EDGE #374: Rose Matafeo’s Comedic Rise to the BBC + 12 Stories

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 01 August 2019 | #374 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington), Carla Hofler (Auckland), Alexandra Burnside (New York). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2019 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Theatre | BBC 31 July 2019 Rose Matafeo’s Comedic Rise to the BBC New Zealand stand-up Rose Matafeo, 27, talks on-stage confidence, teen crushes and writing her own BBC sitcom with Alice Jones, a journalist for UK newspaper, i. It is almost a year since Matafeo won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, adding her name to an illustrious… Music | The Violin Channel 01 August 2019 Cellist Richard Belcher Appointed in Minnesota New Zealander Richard Belcher, founding cellist of Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet, has been appointed to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) in… Visual Arts | Guardian (The) 01 August 2019 Artist’s Black Finch Project Aims to Stop Mine Queenstown-born visual artist and writer Charlotte Watson is the instigator of the Black Finch Project, for which more than 1400 artworks featuring the… Wine | Conde Nast Traveler 31 July 2019 Waiheke’s Man O’ War Vineyards is Otherworldly Luxury and lifestyle magazine Condé Nast Traveler is “currently obsessed” with Man O’ War Vineyards on Waiheke Island.”When I was… Film & TV | Guardian (The) 30 July 2019 Anti-Hate Satire Jojo Rabbit Trailer Out The first trailer for Taika Waititi’s new “anti-hate” satirical film, set in Nazi Germany, has been released, featuring the much-loved Māori-Jewish actor and director… Rugby | Economist (The) 29 July 2019 Why New Zealand’s Other All Blacks Matter “The Māori All Blacks are a source of rugby-playing pride in a community that has struggled economically,” The Economist reports in a sports feature. “The team… Taste | Eater 28 July 2019 Caravan’s Trio of Nomads to Open Vardo in Chelsea Caravan Restaurants, the London group owned by New Zealanders and largely responsible for mainstreaming London specialty coffee a decade ago, has… Arts | Buzzfeed 29 July 2014 5 YEARS AGO Keisha Castle-Hughes Picked for Game of Thrones Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes will join the cast of hit HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones, starring as Obara… Society | The Guardian 30 July 2009 10 YEARS AGO Saving Fish Stocks Research from an international team of scientists, including Pamela Mace of the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries who helped write the study, shows that a handful of major fisheries across the world… Travel & Tourism | The Guardian 31 July 2004 15 YEARS AGO Hadlee on Hanmer Guardian Travel discovers Sir Richard Hadlee’s preferred holiday destination, Hanmer Springs. Hadlee explains his choice in the accompanying interview: “I’ve been going since I was nine, when the whole… Legends | Scientists 15 November 1999 LEGENDS Allan Wilson One of the great innovators of science, New Zealander Allan Wilson revolutionised the study of human evolution. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize and is the only New Zealander to win the prestigious US… Legends | Culture 30 June 2000 LEGENDS Robert Burchfield Dr Robert Burchfield was a world-renowned scholar. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “the greatest living lexicographer”, he played a crucial role in the study of the sources and development of… Legends | Originators 24 June 2007 LEGENDS Robert J Dickie RJ Dickie invented, patented and marketed the world’s first stamp vending machine. His machines were in use for 50 years, 18,000 were used in Britain, with countless thousands around the world…