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 bonkers generation • Screaming, boisterous children are the new norm in schools and teachers have grave fears for our future.

Painful pinch point

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Ready to govern? Yeah, nah • A series of blunders has done nothing to convince voters that Te Pāti Māori is a credible option – and that’s bad news for Labour.

Nostalgic for normalcy

The one last song

Scents and sensibilities

Neighbour at war

Good money gone bad • KiwiSaver and other fund managers may aim to avoid fuelling hate, war and environmental loss but responsible investing is proving something of a minefield.

Out of the frame • As part of her Janet Frame Memorial Lecture on the state of literature in New Zealand, CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW dwelt on a personal battle for authenticity, excerpted here.

Stats all, folks • Our worship of data can skew outcomes in everything from workplace, sport and lifestyle decisions to how countries are run, writes GREG BRUCE.

Alien invaders • Stunning portraits of introduced species and their influence on our fauna over two centuries.

Homecoming scene • Returning from London for a one-woman show, Kiwi actor Ellie Smith reveals the inspirations and highlights of a lifetime in theatre.

Judgment day • We are hugely underestimating the nature of AI, and human extinction is a serious possibility, say two tech researchers.

Method in madness • Injustice, hatred and violence are bound together in a vivid account of global terrorism through the 1970s.

Bestsellers

Hiding in plain sight • Joyce Carol Oates dishes up an engrossingly gross whodunnit about the timely murder of a despicable teacher.

Short cuts

Age and mercy • Poetic takes on the human condition – both mental and physical – range from affectionate to bracing.

Poetry

Bestsellers

Bringing down the curtain • The once outspoken and often outrageous Tom Scott declares his new album is his most personal – and might well be his last.

Saddle up • Sassy country pop from a Nashville-based Kiwi and a newcomer you might recognise.

Toy store stowaway • Charming comedy about a con hiding among the teddy bears.

Back on the grid • The third Tron movie dazzles but it’s running on outmoded story software.

High-tech Hitchcock • Neil Cross on the influences behind his latest thriller.

The whenua calls • A spotlight on traditional gardening practices that have all but fallen by the wayside.

Tv Picks of the week

Tv Films

Saturday/rāhoroi October 25

Sunday/rātapu October 26

Monday/rāhina October 27

Tuesday/Rātū October 28

Wednesday/Rāapa October 29

Thursday/Rāpare Cctober 30

Friday/Rāmere October 31

Radio October 25

Total drama • Internationally renowned pianist Jian Liu joins the NZ String Quartet in celebrating Shostakovich.

Fatimas Diy • Kirsty Senior and Sophie Gilmour of Auckland’s Fatimas fame bring exotic Middle East flavours to all with their new book.

Six of the best • The spankingly rich bounty of fortuitous ripening weather is now reaching us.

Snap to it • There are some risks with homemade seeded crackers: here’s how to keep the goodness in and the bad stuff out.

Dodgy attidudes • Young men have less awakened views of gender rights than their fathers.

Scanning for scams • A new app tackles the fraud epidemic infecting our digital communications.

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