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

Spread of the super bugs • Professor Naresh Singhal says resistance to common medicines is growing, with the bigger issue now the hazards in our waterways.

On the brink

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Winning by default • As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the government has been reduced to tinkering, with Labour looking set for a comeback.

Anxiety triggered

We need to talk about Daddy

Bridal shower

Endless rain

Going spare • As unemployment rises, highly skilled personnel across the country are trying to turn their redundancy into new beginnings.

Make It Easy On Yourself

Flight risk • A veteran scientist who fears for the fate of an astonishing NZ albatross says we can quickly counter one threat – commercial fishing.

Riding high • With her 39th novel just published, Stacy Gregg has carved out a place in children’s fiction with stories about ponies and other creatures.

Susan, silently • Untrained and unable to speak, Susan Te Kahurangi King is one of our greatest artists, most often compared to Picasso.

Spies who stayed out in the cold • Amid a welter of spy stories, two new books highlight the toll on agents playing the long game between East and West.

The last of her kind • Novelist’s Ukraine-set dark feminist satire twists and turns around a very real existential threat.

Cosmic Connection • Wellingtonian’s confident debut blends travel mystery and domestic drama with quiet meditation on fate vs free will.

Rage Against The Machine • New poetry collections examine human intimacy, AI and nature, with delicacy and power.

Dive In with Both Feet • How our national ballet, contemporary dancers and an eminent rock musician found common ground in a new work.

Taking The Back Roads • The new collection of dozens of unreleased Bruce Springsteen songs from across his career explained in five tracks.

Her Time To Shine • A local hero makes a bid for international recognition.

Great Dameh • Fiona Kidman doco is affectionate without being sycophantic.

Full-on Monte • Classic swashbuckler gets a thrilling 21st century remake.

A Better Beast • The seventh Jurassic movie sees the franchise born again.

Twisted sisters • Period drama Outrageous taps into our continuing fascination with the Mitford family.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films

Saturday/Rāhoroi July 19

Sunday/Rātapu July 20

Monday/Rāhina July 21

Tuesday/Rātū July 22

Wednesday/rāapa july 23

Thursday/rāpare july 24

Friday/rāmere july 25

Radio july 19

The band played on • A new doco examines the horrors of Auschwitz through music.

Kernel of truth • Corn syrup in processed food and drinks has a poor health record, but not so the vege it comes from.

Gut buddies • Favourites from Australian Chrissy Glentis, co-founder of Foddies for people like herself with food intolerances.

Natural growth • Organic wines are growing popular, but still account for only a fraction of production.

Never out of style • The concept of coolness has deep roots and a global reach that crosses many cultures.

Islands in the stream • The battle to get Netflix and other platforms to invest in local content faces a Trumpian stumbling block.

Creeky Timbers

A sniff of nostalgia