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

Mothering for life • As Mother’s Day approaches, Lindsay Wright pays tribute to a woman dedicated to home, family and the occasional whack with a jug cord.

A gift to banks

Bright Lines

10 Quick Questions

Quips & Quotes

Speeding across our border • Successive governments have tinkered with fighting crime but their efforts are no match for the transnational onslaught of meth.

Nowhere to go

The silent mind

Advertising’s final frontier

A fleeting visit

Slices of heaven • New Zealanders have always been great songsmiths. But songs are more than just hits that wax then wane. They reflect and help define who we are and who we want to be.

The Flat Chat

Might of the Concord • A homemade amplifier instrumental to New Zealand’s first wave of rock ’n’ roll in the 1950s remains a favourite of some of our best-loved guitar heroes.

A zero-sum game • A maths programme lifting results for Māori and Pacific kids has been cut as the government pursues a standardised approach.

Whare into the future • A rediscovered box of papers has thrown light on the work of émigré Gerhard Rosenberg, an advocate of culturally appropriate housing who was decades ahead of his time.

In heaven and earth • Actor, director, CEO, inspirational teacher, foul-mouthed raconteur – Raymond Hawthorne, who died on April 5, was all of these and more.

Guilty pleasure • Catherine Chidgey’s addictively readable new novel explores a parallel dystopian 1970s Britain.

Test-tube nation • A new account of societal thinking in early New Zealand finds a mix of Māori influence, Enlightenment ideals and God.

Opposite directions • Nonfiction collection reveals the dualities, paradoxes and sadness at the heart of a Māori-Pākehā writer’s life.

Fake it till you make it • A pacy examination of the power of influencers and the dangers of fame in a world of privilege.

Name of the game • A take on the fascinating true story of a man who would be king falls short of its high ambitions.

Middle-aged dread • Much-heralded debut about midlife disenchantment among a group of friends disappoints.

Weathering well • The Court Theatre opens its new playhouse with The End of the Golden Weather, in a production featuring a cast member with a long connection to the New Zealand classic.

Smith’s dream • How a storied veteran of local television finally made it into the cinema.

My appetite for everything • Len Lye, Star Wars and Jesus Christ Superstar changed the life of Josh Thomson, Timaru-born comedian and closeted clarinettist.

Our boy • A new documentary about the man with the golden voice poses as many questions as it answers.

Hidden depths • A pair of Kiwi artists with more to them than their names suggest.

TV Picks of the week

Tv Films

Saturday/Rāhoroi May 10

Sunday/Rātapu May 11

Monday/Rāhina May 12

Tuesday/Rātū May 13

WEDNESDAY/RĀAPA MAY 14

THURSDAY/RĀPARE MAY 15

FRIDAY/RĀMERE MAY 16

RADIO MAY 10

Bartók’s last hurrah • Christchurch Symphony Orchestra presents a Hungarian masterpiece with a Kiwi connection.

Diversions

Oil and water • Emulsifiers are a common food additive with benefits including convenience, but are linked to gut conditions and inflammation.

Take your fancies • Wellington pastry chef Maxine Scheckter shows how to achieve success in the fine art of pâtisserie.

A cerebral experience • A sip of wine gives...