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Peter Mellow
December 30, 2024 3:36 PM
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There are countless big things to see in towns across Australia, from fruit to animals and even beer bottles. Which one is your favourite?
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Peter Mellow
December 28, 2024 4:33 PM
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There are countless big things to see in towns across Australia, from fruit to animals and even beer bottles. Which one is your favourite?
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Peter Mellow
December 22, 2024 4:35 PM
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There are trees hung with hats, bras, mugs, bikes and teddy bears located throughout regional Australia. But why do we do it?
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Peter Mellow
December 10, 2024 4:57 PM
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What the United States can learn from the Pacific nation
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Peter Mellow
November 11, 2024 5:23 PM
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Google searches for “move abroad” surged after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, as Americans eyed Canada and Britain as places to relocate.
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Peter Mellow
October 24, 2024 6:21 PM
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The country's longest continuous bike trail – the Alps to Ocean – takes travellers on a 315km journey into the seismic-shifting saga of Zealandia, Earth's "lost" continent.
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Peter Mellow
October 20, 2024 5:19 PM
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Tom Phillips will not be remembered as a hero. However, spending time in the bush with children – when done safely and responsibly – will continue to be celebrated.
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Peter Mellow
October 12, 2024 6:33 PM
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From hoon to halal snack pack, this book records the unique, sacrosanct, larrikin, evolving dialect we share.
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Peter Mellow
September 19, 2024 9:24 PM
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If you've never heard of the kangaroo dog, you're not alone. But it has an incredible story to tell about Australia's Indigenous and colonial history.
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Peter Mellow
September 1, 2024 9:00 PM
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With the death of Kīngi Tūheitia at a time of heightened tensions around Māori-Crown relations, the Kingitanga movement’s founding principle of kotahitanga – unity – remains as relevant as ever.
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Peter Mellow
August 26, 2024 6:56 PM
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A woman who came face-to-face with an aggressive kangaroo while on a run in Victoria, and a passer-by who came to help her, spent 40 frightening minutes trying to escape. So how should you deal with an angry roo? Wildlife carers share some tips.
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Peter Mellow
August 22, 2024 9:05 AM
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As a half Kiwi, the only cultural exports I had growing up were the bloke from Crowded House and Shortland Street. How times have changed, writes Nell Frizzell
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Peter Mellow
August 20, 2024 6:51 PM
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With debate raging around the Treaty Principles Bill. It’s important to recognise a dispute between Māori and the Crown is not the same as a breakdown in relations between Māori and Pākehā in general.
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Peter Mellow
December 28, 2024 5:13 PM
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Since the 1960s, towns across Australia have built ‘Big Things’ in the hope of driving tourism. But do they deliver bang for buck?
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Peter Mellow
December 26, 2024 3:36 PM
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The small town of Kilcoy is not the site of the first, or even the most recent, “Yowie” sighting. And hunters of Australia’s version of Bigfoot are no more likely to see it there than anywhere else in the country’s vast, rugged bushland.
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Peter Mellow
December 22, 2024 4:35 PM
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Guardian analysis of changes in six key policy areas explains the coalition’s rationale for the shifts and provides expert views on how they will impact Māori
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Peter Mellow
November 19, 2024 5:38 PM
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Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and dilutes the rights of Māori people.
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Peter Mellow
November 5, 2024 8:40 PM
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Treasury boss Steven Kennedy has revealed net overseas migration will miss the government’s own forecasts, heaping pressure on the Albanese government.
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Peter Mellow
October 22, 2024 6:20 PM
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It might not feel like it, given recent interest rate jumps and a rising cost of living, but we live in a very rich country.
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Peter Mellow
October 19, 2024 1:00 AM
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Staring at a third recession in just two years, Kiwis are moving across the ditch to Australia in substantial numbers, seeking a sunnier economic climate.
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Peter Mellow
October 12, 2024 6:30 PM
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It packs in so much splendid scenery that it surely ranks as one of the world’s most beautiful countries.
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Peter Mellow
September 3, 2024 6:00 PM
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The government – which announced a $NZ13.4 billion budget deficit in May – expects to raise up to an extra $NZ173 million each year.
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Peter Mellow
August 30, 2024 5:57 PM
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The king of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori people, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died peacefully on Friday, according to his representatives. He was 69.
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Peter Mellow
August 25, 2024 10:35 PM
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The Northern Territory is one of the last places in the country crocodiles can be kept as pets.
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Peter Mellow
August 21, 2024 6:03 PM
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Do you know your yeah, nah from your nah, yeah? Or your woop woop from your wig out? These are some fair dinkum expressions Australia visitors might hear.
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