EDGE #421 – Kinetic Façade Brings NZ Pavilion To Life At Expo 2020 + 27 Global Stories

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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 01 October 2021 | #421 | New York
Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London).
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Architecture | AD Middle East
30 September 2021
Kinetic Façade Brings NZ Pavilion To Life At Expo 2020
“A pioneering feat of engineering and craftsmanship, the New Zealand pavilion’s innovative façade made from a unique architectural mesh called Kaynemaile pays homage to the Māori way of life,” according to a report in Architectural Digest Middle East by design…

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Business | New Zealand Herald (The)
30 September 2021
World-First Biodegradable Shoe the Orba Released
New Zealand’s first street sneaker specifically designed to biodegrade, the Orba Ghost, which has just been launched, is made almost entirely of natural…
 
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General | Independent (The)
29 September 2021
New Zealanders Overseas Talk Being Behind Borders
When Jacinda Ardern closed New Zealand’s borders, chasing a zero-Covid policy, many New Zealanders were effectively locked out of their own country,…
 
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Writers | Spinoff (The)
27 September 2021
Hairy Maclary a New Zealander with Scottish Roots
Despite being one of Scotland’s most iconic children’s books, it has been revealed to the Scots that Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy is…
 
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Politics and Economics | Evening Standard
27 September 2021
John Edwards Named UK’s Information Commissioner
British MPs have approved New Zealander John Edwards as next Information Commissioner for the UK, Jamie Harris reports for the Evening…
 
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Writers | ExBerliner
25 September 2021
Berlin-Based Poet Hinemoana Baker on Connections
Ahead of her recent reading at Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (ILB), mould-breaking poet Hinemoana Baker talked English-language magazine…
 
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Business | Mercury News (The)
25 September 2021
Growing Wave of NZ Firms Set up Shop in Colorado
More than two dozen New Zealand firms, many start-ups, have set up shop in the Colorado cities of Denver and Boulder in recent years, making the region a…
 
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Wine | Financial Times (The)
25 September 2021
What is really in our wine?
New research by Malborough Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson “is likely to provoke considerable revision in winemaking practices and in how sulphites are perceived,” according to Jancis Robinson, famed wined…
 
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Nature | Guardian (The)
24 September 2021
Long-Legged Penguin Fossils Add to Rich Record
The discovery of a complete fossilised ancient giant penguin skeleton in the upper Kawhia Harbour, Waikato is helping scientists fill in some gaps in natural…
 
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Motorsports | Connexion (The)
24 September 2021
France-Based Susan Alemann off to Drive the Sahara
New Zealander Susan Alemann and Briton Helen Tait Wright, both in their fifties, are competing in an all-women off-road car rally taking place in the…
 
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News | Cherwell.org
24 September 2021
You don’t need physics to appreciate Katherine Mansfield
In an entertainingly self-deprecating essay for Oxford University’s independent student newspaper Cherwell, Ben Jureidini…
 
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Design | Vouge
23 September 2021
Jessica McCormack’s Diamonds Shine at Met Gala
American actor Zoë Kravitz is a master of the bejewelled bralette, according to British Vogue journalist Alice Newbold. Her Met Gala 2021 moment was a…
 
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Film & TV | AFP
23 September 2021
Giant of Cinema Jane Campion Wins in Venice
New Zealand’s Jane Campion has “underlined her status as one of the leading film-makers of her generation, taking home the best director trophy at the Venice Film…
 
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Architecture | New York Post
23 September 2021
Spectacular David Howell creation is “the best furnished in New York City”
A spectacular apartment designed by NZ-born, New York-based…
 
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Politics and Economics | Forbes
22 September 2021
RBNZ Turning Heads Around the Globe
“New Zealand is tiny by economic standards, but it’s a giant in central banking circles,” Forbes senior contributor William Pesek writes. “While working in Washington in the mid-to-late…
 
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Business | ABC News
22 September 2021
Fashion Store Owner Jan Patu Promotes the Plunge
The owner of a fashion boutique in Australia’s biggest outback city, Kalgoorlie, New Zealander Jan Patu has urged people dreaming of starting their own…
 
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Obituaries | Art Asia Pacific
21 September 2021
Billy Apple® a Transformative Pop Artist
Born in Auckland, Barrie George Bates, aka Billy Apple, was “a pioneer in the conceptual art movement whose influence spanned art scenes in London, New York, and New…
 
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Fashion | British Vogue
21 September 2021
Anita Chhiba Championing S Asian Cool
In recent years, there has been a rise in Instagram accounts designed to uplift and inspire marginalised communities, and through these online platforms, such as Diet Paratha, British…
 
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Music | US Vogue
20 September 2021
Behind the Blissed-Out Comeback of Lorde
With this year’s release of her third studio album, Solar Power, pop star Lorde, 24, lights up the cover of the October issue of US Vogue, in nothing but a Schiaparelli…
 
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Rugby | Guardian (The)
20 September 2021
ABs Top Rankings with Win over Pumas
New Zealand snatched South Africa’s world No 1 ranking and placed one hand on the Rugby Championship trophy after subjecting Argentina to a second successive heavy defeat in Brisbane,…
 
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Film & TV | TIME
17 September 2021
Jane Campion Returns to Film with Locally-Shot Western The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog marks a homecoming for Wellington-born Oscar winner…
 
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General | Marie Claire
16 September 2021
Koru Kids CEO Says UK Childcare Needs Rethink
Women have borne the brunt of the pandemic both at work and home. Fact. But now, with spiralling childcare costs and lack of effective government support for…
 
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New Zealand | Conde Nast Traveler
15 September 2021
Auckland Creatives Give Condé Nast a City Tour
Auckland-based designer Lillie Toogood and husband Dirk Paetzold are helping shape the story of New Zealand now for an international audience. The pair were…
 
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Writers | Nerd Daily (The)
14 September 2021
Jordan Bartlett’s YA Fantasy Novel Cover Released
The cover of New Zealand-born author Jordan Bartlett’s young adult fantasy novel, Contest of Queens, has been revealed, Elise Dumpleton reports…
 
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Writers | Margaret Mahy
29 September 2001
20 YEARS AGO
More Margaret Mahy Magic
The multi-award-winning author, who was first published and praised in the United States over 30 years ago, has had her books translated into 15 languages. She has won literary prizes in…
 
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New Zealand | Wiki News
27 September 2006
15 YEARS AGO
Destination Cool
An influential UK poll has named NZ the “world’s coolest destination.” Project “CoolBrands” (widely regarded as a “cool factor” barometer), defines “brands that have become extremely desirable…
 
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Nature | Guardian (The)
28 September 2011
10 YEARS AGO
Danger for Native Dolphins
New Zealand’s Hector’s dolphin population has fallen from 30,000 to around 7000 since nylon gillnets came into use in the 1970s while subspecies…
 
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Business | CNBC
30 September 2016
5 YEARS AGO
Why Craig Cooper Invests in Adventure Sports
When New Zealand-born venture capitalist Craig Cooper isn’t rock climbing, meditating or writing for his men’s…
 
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