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.

New Zealand Listener

Time to ditch coal • We are still burning the fossil fuel in Aotearoa, despite the government having declared a climate emergency, writes Bruce Mahalski.

The future of humanity

Caption competition • THIS WEEK’S PICTURE

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Chewing the fat

Smoke without fire

Unhappy middle ground

Are we losing the war?

Goodies & baddies • The government’s new Emissions Reduction Plan creates a road map towards a zero-carbon future, but expect plenty of tinkering.

In defence of men • Men are under attack, and it’s time women stood up for them, argues a provocative new book.

KNIGHT VISION • His outspoken views have won him both fans and enemies. But business pioneer Sir Ian Taylor isn’t planning to pull his punches any time soon.

Home gallery

Vladimir

Gold rush • Plasma, the liquid part of blood, is useful in a range of medical treatments but demand is in danger of outstripping supply.

HEALTH BRIEFS

That time of life • Following a Mediterranean diet may play a role in improving women’s wellbeing during their menopausal years.

NUTRITION BITES

PURE COMFORT • From brunch to dessert, it doesn’t get more decadent than this selection of simple but indulgent dishes from Lucy Lord.

Foreign flair • Take a tour of the world’s great wine regions from the comfort of your own home.

Tech turmoil • The lure of soaring returns in the tech sector was part of a “growth at all costs” mantra that has the planet riding for a fall.

Heard mentality • The Depp-Heard defamation trial has put the spotlight on borderline personality disorder.

Wings of desire • Angel-like women land in the cross hairs of a fame-hungry surgeon in the latest popular fiction.

Cultural evolution • Megan Walsh maps the diversity and division among writers in modern China.

Scents of adventure • Megan Volpert’s oddly beguiling obsession with perfume.

Crisp & cool • New art books feature Kiwi painter Robin White’s iconic scenes, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s edgy images and the complete works of a master.

No easy way to mastery • If only there were a shortcut to learning to think like a maths or science whizz.

Changing Rooms

Short cuts

DIVERSIONS

Real chutzpah • TV series Kid Sister is a comedic crash course in Kiwi Judaism, written and somewhat reluctantly starring in-demand local screenwriter Simone Nathan.

Into the unknown • Cate Le Bon is touring her lockdown-produced album Pompeii here next month, bringing an intimate, complex and committed collection of songs.

Spirit of optimism

It’s grim up north • The myth that inspired Hamlet becomes a bloody Viking movie.

Dirty rotten scoundrels • What’s behind Danny Boyle’s series about the Sex Pistols?

Now in season • Why Queenstown restaurant supremo Vaughan Mabee became a judge on the revived MasterChef NZ.

TELEVISION • Our Picks of the Week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Talkback

TV programmes

RADIO MAY 28-JUNE 3

Precious legacy • Award-winning podcast Sounds of the Moana celebrates Pacific identity.

A lovely Jubbly pudding