

New Zealand is in the grip of an egg shortage as the industry undergoes a massive period of disruption while it transitions to free-range farming. The…

Music | Guardian (The)
23 April 2019

Sarah Mary Chadwick’s Latest is Otherworldly

“The mix of New Zealand-born singer [Sarah Mary Chadwick’s] agony and the hope of the organ she’s playing makes for a compelling listen,” according to…

Writers | Entertainment Weekly
23 April 2019

Author Heather Morris Discusses New Novel

After delivering one of last year’s biggest bestsellers with The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Te Awamutu-raised Heather Morris is ready to reveal Cilka’s Journey as a…

Nature | Guardian (The)
23 April 2019

Record-Breaking Breeding Season for the Kākāpō

The world’s fattest species of parrot, the kākāpō, has had a record-breaking breeding season in New Zealand, with scientists saying the fortunes of…

Z-Files | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
23 April 2019

Teen Charlie O’Brien Breaks Swinging World Record

After 32 hours, Taradale High School student Charlie O’Brien, 16, has broken the world record for longest non-stop marathon on a…

Style | Wine Spector Online
17 April 2014

5 Years Ago – Americans Thirsty for NZ Wine Investments

Wine lovers in the United States are drinking more New Zealand wines than ever, with double-digit annual percentage increases in the value of imports for the past…

Business | mlive.com
24 April 2009

10 Years Ago – Mothers Make Green

Ecostore founder Malcolm Rands has been touring American hypermarket chain Meijer promoting his environmentally friendly household cleaning products, the stores…

Arts | Sydney Morning Herald
25 April 2004

15 Years Ago – Least We Forget

Russell Crowe has narrated a groundbreaking television series about Anzacs, which explores the bond between Australian and New Zealand soldiers during war.
Crowe recorded the voice-overs…