/ 01 November 2022

Painting to remember, a big win for a little wren, and an Aussie’s big shot…

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British woman Lanson Moore has secured public funding in the UK to transform the ashes of 10 people into art after turning her father’s remains into a Dali-inspired painting… Says she wants to help others “immortalise their loved ones in art.”

The little-known pīwauwau rock wren has taken out the 2022 NZ bird of the year in a narrow win… PM Jacinda Ardern hasn’t endorsed the winner, saying she remains loyal to the black petrel, which she described as “the bogan of the birds”.

An Aussie who hit a trick golf shot outside a pub onto the 18th green of Scotland’s infamous St Andrews course has qualified for the US Masters and the British Open. It wasn’t that viral moment to put 21yo Harrison Crowe into contention – he won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Sunday.

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