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.

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Casualties of colonisation • Māori have been treated as second-class citizens in their own country. It’s time for the radicals to step up and effect change, says Barbara Macdonald.

Sustainability is not a dirty word

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Labour pains • Chris Hipkins needs to have some awkward conversations within his ranks to avoid repeating past mistakes.

United in boredom

Welcome to France

Mods and frockers

The Rise Of Rogernomics • The 1984 election marked a momentous shift in direction for a country on the brink of bankruptcy. In the first of two articles, Danyl McLauchlan traces a political upheaval whose economic and social effects continue to define us 40 years on.

Descent Into Despair • Rogernomics turned our society on its head, ushering in an underclass that exists to this day.

The leader who was led • Despite his charisma, David Lange was in many ways an unlikely prime minister who struggled to rein in Roger Douglas’s radical agenda.

Back in his lane • After Commonwealth Games and world championships success, Lewis Clareburt hopes to give NZ a rare swimming medal at the 2024 Olympics. But getting there has not been all smooth waters.

Come fly with me • Base jumping, parachuting, wing-suiting – US/Kiwi adventurer Sequoia Schmidt has done them all and she doesn’t mind in the slightest that people might think she’s nuts.

What lies beneath • Three mothers face a frightening future, but Tina Makereti’s novel suggests the natural world will ultimately prevail.

Behind the portrait • Research for a family history leads to the rescue of East European Jews before WWI and the origins of Zionism.

Command performance • Kiwi author’s novelistic memoir about living with a debilitating disease is an ambitious, immersive read.

It’s payback time • The toxicity of the influencer culture is laid bare in a novel for our times.

A deep rising • Against a backdrop of a global climate catastrophe, three siblings reunite after their father’s death.

A pitch battle • As Auckland prepares to host the World Choir Games, Richard Betts joins one of the 250 ensembles in training for the global sing-off.

That’s their jam • A doco series dusts off pivotal albums by Paul Weller, New Order and the Specials.

Gamble pays off • Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon swaps Westeros for ancient Rome in his latest epic.

Not a dog’s show • Hit Aussie romcom Colin from Accounts returns after its breakthrough debut season.

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Radio July 13-19

Pain in the gut • Highly restrictive diets to manage irritable bowel syndrome can do more harm than good in the long run.

Health Briefs

Seoul Food • Su Scott, a London-based, Korea-born food writer, has scoured the markets of her home country for authentic street food.

Dividing Line • Pegasus Bay’s second-tier label aims high.

Around the block

Waste traps

Coldplay’s Field Day

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