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 great Adhd overhype • We need to stop calling ADHD a disorder and accept that people’s brains are just wired differently, says Lise Moody.

Trillion-dollar blunder? Yeah, right

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Bursting the bubble • As the pre-election jousting begins, our politicians seem finally to be focusing on the things that matter.

The enemy within

Documenting murder

Irish takeaways

Haunted admin

Right thinkers • In a special report, DANYL McLAUCHLAN explains what’s driving the appeal of populist, right-wing politics globally, and on page 22, PETER BALE considers the impact on political language in New Zealand.

Hypermasculinity vs Dissident Feminism

Hearts & minds • Unregulated social media and the inflammatory language of both left and right have rubbed off on New Zealand politicians and commentators.

Heroes in hell • Acts of immense bravery stand out in the desperate rescue of survivors on Whakaari/ White Island, but so does the dithering in the official emergency response.

A rumpty life • Screenwriter, actor and newly crowned Mansfield fellow Fiona Samuel talks psychopathy, Scrabble and the sex lives of dead people.

Best kids’ reads • Tales of troubled teens, ornery animals, magic schools, zombies, ogres, aliens and a welcome back to several old favourites – Ann Packer chooses 50 of the year’s top books for children and young adults.

The best Nz verse

To our door • After a triumphant tour here, Aussie legend Paul Kelly delivers an album that ponders his family, a landmark birthday, and a famous NZ poem.

Fruits of his labour • A memoir peels back the past, while a new album suggests the creative juices of Lemonheads’ Evan Dando aren’t entirely squeezed out.

Angle of entry • The redeveloped Toi Tauranga Art Gallery aims to get more people through its new doors. Local resident Karl Puschmann takes a look.

Marital blitz • Jennifer Lawrence goes all-in for domestic psychodrama.

Varsity adversity • Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield can’t save #MeToo movie.

Chop and change • After a XII-year break, the NZ-made Spartacus series returns as bloody and sex-driven as ever.

Tv Picks of the week

Tv Films • The big movies on TV this week

Saturday/Rāhoroi December 6

Sunday/Rātapu December 7

Monday/Rāhina December 8

Tuesday/Rātū December 9

Wednesday/Rāapa December 10

Thursday/Rāpare December 11

Friday/Rāmere December 12

Radio December 6

Floating in space • A busy anniversary year for Stroma’s Michael Norris, with two albums and a major new work.

Good as gold • Discarding the skin of kiwifruit, particularly the gold variety, means throwing away a heap of nutritional benefits.

Vibrantly vegan • Austria-based food blogger Yang Liu serves up Asian street food.

Making their mark • Not all Marlborough sauvignon blanc is created equal – or entirely in Marlborough.

Beyond the sunset • The popularity of books, particularly romance novels, seems everlasting.

Who wants to live forever? • Can technology enable live music to outlast our disappearing rock legends?

When The Street Had No Names

The Good Life