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

All eyes on the prize • The albatross eggs at Taiaroa Head are being closely observed this breeding season after devastating thefts last year, writes Neville Peat.

Desperate in Gaza

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Silence is golden • It may be frustrating waiting to learn the make-up of our next government, but enjoy the quiet while it lasts.

Freedoms flicker

A trap for young – and old – players

Forbidden cities

Cocooning our kids • Anxiety and depression are skyrocketing among our young. While the pandemic and digital media are factors, many experts point the finger at overprotective parenting.

Time To Step Back • “If we try to prevent their distress, this is when anxiety gets stuck.”

The shifting centre • MMP has spawned a group of “strategically conservative” voters who act as a handbrake on the left and the right.

Coral grief • Coral reefs are noisy living animals vital to other marine life, particularly in the South Pacific. As the oceans warm, quick action is needed to reverse their decline.

Aotearoa’s Island Ark

Call Of The Reef

Spin doctors • Music is everywhere – on our phones and in the cloud – but, thanks in part to Taylor Swift, Kiwis are joining the vinyl revival.

Era of their ways • The queen of historical fiction turns her gaze on the largely ignored lives of ordinary women.

Bestsellers

Beyond the grave • The discovery of a teenager’s resting place in a remote whaling station leads to an elegy for the empty seas of the Atlantic.

Dark becomes light • Kiwi author’s sweeping, emotional tale puts life around the sea at its very centre.

A clearing of the head • Bill Nelson’s verse novel, a pithy collection from Kerrin P Sharpe, and Alastair Clarke returns home.

Seeing red • An internet-fuelled obsession with beauty routines is parodied in this satirical gothic horror.

Tough love • The author of The Slap examinines a tentative relationship between two ageing men with much emotional baggage.

Bestsellers

Nice werk if you can get it • With the help of superfans including Bill Bailey and local musicians and producers, we celebrate the return of the enduring, influential, confounding electronic group Kraftwerk.

Once Dada, now Abba • Kraftwerk weren’t always understood at home but now the group is a German pop-culture institution.

Make short werk of it

Better werk stories

Failing to do justice • Martin Scorsese’s 1920s true-crime race murder saga mistakes length for depth.

Worth the plunge • Annette Bening shines as endurance swimmer.

Iran so far away • Authentic Aussie drama about Persian mum’s escape from abuse.

Tv Picks of the week

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Radio November 4-10

Embrace the fear • Berg’s masterpiece gets a NZ debut.

Go nuts • Myths about fat content have given nuts a bad rap when in fact they are good for our heart and mental health.

Cheese, please • Cheesemaking at home has never been easier, thanks to Australian chef Colin Wood’s debut cookbook.

Bargain buys • These top drops under $25 are worth seeking out.

Too much of a good thing • Familiarity can breed contempt when you see people too often.

Back from the dead • Bytes can now meet the...