Memo - 20 November 2007
EDGE MESSAGE #89



Aotearoa whanau whanui ki te Aonui Global Community of New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer www.nzedge.com

GLOBAL HEADLINES: New Zealand headlines in this week's survey of global media appearing in The Times, New York Times, Reuters, The Observer, Daily Telegraph, Open Democracy, SFGate.com, Lonely Planet, Undercover, London.net, include:

- SurfAid wins global Humanitarian Award for Mentawai Islands work
- Stephen Chan charts hubris of Mugabe in Auckland Uni lectures
- Anne Geddes sells 20m books worldwide, new autobio published
- Split Enz for NZ tour March 08, new album One Out Of The Bag
- NZ fifth in world for gender equality - World Economic Forum 
- Speight's Ale House sails Dunedin-London in 75-day passage
- NZ-bred horses make clean sweep of Melbourne Racing Carnival 
- Pinot Gris hailed in San Francisco as our new sauvignon blanc
- Whakatane reggae band Kora in sell-out Camden London show
- NZ String Quartet on 8 city US East Coast tour, Bach to Harris
- Julian Robertson adds Cape Kidnappers Lodge to luxe portfolio
- Six NZ tourist attractions in Lonely Planet Bluelist, incl White Island

For full stories see http://www.nzedge.com/media, a 6,000-story storehouse of international activities by New Zealanders 2000-07.

Photo of SurfAid International founder, New Zealander Dr Dave Jenkins, with Mentawai Islanders.

Best regards,

Brian Sweeney 
Producer

THE NEW ZEALAND EDGE
http://www.nzedge.com  brian@nzedge.com

 






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