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.

Man or bear • When hikers part company in the wilderness, it doesn’t always end in alpine divorce, writes Danielle Murray.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Move-on orders explained

LETTER of the WEEK PRIZE

THE POLITICAL CARTOON

10 Quick Questions

“Quote Marks”

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Scene stealers • National’s superannuation reversal and the Greens’ wealth tax may have fishhooks but leave Labour in the shadows.

Our years of magical thinking

Colour-blind Brown

Out of Africa

Hidden dragons

Stress busting • A cancer diagnosis at 26 forced Nick Petrie to learn ways to manage his anxiety that he’s now applying to reduce workplace burnout.

It’s not me, it’s us • In this edited extract, Nick Petrie explains how burnout is usually caused by a combination of organisational and individual factors.

Rain dance • The coalition is committing billions to an LNG terminal to plug gaps in dry-year energy supply. Then it hopes we’ll never have to use it.

RENEWABLES IN THE WIND • Solar and wind power offer a cleaner alternative to hydro than gas, but investment is not keeping pace.

American pie • As the US marks 250 years of independence, four New Zealanders reflect on the idea of America, things we have in common and bits we’ll never understand.

A symptom, not a cause

Crazy charmer

America needs its captain

Calling home • Having launched some of our best-known artists, Massive Theatre Company marks 35 years. Its founder Sam Scott shares her inspirations.

States of flux • The nation state is history’s most effective and efficient form of society. So why is it collapsing?

All too human • A story collection from the author of My Year of Meats hits exactly the right key.

Short cuts

Aye, robot • A futurist presents the case for how AI can aid democracy, though she largely overlooks the drawbacks.

BESTSELLERS • TOP 10 NON-FICTION

Poets’ corner • Nicholas Reid reviews the latest collections of verse from Aotearoa.

BESTSELLERS • TOP 5 FICTION

In an uptown funk • The music scene centred on Auckland’s K Road has been rocked by closures. Russell Brown surveys the damage.

That’s all, folk • Nearly 40 years since Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega has mastered the art of resilience.

Heavy hitters • Delaney Davidson comes out swinging; Office Dog bites.

Low battery • Toy Story is a winning franchise, but it’s running out of power.

Souless selling • Irredeemable characters make this French saga hard to love.

Fresh horizons • A new doco led by ‘Mr Matariki’ explores Antarctica through a mātauranga Māori lens.

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Water music • The National Youth Orchestra sets sail on a theme of perilous voyages.

Wheat from the chaff • Just because a product is naturally free of gluten doesn’t necessarily mean it’s safe for coeliac sufferers.

Nutrition bites

Earning a crust • Owner of much-missed Wellington finedining institution Citron, Wendy Morgan grew up working in the family pie shop.

Fromm appeal • A Marlborough vineyard with a reputation for distinctive wines, is poised for a change of ownership.

Cruellest cuts

AI’s Iron Curtain moment • The US has drawn a new kind of border, not around land but around intelligence itself.

JELLY SMACK

Return of the King