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

Quiet complicity • Nadia Madill reflects on the humans behind the headlines and the easy ignorance on the other side of the world.

Lost opportunity

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Dying on molehills • As our politicians chase symbolic wins on the culture-war front, voters await progress on matters more material.

Tricky question on ice

Austerity bites

Too hot to handle

AI threat to a fair trial

Not adding up

Bottoms up • The secret to maintaining healthy weight and metabolism may lie not in diets and drugs but in swallowing “poo pills”, new research from NZ scientists confirms.

The Sniff Test

Slava Ukraini! • Kyiv-based Kiwi Andrew Gunn asks Ukrainians how they see the Trump-Putin summit, related international moves and the idea that ceding territory will bring lasting peace.

Going fast • Rylee Sayer was already a NZ para swimmer when, at 15, she lost her right arm. At 17, she’s off to the world championships in Singapore.

Truth universally acknowledged • The eloquent works of a Regency-era spinster still captivate the intellect and heart 250 years on from her birth.

Counting the cost • Dame Marilyn Waring made history when she stared down Robert Muldoon in 1984, and the fire remains to fight the rollback on pay equity claims.

Winning hearts • Social theorist argues for the left to become more inclusive and persuasive rather than brow-beating.

An extraordinary life • Sprawling, award-winning epic gets English release.

Short cuts

A great escape • This fictionalised true story of bravery in the most extreme conditions has a New Zealand element.

Fighting the power • A speculative history of the heroines of early British resistance.

Murder by design • Japanese writing phenomenon blends the macabre with meta-fiction in a sequel that doesn’t quite follow the plan.

Worthy successors • Christie-like whodunnits from two Antipodean crime writers.

Go tell it on the island • The Ballad of Wallis Island is the year’s other great folk film. Its creator and star Tom Basden explains how he got to play legendary musician Herb McGwyer.

Jazz crazy enough

Not a pace maker • Richard Orsman’s bestseller gets slow Hollywood treatment.

Jolly good shot • A high-calibre reboot of the popular Naked Gun franchise with plenty of laughs.

The go-between • A promising thriller with terrific actors fails to fire on action and delivery.

1066 & all that • A turning point in English history gets the royal treatment but prepare for grumblings over historical details.

Just peachy • TV cook Nadia Lim is back in the kitchen for a new series located on the family farm.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films

Saturday/Rāhoroi September 6

Sunday/Rātapu September 7

Monday/Rāhina September 8

Tuesday/Rātū September 9

Wednesday/Rāapa September 10

Thursday/Rāpare September 11

Friday/Rāmere September 12

Radio

Tree hugger • Bassoonist Ben Hoadley swaps wind instruments to play a masterpiece.

Functional Fidget • Groundbreaking research using MRI may lead to better diagnosis of ADHD in New Zealand.

Simple Pleasures • Nabula El Mourid, founder of Australia’s grocery app Supermarket Swap, serves up nourishing, budget-friendly meals.

Misty-eyed in the Sounds • A Marlborough producer finds favour here and overseas with characterful wines.

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