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.

LISTENER • Te Kaiwhakarongo Aotearoa

Against the ropes • Looking for work during an economic downturn and in the era of AI has left Guy Frederick battered and bruised.

Way to go

THE POLITICAL CARTOON

“Quote Marks”

10 Quick Questions

Bright Lines

Power grabs • The government promised localism and devolution, then promptly shifted decision-making away from communities.

Don’t fence them in

You lift me up

Wrecking balls

Target hostility, not hate

Dirty laundry

Kiri: Then & now • Kiri Allan’s political career famously crashed, but it wasn’t just a broken engagement driving the personal crisis, her memoir reveals.

AN ‘OPPRESSIVE’ SYSTEM • Kiri Allan reflects on a ministerial career at odds with her personal life.

Accidents we can’t afford • Our groundbreaking accident compensation scheme is becoming unaffordable. But a ‘turnaround plan’ risks making it less fair, say critics.

At all costs • In his second report from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine-based Kiwi journalist ANDREW GUNN talks to soldiers in the theatre of war.

Thin white lines • In Paris, the avant-garde anti-art movement took off in the early 1900s; in the US, a similar movement was taking shape on the roads.

Man eater • Masculinity, mana and monsters all feature in a novel exploring what it is to be a Māori man in the 21st century.

BESTSELLERS

Sydney after dark • A family of card sharks, and dodginess and murder at an expensive apartment building.

Short cuts

Endearing diary • The first two books in a quirky series prove a delight, and a debut author tugs at the heartstrings.

One for the road • ROADSCAPES: An Automotive Retrospective of Aotearoa New Zealand

Delhi belle • Latest story from author whose book inspired Slumdog Millionaire has one eye on the film rights.

Poetry • those women in the fabric stores

Doing double duty • How acting couple Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour created two new shows arriving on screen at the same time.

Reimagining Elgar • Sheku Kanneh-Mason, widely considered the world’s hottest young classical musician, is here for two concerts. BY RICHARD BETTS

Bringing back the painters • A series of exhibitions show that oil’s still well with the world.

Dystopian past

His creatures feature • After four seasons of short TV episodes, Kiri and Lou creator Harry Sinclair has taken his beloved characters to the big screen.

Flat summer • Charli xcx is bored and uninspired but Kirsten Morrell shines.

Back to work • My Brilliant Career is remade with a contemporary twist.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

A radiant return • Pietari Inkinen is back with the NZSO for a whirlwind series of five concerts in three cities.

Chasing shut-eye • Access to melatonin for better sleep is easing, but the hormone may not be as helpful as lifestyle changes.

Health briefs

Lucky break • Malaysian-born baker Raymond Tan has Chinese and European classics to fill the tins.

Worth every penny • Young winemaker follows in her mum’s esteemed footsteps at Radburnd Cellars.

Rich pickings • Not just health and wealth keep the world’s happiest citizens in fine fettle.

Diving for answers • This year’s powerful El Niño is set to bring more mass bleaching of coral reefs.

The Bigger Picture

Let’s go clubbing