#12 Off-The-Island

#12 Off-The-Island

Edge Message #12 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM To NZEDGE.COM Community On the way back from San Francisco to NZ this week I sat next to a Kiwi who is running his own technology start-up in Silicon Valley; I had a …

#11 Kiwi Inspirations

#11 Kiwi Inspirations

Edge Message #11 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM To NZEDGE.COM Community Today two stories of New Zealand Heroes, one of them a Knight so deserving of the honour he was awarded two of them: Sir Keith Park, called “the saviour of …

#10 New Zealanders In International Headlines

#10 New Zealanders In International Headlines

Edge Message #10 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM To NZEDGE.COM Community Greetings. Today in MEDIA we have 40 new stories from the international online media about New Zealanders flexing their edge around the globe: Fleur Adcock and Marie Clay in England, …

#9 Kiwis Changing the World

#9 Kiwis Changing the World

Edge Message #9 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM To NZEDGE.COM Community With ANZAC Day approaching we focus in our HEROES page on “Warriors”. Today we have a story that would be unbelievable if it were not true. Nancy Wake was the …

#8 Kiwi Hero: Bruce McLaren

#8 Kiwi Hero: Bruce McLaren

Edge Message #8 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM To NZEDGE.COM Community Today a new speech, simply called “Inspiration”, given by Kevin to the Compaq 2000 Education Conference in Auckland. It’s a broad sweep: new economy and “new new things”; the importance …

#7 Inviting Jogging

#7 Inviting Jogging

Edge Message #7 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM To NZEDGE.COM Community Our “Speedsters” series continues. Arthur Lydiard made a major contribution to the health of the world. He invented jogging. His method of building up physical fitness by gradually increasing stamina …

#6 Shearing The Love

#6 Shearing The Love

Edge Message #6 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM Hello from The New Zealand Edge. Today we publish the extraordinary story of Godfrey Bowen, the shearer with “the race of Nureyev shaping an arabesque”; a man of the land credited with influencing …

#5 Rocketing Science

#5 Rocketing Science

Edge Message #5 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM Hello from The New Zealand Edge. Today we publish the story of William Pickering, born in Wellington, the “Rocket Man” who sent spacecraft to the far edges of the solar system. Pickering was a …

#4 Postcard From The Edge

#4 Postcard From The Edge

Edge Message #4 from Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM Dear NZEDGE.COM member Those of you who read North & South in November will have already been introduced to my partner in crime, Brian Sweeney. There’s no place left for him to hide …

#3 Amazing Kiwi Heroes

#3 Amazing Kiwi Heroes

Edge Message #3 Dear NZEDGE.COM friend Christmas and Millennial best wishes to you from all the team at THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE. Today we have several stories for you – in our Mailbox, and in the form of four extraordinary …

#2 Heroes From The Edge

#2 Heroes From The Edge

Edge Message #2 To NZEDGE.COM Community We’re back! We’ve been busy! Today we publish the first of our HEROES series featuring the inspirational players from New Zealand who have taken on the world – and in the case of the five …

#1 Greetings From The Edge

#1 Greetings From The Edge

Edge Message #1 Dear NZEDGE.COM friend Busy time! The Magazine is full with the most incredible affirmations, moving and inspirational. Thank you very much for your spontaneously positive responses. Please read them all, it’s a really pleasurable experience. We have …