New Zealand Listener

New Zealand Listener is the country’s most respected general interest magazine, bringing you a wide variety of news, stories, columns, reviews, plus TV listings, every week.

Masthead

Verse in bloom • Aotearoa is a nation of poets, even for a day, says Gill Hughes.

Letters

10 Quick Questions

Hiding and hoping • There are concrete things a centre-right government could be doing to deliver economic growth “at pace”. So, why isn’t it?

Dogs welcome

Shiny new citadel

After one’s own art

The right to counsel

Bill, Will and talkback trash

Thin end of the wedge • With new-generation drugs now approved in NZ for weight loss, debate still rages on whether they are the best way to tackle obesity.

‘Like a rose’ • The violent and senseless killing of a slight, young security guard raises questions about safety culture in such a high-risk industry.

Make do and save • As the DIY repair movement shows much can be saved from landfill, a planned law change may call manufacturers to account.

Trap Man branches out • Sam Gibson feels at home in the bush, but he’s happy to take his knowledge of it into our homes. In his new campaign, he encourages us to “think like a forest”.

Think big • Dan Wang’s analysis of China’s engineering progress holds lessons for economies that move more slowly – such as ours.

American dream • Satirical novel not too far removed from Trumpian reality is funny and spiky but lays it on a little thickly.

Sweat & tears • Building the Manapōuri hydro plant was a remarkable feat of ingenuity and endurance.

Nookie in the ’Naki • Coming-of-age mystery vividly brings to life regional New Zealand in the 1960s.

This Year’s Best Books For Young Readers

Using a Māori lens • How a documentary by Chelsea Winstanley on the historic Toi Tū Toi Ora exhibition became about something more than the art.

Things Fall Apart

Shed a new twilight • Lower Hutt’s backyard answer to Doctor Who, Warren’s Vortex is a time-travel comedy from team Wellington Paranormal.

In the key of Oe

Marked absent

My fair boyo

Tv Picks of the week

Playing away

Tv Films

Saturday/Rāhoroi August 23

Sunday/Rātapu August 24

Monday/Rāhina August 25

Tuesday/Rātū August 26

Wednesday/Rāapa August 27

Thursday/Rāpare August 28

Friday/Rāmere August 29

Radio

Get a rattle on • Trio tour with new take on spiritual anatomy lesson.

Urgent bypass • An advocacy group has shone a shocking spotlight on the roadblocks to timely cardiac care in New Zealand.

Tried and true • The Hungry Cook blogger Olivia Galletly loves adapting old recipes for the everyday cook.

Second label, first choice? • Many top producers offer good-quality, good-value wines under a different label.

Heal thyself • The self-help industry is booming, but just how effective are all those books?

Racing the wave • NZ scientists teamed up to accurately forecast the Russian tsunami’s impact on our shores.

Modestly Blazing

Hunting for mammoths