New Zealand Listener

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Let’s get ethical • People power led to investments being pulled from financing Putin’s war in Ukraine. It can do the same to protect the environment, says Barry Coates.

Aggressors hidden from view

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Nowhere to run • Pre-election claims are coming back to bite the embattled PM as his deputy goes off on a tangent of his own.

Sleeping with strangers

Just what the doctor ordered

Little (photo)shop of horrors

The medium needs a massage

Horror on the highways • When speeding kills more New Zealanders each year than homicide, there’s dismay over the new government trading speed reductions for perceived economic benefits.

In the firing line • MBIE – also known as the Ministry for Everything – has grown exponentially since it was conceived in 2012. What will the government’s belt-tightening mean for its services?

Battleground bylines • Forget images of tough-guy male war correspondents – two of New Zealand’s most distinguished reporters from the front lines were women.

Crosses to bear • An early commission by one of the country’s most highly regarded artists lies hidden in obscurity amid a row over traditional and modern art in a religious context.

Stories of unease • Setting down family histories of Aotearoa’s colonisation is a small but significant step in changing the conversation, argues Richard Shaw.

All in the family • A generational journey that spans from Colombo and London to Invercargill introduces a new Kiwi writer.

Palestinian horror story • The tragedy of Israel and Palestine’s intractactable conflict is writ small in this fine investigative work.

Using his noodle • A journey from mastery of a carrot salad to finding new love in Wellington ends the dislocation felt after a bereavement.

Hungering for more • In fat-averse Japan, a female convicted killer with a French food fetish gives a journalist a sensory awakening.

Intimations of war • Two women, Māori and Pākehā, are at the centre of a novel in which the Taranaki land wars are the backdrop.

Critters for life’s jitters • A talking fox offers solace to a struggling man in this moving story about the redemptive power of nature.

Flying colours • Look Blue Go Purple, a group which stood out among the many in 1980s Dunedin, is being honoured at the Taite Music Prize. RUSSELL BROWN tracked down the op shop-raiding “politest band in rock’n’roll”.

Eyes On The Prizes

Southern belles • Kaylee Bell embraces Nashville, while Amiria Grenell heads to Americana.

Setting a low bar • Jake Gyllenhaal does his best in the Patrick Swayze role but this reboot is beyond redemption.

Across Sahara to the sea • A harrowing drama about two young North Africans on the refugee trail to Italy.

On the slopes of whakapapa • Kids go bush in Taranaki in a family flick with some familiar touches.

Characters with a back story • A new local comedy drama set in a spinal unit is based on the lives of two of its writers, one of whom stars in the show.

From pillar to post • The TV series that jolted a government into action is finally being screened here.

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