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

Work to do • 25 years ago, mayors up and down the land began tackling youth unemployment. Garry Moore says it’s a battle that can be won.

Kōrero mai

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Myth meets accountability • Questions about the state’s handling of the Tom Phillips saga should not be buried with the Man Alone fantasy.

No vaccine for viral weirdness

Flying blind

Stockholm syndrome

Still in denial

Life support • The answer to our healthcare crisis may lie less in increasing the supply of doctors and nurses and more in reducing demand for hospital beds.

Still flying • 34 years after Wild Swans took the world by storm, Jung Chang resumes her story, detailing the backlash from Beijing.

Making a scene • Acclaimed set and costume designer Tracy Grant Lord is sprinkling more than fairy dust on the Royal NZ Ballet’s reimagining of a Christmas classic.

New horizons are looming • The six million-plus Americans who believe the Earth is flat are clearly just seeing things.

High society • The history and majesty of Dunedin’s Olveston is celebrated in a new book by Jane Ussher and John Walsh.

Know It Alls • There’s more to common knowledge than meets the eye. Steven Pinker sets out to enlighten us.

Empire Lines • When the British pulled the plug on direct rule in India, they unleashed chaos on the lives of tens of millions of people.

In Hot Pursuit • Honest to a fault about the difficulty of determining the truth of events, Chris Kraus produces a page-turner.

Short Cuts

Tip Of My Tongue • Shifting borders, an enigmatic informant, a bearded lady and dubious fungi combine in an imaginative meander.

His Premier Premiere • Clarke Gayford on being the behind-the-scenes cameraman for the new US-NZ documentary about Jacinda Ardern’s time as prime minister, and their lives then and since.

Walk by me • An early Stephen King story becomes a cross-country Hunger Games.

Drawn from life • It’s the 21st-century Goonies fighting giant-scale papier mâché glitter monsters.

The last hurrah • The third Downton Abbey movie brings the franchise to a touching end.

After the golden years • Take a journey through five very different songs from the last set in David Bowie’s career-overview series.

Stealing away • Alt-folk band Big Thief likes to keep challenging audiences.

Justice for Julie • A dramatisation of a courageous mother’s fight to bring her daughter’s killer to trial.

TV Picks of the week

Tv Films • The big movies on TV this week

Saturday/Rāhoroi September 27

Monday/Rāhina September 29

Wednesday/Rāapa October 1

Thursday/Rāpare October 2

Friday/Rāmere October 3

Radio September 27

Virgin territory • Victoria Kelly’s new magnum opus reinterprets Mary’s response to the crucifixion.

Cream of the pot

Instagram ready • US social media star Alix Traeger’s first cookbook punches up the flavours on old classics.

A broad church • A Hawke’s Bay label caters for a diverse congregation.

The cult of thinness • Super thin phones represent end-stage smartphone innovation. Next up: smart glasses.

The Bigger Picture

A week in Masterton