New Zealand Listener

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Masthead

Those were the (Aunt Daisy) days • Who knew that chewing dried tea cures onion breath? Robert Philip Bolton found this and other gems in a collection from the revered broadcaster.

Rewarding ‘normal’

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

A foreseeable future • Labour’s decision to focus on economic development rather than tax as its first election policy is a shrewd move, despite the lack of detail.

Hastie by name rather than nature

Funkytown on a shoestring

Better luck next time

Exclusions and transparency

A thoroughly decent bloke

Kicking the habit • As the numbers struggling with addictions continue to rise, stigma and funding shortages thwart efforts to stem the tide.

Detained and desperate • A Kiwi imprisoned after Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza aid flotilla sent an unusual message home.

On a mission • Peter Beck’s ascent from launching a company able to put small satellites in space to sending a spacecraft to the moon is tracked in a new book by PETER GRIFFIN.

Shooting for the moon • In an edited extract from The Launch of Rocket Lab, Peter Griffin outlines the high-risk solution that kept a lunar mission on track.

Steady as she goes • The neoliberal agenda didn’t sit comfortably with our 1990s leader whose true colours were always a paler shade of blue.

Simply irrepressible • Penny Ashton is a little bit bossy, a little bit bawdy and talks so much it’s impossible to get a word in edgeways.

People power • Forget the idea of an overpopulated world: plummeting fertility rates mean we should be having more children.

Ticket to the past • Conspiracy, fear and raucous humour pepper the pages of the 10th novel from the famously reclusive Thomas Pynchon.

Sanity prevails • Wikipedia founder offers hope to those who fear social media has destroyed our access to truth.

Truth seeking • The brilliant light and terrible shadow of Katherine Mansfield’s life is related afresh in a new biography.

Doing the spadework • Temuera Morrison talked and ate his way from the Jordan desert to the Yucatán Peninsula in a new show exploring hāngī-like cooking methods around the world.

Saints preserved • The Aussie band that predated The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned is about to tour.

True evergreens

Hitting home • Robyn Malcolm and Melanie Lynskey are outstanding as the women who fought for Pike River justice.

To a fine art • New series takes a close-up look at the the imagination, rigor and skill required in Māori arts practice.

Tv Picks of the week

Tv Films

Saturday/Rāhoroi November 1

Sunday/Rātapu November 2

Monday/Rāhina November 3

Tuesday/Rātū November 4

Wednesday/Rāapa November 5

Thursday/Rāpare November 6

Friday/Rāmere November 7

Radio November 1

The art of war • Ross Harris’s latest symphony is a response to contemporary horrors, particularly in Ukraine.

Home comforts • Nadia Lim’s latest collection is a celebration of the seasons at the family’s farm, Royalburn Station.

Trophy time • These supermarket wines each won a gold medal plus the champion trophy in their varietal or style category.

Move or lose • Active play is important not just for physical wellbeing but things like balance, focus and attention.

Fright night • Tradition is increasingly rubbing up against commercialisation when it comes to recognising Halloween.

Genie in the bottle...