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.

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How hard is it to be humane? • Diane Gordon-Burns was so shocked at how she was treated by staff on a visit to a family member in prison that she is now campaigning for change.

Poverty of care

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Missing in action • With David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill taking all the oxygen, our CEO PM is struggling to hold the centre-right for National.

Test of faith

Reading the fine print

Mind your language

Best books of 2024 • Our annual selection of the 100 finest titles of the year, chosen by books editor Mark Broatch and Listener contributors.

Under the vines • Long before pinot noir and tourism, Central Otago was famed for its gold. Now, locals fear fast-track consenting for a large opencast goldmine could do more than tarnish the landscape.

The heat goes on • Opponents see our closer ties with the US as endangering trade with China, but is talk of joining Aukus just hot air?

‘A very sensible sort of person’ • One of the grandes dames of NZ art, Gretchen Albrecht knew she wanted to be an artist when she was 12. At 81, she’s ‘still here’.

Love & the liar • Offspring’s Asher Keddie shows her less frenetic side in a chilling thriller series based on a true story.

Less than bewitched • Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo can’t save this overlong movie of the hit stage musical.

Peace with the past • Drama about the slippery nature of our recall.

Returned to sender • The Beatles’ invasion of America resulted in collateral damage to their early catalogue.

Of hooks & history • American left-field rock veteran Kim Deal gets personal on her debut solo album.

Puzzle power • A new show starring comedian David Mitchell as a reluctant sleuth has proved a big hit in the UK.

Tv Picks of the week

TV Films

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Dazzling heights • Magnificent releases of classic works by NZ-based artists.

Hitting a nerve • Stimulating the vagus nerve can help sufferers of epilepsy, stroke and migraines, but the devices needed are unfunded here.

Meat and greet • New Zealand-born, Sydney-based chef Luke Powell shares flavoursome recipes for easy summer eating.

Old dogs prove a point • After 20 years, Dog Point Vineyard has plenty to celebrate.

Mixed signals • Visual disturbances as a side effect of certain drugs may be a case of chemical messaging gone awry.

Unnatural selection • A native insect has changed colour in a striking example of human-induced evolution.

Bro’ Town

Taking A Chance