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

Alien invaders • A New Year’s Day picnic on a pristine bay in the Marlborough Sounds turned into a rubbish clean-up for Megan Blakie.

Letters

Bright Lines

Everything to Play For

Quips& Quotes

Quackers about festivities

Lurching to the right

The beginnings of a long struggle

Tunnel of love • Shayne Cunis had never heard of engineering when his school guidance counsellor suggested studying it. Now, he’s leading the big push to improve Auckland’s wastewater system.

Passion players • The daily grind can be transformed into a source of daily joy, says leading organisational psychologist Adam Grant.

Play in practice: Evelyn Glennie

Yes, you should be worried • Two GPs have spent three years travelling the country plugging gaps in overstretched practices. The experience has been eye-opening.

Search For Remedies

Mark my words • Punctuation marks may be on their way out, to the chagrin of grammar zealots the world over.

Adding To The List

Punc Crusaders

Brand new & ancient • A culinary revolution is taking place across the Pacific as local restaurateurs go back to their pre-colonial roots, thanks largely to efforts that began in Hawaii more than 50 years ago.

Poke At Home

The winner on the day • There’s more to sport than social media vilification, sportswashing and sore losers. Test your familiarity with sport’s rich tapestry by taking our quiz on the 2023 sporting year.

Books to look out for • Books editor Mark Broatch previews the pick of new releases anticipated in 2024.

Local titles in the works

The dog • Each summer, we commission some of Aotearoa’s finest writers to tell us a short tale. This year’s theme is “second acts”. Here are the first three.

Flamingo lady

Sweet selection

Mechanical & masterful • Of these two biopics of unforgiveable geniuses, one is a great film while the other runs out of gas.

Sweet but vanilla • Traces of Roald Dahl’s old acid appear in this Wonka origin story.

A life well lived • The little-known story of the man dubbed the “British Schindler” is brought to life by stellar performances.

Better than standard fare • A fresh French take on a familiar set-up of older women off on a dream holiday.

Positively joyous • What’s this? Another fun album from the famously grumpy Van Morrison?

TV Picks of the week

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Radio January 2-12

Chicken feed • Chicken is a favourite go-to for most families. Kitty Williams has some naughty but nice recipes that never fail to impress.

Back from the brink? • Viticultural advances are finally achieving ripetasting sémillon wines with cellaring potential.

The Storm

The Christmas miracle