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Affairs

Oceania

Auckland has big ideas for New Zealand's first "Super City," Melbourne re-stocks its tree population and the Gold Coast's bikini-clad meter maids face extinction.

  • Issue #35
  • 5 min read
A new leaf
Affairs

Oceania

New Zealanders' blasé attitude to living on top of a massive fault line, plus how Fiji's leader has dealt with his ex-convict brother-in-law - by appointing him to a top rugby position.

  • Issue #34
  • 5 min read
Melbourne streetscape with historic clock tower, modern buildings, and lush green trees.
Society

Oceania

Lawn bowls undergoes a youth revolution in Australia, and New Zealand finally dumps a confusing traffic law.

  • Issue #33
  • 4 min read
Illustration of lawn bowls players in white clothing on a green, showing older and younger players with bowls.
Affairs

Oceania

New Zealanders believe there's gold in them there mudflats, Australia has too much wine, Fiji's diplomatic relations with Wellington get resolved on the rugby pitch.

  • Issue #32
  • 4 min read
A person pans for gold in a forest stream surrounded by ferns and rocks.
Design

All grown up

Once known for a trashy urban landscape, Brisbane has come of age. A young generation of architects is transforming the skyline with elegant buildings and winning big commissions abroad.

  • Issue #31
  • 10 min read
The Kurilpa Bridge
Affairs

Oceania

An Australian town with new-found pilgrim pulling power, French Polynesia the rebellion, Australian students get wily, and the next Guantánamo.

  • Issue #31
  • 4 min read
Profits and saints
Affairs

Oceania

Australians get the hump, Fiji loses its midwives and Aussie males get a bad reputation.

  • Issue #30
  • 3 min read
Oceania
Politics

Oceania

Is Australia the new South Korea? Why the Polynesians want their own passport, Pacific islanders bail out of the atolls and how Aussie men rate as good partners.

  • Issue #28
  • 4 min read
Oceania
Design

Justice for all

LA’s police force is using architecture to improve its public image. We look at its new HQ, an ‘eco’ police station in Australia, and other forces trying to appear more human.

  • Issue #27
  • 8 min read
Justice for all
Affairs

Oceania

Why did the Samoan cross the road? (It’s all in the name of regional harmony), Australia and New Zealand drop their guards and rock’n’roll rescues aboriginal languages.

  • Issue #27
  • 4 min read
Oceania

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