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Aboriginal Players Legacy to Australian Rules Football

Posted on November 10, 2026 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray ***Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names, images and voices of people who have died.*** Australian Rules Football is a spectacular spectator sport, and the … Continue reading →

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Insurance Company Profits by Taking the PISS!

Posted on November 3, 2026 by LivinginPeaceProject

In his article, Paul Murray reflects on his disappointing experience with insurance. After paying $110,000 in premiums over 22 years, his claim for a failed septic system was denied by NZI due to ambiguous definitions of “sudden” failure. Murray critiques the insurance industry’s unfair practices and highlights the stark financial disparity between insurers and customers. Continue reading →

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Antique Antique Shop Owners of Japan

Posted on September 25, 2025 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off The Top of My Head By Paul Murray A few years ago, I was exploring the back streets of the old Japanese city of Kamakura, which was the de facto capital of Japan during the Kamakura Period (1185–1333). The … Continue reading →

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Aotearoa AWOL at Osaka World EXPO

Posted on September 20, 2025 by LivinginPeaceProject

Murray Family’s Quest to Locate MIA New Zealand at Expo 2025 Off The Top of My Head By Paul Murray My family and I recently flew to Tokyo on our annual pilgrimage to visit my wife Sanae’s parents. This year. … Continue reading →

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The Karamea Minstry of Red Tape #27

Posted on December 3, 2024 by LivinginPeaceProject

An extremely covert, ambiguously surreptitious, diametrically existentialist New Zealand Government Department Fonzy Scheme authorised by His Royal Highness King Right Charlie II to receive Official Complaints! By Rongolian Star Raving Reporter Lewis Arthur Gordon Jackson 0800 hrs Karamea Ministry of … Continue reading →

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Artists Plan New “ArtofNature” Exhibition for Tokyo

Posted on March 15, 2019 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray This photograph really started something. It was taken on the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island of New Zealand in 2005. I’ve always … Continue reading →

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Interesting Images

Posted on April 30, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

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Historically Famous Kidnappings

Posted on July 30, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

News broke recently that Formula 1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law has been kidnapped in Brazil. Aparecida Schunck was grabbed in the Interlagos neighborhood of Sao Paulo on Friday, July 22, 2016. Aparecida is the mother of Eccelstone’s third wife Fabiana … Continue reading →

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Lovers Meet in Heaven for July 7 Tanabata Festival

Posted on July 7, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Last night at Rongo Backpackers & Gallery in Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand  we’ll have a Pot-Luck Dinner to celebrate the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Big Fan of Ho Fan’s Photography

Posted on June 17, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Teenage photographer, Ho Fan arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai in 1949. He turned his shape eye and lens to the bustling streets of the then English-administered Chinese city to capture the … Continue reading →

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