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Peter Mellow
March 2, 2024 5:52 PM
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Last century, children were forced to write lines of 'I will not speak Māori' as punishment. Now as grandparents, they fear progress around the use of the Māori language is at stake.
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Peter Mellow
February 20, 2024 4:11 PM
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Signing up to ‘pillar two’ of the AUKUS alliance sits uneasily with New Zealand’s distinctive worldview – and could aggravate its wider foreign policy challenges.
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Peter Mellow
February 6, 2024 4:29 PM
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Record crowds gather for country’s national day as fears of a wind back of Māori rights lead to angry exchanges
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Peter Mellow
February 1, 2024 4:53 PM
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Decades of Treaty scholarship have failed to arrive at a consensus about its meaning and purpose. Dispensing with various mistaken interpretations would improve the chances of productive discussion.
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Peter Mellow
January 21, 2024 10:33 PM
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The Chiko Roll is unquestionably egalitarian, the food of the people, cheap, filling and (fairly) tasty.
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Peter Mellow
January 20, 2024 3:14 AM
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King Tuheitia issued a rare royal proclamation for a large gathering of Maori and non-Maori people to push back on new coalition policies they see as a threat.
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Peter Mellow
December 17, 2023 6:54 PM
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New Zealand’s new right-leaning government took more than a month to take shape, but Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his coalition partners are now racing to strip back policies that had earned former leader Jacinda Ardern plaudits worldwide.
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Peter Mellow
November 23, 2023 5:36 PM
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Byron Bay may get the headlines, but there’s a lot more beach towns out there with far less traffic, and much lower prices.
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Peter Mellow
November 2, 2023 6:11 PM
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Take a look at the following six surprising facts about the Australian accent.
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Peter Mellow
October 27, 2023 7:24 PM
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Indigenous communities along New Zealand’s long coastline are feeling the double whammy of climate change and colonialism as extreme weather makes marginal land uninhabitable.
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Peter Mellow
October 12, 2023 5:27 PM
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Three years on from Jacinda Ardern's sweeping victory, polls indicate voters will desert Labour.
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Peter Mellow
October 11, 2023 6:22 PM
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Australia will soon hold a historic vote - its neighbour is well ahead on recognising Indigenous people.
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Peter Mellow
October 7, 2023 6:50 PM
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The 78-year-old New Zealand politician has taken aim at Australia’s big four banks and major supermarkets for purportedly ripping off Kiwis.
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Peter Mellow
March 1, 2024 5:02 PM
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Rather than leave the Treaty principles to parliament and the courts to define, why not embed the essence of the Treaty articles themselves in all laws?
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Peter Mellow
February 15, 2024 5:06 PM
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John Clarke, was one of New Zealand and Australia’s comedic geniuses. He died of a fatal heart attack while bushwalking with his wife in 2017.
John’s eldest daughter Lorin recently wrote a memoir about her family’s life, titled, Would that be funny? Growing Up with John Clarke
Guest: Lorin Clarke, writer
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Peter Mellow
February 6, 2024 4:17 PM
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We Australians have nicked plenty of ideas from across the ditch, and vice versa. But here are a few more things we should take.
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Peter Mellow
January 30, 2024 4:49 PM
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If Māori did not explicitly cede sovereignty in 1840, neither did they fully retain it. If sovereignty is already being shared, where does Te Tiriti o Waitangi sit within our unwritten constitution?
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Peter Mellow
January 21, 2024 10:31 PM
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Government accused of using fear to roll back decades of progress for Māori and ‘reinforce colonial ideologies’ at huge indigenous meeting on Saturday
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Peter Mellow
December 24, 2023 6:12 PM
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Travellers who enjoy the simple freedoms of their humble van face a major roadblock in the form of legislation requiring a fully plumbed-in toilet
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Peter Mellow
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December 10, 2023 9:11 PM
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The model for an end to tobacco had been pushed for decades by New Zealand's Indigenous people.
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Peter Mellow
November 6, 2023 10:52 PM
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The developer Jim Rohrstaff discusses the connection between golf and waterfront real estate.
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Peter Mellow
October 27, 2023 7:53 PM
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A subculture has developed among Pacific Islander communities based on who can blast music — often Ms. Dion’s songs — the loudest. Some call it too disruptive.
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Peter Mellow
October 12, 2023 5:27 PM
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Recognition hangs in the balance for Indigenous Australians ahead of a historic vote.
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Peter Mellow
October 12, 2023 5:26 PM
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Staying overnight in a national park isn’t necessarily a case of roughing it in a basic campsite. Some Aussie national parks offer something a little more spectacular to spend the night in.
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Peter Mellow
October 7, 2023 7:14 PM
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After eight years, two cyclones, a landslide and a pandemic, international hikers are at last lacing up for this remote and spectacular trail
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