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

Community kai a lifeline for many • Take what you need, give what you can is the mantra of the community pantry movement, which needs supporting now more than ever, says Judith Yeatman.

Letters

10 Quick Questions

Quips & Quotes

Staying ahead of the game • Will the brave new world of bipartisanship that seems to be on offer with an Infrastructure Commission come to fruition?

Cathrin Schaer

Experimental potholes

A withering wait

Applying intelligence to Ai

Charting success • In the second coming of charter schools, Act leader David Seymour plans a much bigger roll-out. But what evidence is there that they do any better than state schools?

‘Just be Māori, all day, every day’ • In calling iwi to a hui in January, the Kiingitanga leader sent a powerful message to the new government. Aaron Smale looks at the legacy of the truck driver who ascended the throne.

Overwhelming evidence • For the head of the inquiry into abuse in care, doing justice to the survivors’ stories fully vindicates the six-year process.

Word blender • What happens to identity when our language becomes a hybrid? The answer lies with the people.

Kava chameleons • A drink that is a revered part of Pacific culture is under threat from US-grown crops and heady new mixes.

The kids are not alright • Nuanced account details how China’s blessed generation has been replaced by one consumed by fear and hopelessness.

BESTSELLERS

Heeding the messages • Essays from the past canvass the various ways of imagining a better world.

Short cuts

BESTSELLERS

Bro power • Airana Ngarewa follows up his acclaimed novel with a series of short stories about young men.

Animals in control • Ann Packer surveys the best new books for pre-teens.

First-world problem • Harrowing tales of migrants attempting to enter the US highlight the political failure to fully tackle the problem.

Time is on my side • Age does not weary some of our much-loved musicians but what keeps them on the road?

All at sea

Pales in comparison

Wild cards

It’s all about us

TV Picks of the week

Tv Films

Saturday September 14

Sunday September 15

Monday September 16

Tuesday September 17

Wednesday September 18

Thursday September 19

Friday September 20

Radio September 14-20

Me and my guitar • Australian guitarist Karin Schaupp sticks to the familiar for her Dunedin concerts.

Chemical reaction • Nitrates in processed meats are well known to cause harm, but consumed from plant sources, their effect is quite different.

The sweet spot • Melbourne-based bakers Michael and Pippa James present 80 fail-safe recipes in their latest book.

A Bourgeois bottling • Clos Henri Estate is bringing a touch of the Loire to its organic Marlborough savs and pinots.

Hangry? Eat breakfast • People who don’t break their fast first thing in the morning report the least life satisfaction.

Copilot’s crash landing • Microsoft’s new AI-powered computer packs impressive hardware but an underwhelming Copilot experience.

Jump Start

Grasping the nettle