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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When art history became history • The government’s narrow-minded expulsion of art history from the school curriculum is at odds with its own arts policy, says Alice Tappenden.

Pike truths

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

The thinnest of blue lines • The country’s trust in the police has been shaken by scandal after scandal.

Shaking the system

Facing up to AI

Gate closes on late adapters

True crime with nibbles

Caught in the net • As if child-rearing wasn’t fraught enough, modern parents are losing more sleep to the cacophony of online advice.

Doing What’s Best • Meeting fellow parents in the flesh can help to counter online messaging – but there’s no escaping the latest parenting fads, or money worries.

Magical cranial tour • Decorated neuroscientist Sir Richard Faull is retiring after a lifetime in brain research. What has he learnt about the miracles and mysteries of the human brain?

New Frontiers • The Centre for Brain Research is making strides in tackling some of our worst diseases.

Seals of friendship • Far from the rogues depicted by history, the sealers who arrived in southern New Zealand two centuries ago integrated well with tangata whenua.

Always the entertainer • The multi-faceted Chris Parker on the things that make his day sparkle.

If the hat fits • Like a gorse-cutter, artist and activist Tāme Iti has devoted his life to kicking against the pricks.

Speaking plainly • Novelist Anne Enright explores writing, family and injustice in this witty and compassionate collection of essays.

State of nature • Scholarly but accessible account from Auckland academic weighs in on when and why Rome’s empire came to be.

High-risk distractions • A river cruise goes horribly wrong; 007’s armourer gets his first fieldwork; and an unlikely indigenous pairing.

The bird is singing • An ‘ideas book’ ponders questions of art and authenticity, performance and the role of irony.

Behind the facade • Set in the mid-1970s on Italian film sets, Olivia Laing’s complex literary thriller holds contemporary resonances.

Hard dancemaster • As Black Grace marks 30 years with an anniversary double bill, its founder explains why he continues to be so demanding.

Gone with the woodwind

Recommended reeds

Now And Then, again • The fourth in The Beatles’ Anthology series came with baggage until Apple relented.

The light gets in

Ageing gracefully

Old saws run deep

Final frontier • With the final season of Stranger Things we may get answers to our many questions.

Tv Picks of the week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Saturday/Rāhoroi November 22

Sunday/Rātapu November 23

Monday/Rāhina November 24

Tuesday/Rātū November 25

Wednesday/Rāapa November 26

Thursday/Rāpare November 27

Friday/Rāmere November 28

Radio November 22

It’s not me, it’s you • A CD tragic laments the end of an era.

Every grain counts • Draining and rinsing canned foods is one of several ways to reduce salt intake.

A touch of class • The New York Times’ bestselling author Alison Roman gives family favourites an elegant twist.

Magical mouthfuls • These New Zealand rieslings are classy, dry and underpriced.

What’s in a game? • Online gaming is a big deal – but so is watching online gamers.

Hype machines • Artificial intelligence feels gimmicky on the...