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

The accent’s off migrants • Kiwi English is a different linguistic beast and many new arrivals struggle to understand it.

Not enough coddling

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

The ménage à trois • Expect a clenched-teeth consummation as two leaders with an acrimonious history attempt to be civil to each other, and the PM-elect plays Cupid.

Watch and learn

Centre of rejection

Playing the blame game

Poetic rage • Tusiata Avia’s new collection responds to the furore her award-winning last work belatedly ignited.

And For Their Next Trick

Supplementary evidence • Kiwis are spending a fortune on supplements with little to go on and new rules allowing manufacturers to make evidence-based claims are at least three years away.

Chill Pills • How the evidence stacks up for our top-selling* supplements.

In from the cold • It is 34 years since the Berlin Wall fell. For Dunedin author Philip Temple, going behind the Iron Curtain was like entering a time warp.

Bird’s-eye view • Booker longlisted Anna Smaill’s second novel explores the gaps between the reality we build for ourselves and who we really are.

On the run • Health and environmental concerns spell curtains for some waterproof mascara and other cosmetics.

Toxic Slip • From Teflon on, manufacturers were aware of health issues with PFAS.

Hail to the chiefs • Historian Mary Beard draws on ancient sources and educated guesswork to define what it took to be a Caesar.

Sarah Laing’s year of reading

Believe in the wolves • Uneven but highly readable novel ponders the randomness of life.

Bestsellers

Poetry

Future imperfect • The Power author delivers busy, confusing, fun read.

Short cuts

Bestsellers

Going to town • Our biggest arts festivals have announced their line-ups for 2024. The events’ creative directors talk about how they’ve put their own stamp on their programmes and life after Covid.

Getting With The Programme

A bigger bang • The War on Drugs keeps growing in size and audience appeal.

Starting afresh • New releases from Mermaidens and Grayson Gilmour impress.

Who’s behind bars • Two top British prison dramas return for another lag.

Flipping the script • The new Fargo may echo the original film but it’s also a product of the Trump era.

Tv Picks of the week

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Radio

Give it a bash • A ‘little spiral spring thing’ makes the ACO’s instrument line-up.

Fruit versus flavour • That plump, juicy-looking image displayed on the front of labels could be leading you astray if the product is, in fact, fruitless.

Summer awaits • Essential recipes to get you thinking about warmer times, from VJ Cooks’ founder Vanya Insull.

Gift wines • Make a statement at your next dinner party with these pricey offerings.

The name game • Just because it says psychologist on your business card doesn’t mean you can go around giving out advice.

GoPro to war • Live streaming has added a new dimension to coverage of conflict, but the first casualty in war remains truth.

A One-Son Salute

Warming the cockles