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

Going viral • Cast your mind back six years for a reminder why New Zealanders need to vaccinate against measles, writes Auckland GP Dr Allan Moffitt.

Betting on the house

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

House swap • Labour’s polling resurgence mirrors National’s decline, but their suitors’ fortunes cloud predictions.

Hotdog politics

Grief is grief

Please look after this bear

Drawing the line

Hipkins, your time starts now

Doing without the canary • The Pike River disaster sparked much-needed reforms to health and safety rules. 15 years on, the coalition government is unravelling them – but they were never fully implemented in the first place.

Fatal Combination • The Pike River tragedy underscored what can happen when deregulated oversight is mixed with a business determined to cut corners.

Sound salvation • Morale at RNZ National has slumped as ratings languish and a scathing review urges drastic change. But is radio really a medium in decline?

No shore thing • With its crooked beak, the small, fast and vulnerable wrybill holds a special place in the hearts of birders.

Office outlook • Arts veteran Amy Mansfield is back with a new season of her hit show that mocks workplace culture. She shares some of her inspirations.

Hate to say it • A new account of Jacinda Ardern’s time in office gives generous space to her detractors, but sheds some light on her government’s fatal flaws.

Toast of New York • Patti Smith’s latest memoir reflects on the entirety of her life.

Short cuts

Mastering the art • New history of Auckland Museum finds its creation more of interest than dedicated collector who made it happen.

Nothing civil about it • When England sank into war and King Charles’s head was lopped off, the country was changed forever.

Cups of ambition • The themes behind the 1980 movie remain as relevant as ever in The Court Theatre’s production of 9 to 5 The Musical.

Fame beckons

Playing it out • Theatre that takes a therapeutic approach to stories of incarceration, addiction and abuse is touring the country.

His dark arts

Fall of angels

A woman scorns • Lily Allen takes aim at her straying ex-husband.

Island in the stream • A new show casts itself on social media platforms to attract rangatahi.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films

SATURDAY/RĀHOROI NOVEMBER 15

Sunday/Rātapu November 16

Monday/rāhina November 17

Tuesday/rātū November 18

WEdnesday/Rāapa November 19

Thursday/Rāpare November 20

Friday/Rāmere November 21

Radio November 15

Unhidden depths • Tabea Squire’s new work for the NZSO examines the play between stillness and movement.

Hidden killer • Researchers say free testing is needed for a little-known marker of heart-disease risk.

More than tacos • Born and raised in Mexico City, restaurateur Daniella Guevara Muñoz shares family favourites.

Nurture aces nature • Despite what the 2023 weather threw at them these vineyards have come up trumps.

Thanks for the memory • A humble flat worm that can survive decapitation demonstrates intriguing powers of recall.

Beetles bear brunt of forest slump • Lack of recent headlines about kauri dieback doesn’t mean the bad news is over.

The Bigger Picture

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