Australia and Oceania

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Across
  1. 5. Name for the large, remote, interior of Australia. (7)
  2. 6. Nickname of New Zealand's famous rugby team who are the most successful in the history of the game. (3,6)
  3. 7. Indigenous people of New Zealand famed for their ritual dance, the haka. (5)
  4. 9. Polynesian island famous for its giant ancestor sculptures called Moai. (6,6)
  5. 10. Flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand that is often used as a colloquial term to refer to people from there. (4)
  6. 13. Only egg-laying mammal which is indigenous. (8)
  7. 18. Island nation formed of over 600 islands which has the 177th largest landmass but the 14th largest exclusive oceanic zone! (9,5,2,10)
  8. 20. Large, extinct, flightless bird that used to live in New Zealand until the arrival of the Polynesians. (3)
  9. 21. Largest city in Australia famous for its Opera House. (6)
  10. 22. Second-larges island after Australia divided into two halves one of half is in Indonesia. (3,6)
Down
  1. 1. World's largest coral reef and World Heritage site that is in danger of being destroyed through climate change and local Australian policies. (5,7,4)
  2. 2. Species of the mulberry and jackfruit family originating in New Guinea which is what Captain Bligh was getting on the Bounty. (10)
  3. 3. Bear that is actually a marsupial that is found of eucalyptus. (5)
  4. 4. 80's film starring Paul Hogan as a bushman who goes to New York that is the most successful Australian film ever in Australia. (9,6)
  5. 8. Island where the Bounty mutineers settled after visiting Tahiti. (8)
  6. 11. Subregion of Oceania consisting of more than 1,000 islands of which New Zealand is the largest. (9)
  7. 12. Large sandstone rock formation also known as Ayers Rock that is a sacred space for aborigines. (5)
  8. 14. First Pacific island nation to gain independence, from New Zealand, in 1962 although its eastern half remains governed by the USA as American.... (5)
  9. 15. Capital of New Zealand. (10)
  10. 16. Raft sailed across the Pacific by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl. (3,4)
  11. 17. Vessels by which the Polynesians were able to settle and colonise the islands of the pacific, from New Zealand to Hawaii. (6)
  12. 19. Pacific island nation that was never colonised retaining its own monarchy - unique for the Pacific. (5)