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

The new president of forgetting • Collective amnesia lies at the heart of Donald Trump’s success. Dolores Janiewski asks whether New Zealanders can avoid the same fate.

Reclaiming wealth

Bright Lines

10 Quick Questions

Quips & Quotes

Vanishing act • Adrian Orr’s hasty and unexplained departure from the plum job of Reserve Bank governor is symptomatic of the backlash against bureaucracy.

Gunboat diplomacy

Cross culture

Bog-standard traffic tamers

Too much protest, methinks

Leadership lacking

The mouse that squeaks • The idea of exceptionalism is ingrained in the Kiwi psyche, with some justification, given our small status. But there are holes in our armour.

Quiet achievers • Forget Rutherford, Hillary, Snell. Many of our best and brightest are famous in fields that may not grab the headlines.

Making criminals • The arrest of a Northland ‘green fairy’ puts the spotlight on an onerous regulatory system for therapeutic cannabis.

Ever the optimist • The notoriously prickly Ben Elton opens up about swearing, drinking, being overeager but definitely not manic.

Young novice meets old master • Tony Fomison destroyed himself with cheap whisky and cigarettes. Garth Cartwright recalls his friendship with the painter whose life has been documented in a new book.

Balance of power • Why is it so difficult to build vital infrastructure? A captivation by governments with progressive causes, claims a new book.

In living memory • Brilliant, original novel from the South Korean Nobel Prize winner is not for the faint-hearted.

A time for judgment • Whodunnit at centre of adept British tale in which a woman must choose between the two men she loves.

Blood lines • Modern-day antipodean vampire tale breaks new ground in its exploration of racial identity.

Trials and tribulations • Eating disorders, sexuality, Wellington’s moods and the vagaries of memory occupy the latest poetry collections.

Aged scare facility • After directing John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush in a psychological thriller set in a rest home, James Ashcroft’s next job is a Robert De Niro movie.

Head for heights • The intensely private Kate Bush doesn’t do concerts but an English cabaret artist brings the essence of the singer to life. Just don’t call it an impersonation.

Doing it like Dylan

A sense of the sixth

Roast of Hollywood

TV Picks of the week

TV Films

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Bowing in the Wind

How to mend a broken heart • Auckland scientists aim to develop a replacement heart valve that will grow with the child.

Move over, microwaves • Master chef Jamie Oliver bows to public affection for air fryers with three recipes that demand little preparation.

Hunter’s run • Experience shows in the wines coming from Marlborough’s oldest producer.

Help Me If You Can, I’m Feeling Down • Why do young people suffering mental distress find it so hard to ask for help?

The Last Tree • A bacterial friend of kōwhai is helping repatriate trees on the other side of the Pacific.

Strange, Strange Days

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