Memo - 21 December 2007
EDGE MESSAGE #91


New Zealanders in Global Headlines 21 Dec 2007

New Zealand headlines in this week's sampling of global media appearing in New York Times, BBC, CNN, Guardian, Telegraph, Observer, Variety, Citizen-Times, news.com.au, Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunshine Coast Daily, Orange County Register, Herald Sun include:

- Haka in Utah via Dave Atkinson (Kaeo) for Marae Cttee NZ-US Soc
- Henry whistles ref for RFU exit, back as ABs coach, Deans to OZ
- Splash with splatter: NZ horror films entry genre for first directors
- NZ War Memorial in Hyde Park wins UK communications award
- NZ Police uses wiki for global input to update of 1958 Police Act
- CanterburyU's Annie Potts on vegan-to-vegan love: cruelty-free
- NZ-Melbourne Cantonese Seamstress wins critics, diners
- Book charts tumultuous Earthrace bio-fuelled speedboat journey
- North Carolina realist Robert Johnson paints NZ's edge evolution
- Australian travel guide tips Aotearoa's top 30 lake experiences
- NZ voted world's best holiday in Telegraph: 30k UK visitors
- Pro surfer Dave Rastovich in protest over Japan's dolphin killings
- Wellington student Landen Hale-Brown lead role in OZ Billy Elliot
- Climate change key issue on Clark-Rudd inaugural PM meet
- John Daniell's French pro-rugby book "a gem off the beaten track"
- Balclutha-born Dean Tahana crowned Australia's sexiest man (px)
- Peter Gordon shreds "food miles myth" on UK TV, backs NZ food
- Auckland feted for "stunning natural setting", wineries, architecture
- Kohanga reo centres triples fluent Maori speakers; hailed worldwide
- 09 NZ Winter Games prop'd for elite PacRim athletes pre-Olympics
- Beckham heaven: LA Galaxy, Wellington Phoenix charm Capital
- Bob Charles' adrenalin flows on M.Hill's Q'town NZ Open course
- Jesse James film "classic Americana" from Andrew Dominik
- Neil Finn "Lennonish" at sellout UK concerts: "big, warm and tingly"
- Dave Henderson turns IRD nemises into luxe-modern hotel SO
- NYNZ psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson on cats vs birds rights debate
- Pietra Brettkelly at Sundance for Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

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

Best regards,

Brian Sweeney 
Producer

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

 






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