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.

LISTINER

Stopping the stagger • Following last year’s Hīkoi for Health, DR GLENN COLQUHOUN is back on the road to garner support for redesigning the health system.

Slash to burn

“Quote Marks”

10 Quick Questions

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Mr Nobody again • Catastrophic failures highlight the uncanny ability of bureaucrats and politicians to escape blame for organisational blunders.

The new bogeymen

Empire of greed

Unfollowing the Lord

Rewriting history

A GIFT THAT OUTLIVES US • How a will can change lives around the world

Sequence in time • In a first for New Zealand, genomic sequencing carried out in Auckland led to life-saving treatment for a baby girl with the same rare condition that had killed her brother.

Flown the coop • Falling birth rates and an ageing population signal an economic timebomb that will take more than a ‘baby bonus’ to defuse.

UNDER PRESSURE • An ‘epidemic of despair’ is contributing to the global reluctance to breed, researchers say.

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Snow lady • A religious shrine takes on new connotations in the irreligious Antarctic.

Still up for debate • At 90, the ‘big-brained shit stirrer’ who turned our gaze towards NZ art retains his sharp wit and love of a good argument.

Magical distortions • A knockout study of Kiwi sculptor Terry Stringer masterfully locates his place in the art world.

Wearing the trousers • Alpine adventurer shines a bright light on her overlooked subjects: our pioneering female mountaineers.

Short cuts

i dump my car for a horse and regret it for the rest of my life

Thinking of England • Kate Atkinson paints a lively and vivid picture of post-war UK, complete with offbeat characters and a murder mystery.

Bob each way • Campaigning on neoliberal policies before they were fashionable, Bob Jones’s New Zealand Party lost the round but won the fight.

On a mountain in space • Australian fantasy writer Garth Nix launches into grown-up sci-fi with a tale of interplanetary warfare.

Unleashing the dog of war • The director of the movie Brad Pitt filmed in New Zealand talks about the challenges he, the actor and his canine co-star faced on the survival thriller.

Surviving the virus • Ridley Scott’s dull take on a post-apocalyptic thriller.

Married to the mob • Morally dubious story about a mafia hitman doing FBI dirty work.

Wake-up call • After 11 years away, Alabama Shakes are back to reclaim their rock ’n’ soul crown.

Murders, he wrote • The second season of Kiwi crime drama A Remarkable Place to Die was rocked by a death in its creative team.

Unhappy slumber • About 25% of New Zealanders experience chronic sleep problems. Al Brown is one of them.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Orchestral highlights • Budget cuts see the NZSO getting creative to bring music to all corners of New Zealand.

Grind it out • There’s a shortage of evidence that soaking flaxseeds helps unlock their nutritional treasures.

Nutrition bites

Turkish delights • Side dishes to liven up a snack plate from TV chef Allyson Gofton for a charity fundraiser.

Pricey pinots • The cost of some of our most expensive wines is not always about the quality.

Eyeing the needle • Blood phobia can trigger a far different physical response than the way we react to other phobias.

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