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.

New Zealand Listener

Hearts and minds • Ruling out the humanities for Marsden Fund grants devalues work that helps humanity understand its existence in a changing world, says Grace Moore.

Treaty for the environment

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Bright Lines

10 Quick Questions

Quips & Quotes

Stars in their eyes • Research on carrot statues and celestial spheres is out but there’s no new money for much-needed long-term investment in science.

Better get their skates on

Looking the Others Way

Well qualified to run

Lacking in principles

Sustaining flight • The aviation industry is embracing change from the ground up in a bid to keep us flying in the face of climate change.

BUMPY RIDE AHEAD

Come home, Hinemihi • After 132 years standing on an earl’s estate in England, a meeting house with links to the Pink and White Terraces awaits its return to its ancestral home.

Of myrrh & mirth • How are the reindeer doing? What’s it like at the North Pole on December 25? Is there room at the inn? Paul Little looks at Christmas traditions in the cold light of the 21st century.

Just the gadget • Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or simply looking to upgrade your digital arsenal, Peter Griffin has some picks for the year’s best tech tools.

Ladies, a plate • Women led us to glory in sporting codes at home and abroad in a year dominated by unprecedented Olympics success.

Art and craft • Mark Broatch weighs up the year’s best coffee table books.

Life and nature

Let the games begin • A sobering look at what could happen as AI continues its rapid advance into our lives.

The biggest question • The answers to how life evolved the way it has aren’t readily forthcoming but the discussions are compelling.

Short cuts

A girl’s life • Oliver Twist’s Nancy takes centre stage in engaging new novel.

Faking it • UK comedian’s shot at a literary hoax lands wide of the mark.

TOP 10 NON-FICTION

BESTSELLERS

Sounds of the year • Listener reviewer Graham Reid looks back at the year in music and names his picks of 2024’s contemporary albums.

Top reissues

Classical albums of 2024 • Richard Betts chooses the year’s best classical recordings.

Beyond the horizon • The long-time host of RNZ Concert’s New Horizons is hanging up his headphones after 44 years.

Christmas Week TV Picks

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

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CHRISTMAS EVE

CHRISTMAS DAY

BOXING DAY

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RNZ Concert

Classical • Three classical leaders on their favourite Christmas music.

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Xmas excess gas • Our urge to feast over the festive break is harmful to the environment as well as our wallets.

Nutrition bites

Find the joy • Taupō-based recipe creator and food photographer Olivia Moore’s fusion snacks and dinners are designed to inspire.

Hans-on approach • Swiss couple chose Marlborough over California and Australia and they haven’t looked back.

A broad spotlight • ADHD is more common in Australasia than in other regions.

Look, no hands • 2024 was a gap year, but expect some major tech advances in 2025.

DEVOIR

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