New Zealand Listener Magazine - April 27-May 3, 2024
New Zealand Listener Magazine - April 27-May 3, 2024
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In this issue
Lest We Forget
High society
Morning songs
On a recent early and glorious Saturday morning - it was 4°C outside I let the complaining chickens out. Chickens never stop complaining.
2 mins
Upwardly mobile
Climate-friendly e-scooters are proliferating but there are stumbling blocks for users and non-users.
2 mins
A potent brew
There's a correlation between moderate coffee drinking and reduced risk of colorectal cancer - but evidence of a causal link is still percolating.
3 mins
Food saviours
A little bit of silliness lightens the mood on the serious topic of food waste.
2 mins
Ode to old masters
The Polynesian sound and Auckland's ska-punk scene are remembered in new releases.
2 mins
Weaving Welsh with waiata
Te reo meets Cymraeg in a musical project partly spearheaded by Kawiti Waetford, an opera singer with connections to Wales.
6 mins
Culture warrior
Activist and scholar Ngahuia te Awek6otuku achieved several firsts in society but had to fight many battles to get there.
4 mins
An age-old problem
Is our lifespan fixed, or might we be able to slow down or even abolish ageing? And what would we do if we could?
4 mins
When Jim becomes James
'What would white people do to a slave who had learned to read?' This impressive reimagining of Huckleberry Finn seeks to find out.
4 mins
Manhattan transfer
A Kiwi movie star led the charge for an Anzac garden atop New York's Rockefeller Centre that's still in use today.
5 mins
A Wylde life
How a West Coast mechanic who lost a leg at Gallipoli ended up living in luxury on the banks of the Thames, rubbing shoulders with artists, composers and poets.
8 mins
'That German boy'
Paul Oestreicher's Jewish family escaped the Nazis in 1938. Once here, he was ostracised for being German. How did this committed pacifist end up leading a military Anzac Day service in East Germany?
5 mins
Uncovering our past
For veteran broadcaster Cameron Bennett, navigating the origins and consequences of the New Zealand Wars has been both confronting and exhilarating.
3 mins
Friend or foe?
An ambiguous war memorial on the banks of the Waikato River raises confronting questions about what it is commemorating.
8 mins
Taonga tales
Collections of war memorabilia no longer just signify battles and bravery; they have evolved to tell us about ourselves.
9 mins
Branching out
A lexander Hamilton described the courts as the least dangerous branch of government.
2 mins
A real head banger
We owe an incalculable debt to scientists but they could have done with a crash course in tact before laying their latest, inevitably disempowering, tranche of findings on us: intermittent fasting could kill you, they now tell us in their pitiless way.
2 mins
New media epoch
The week it was confirmed that a significant chunk of the nation's news media landscape was to disappear was also the week I officially retired my own long-standing media venture. No jobs were lost.
2 mins
All going to pot
What would happen when Germany legalised cannabis?
2 mins
Dying of the light
If the coalition sees any value in preserving balanced journalism, its lifeline might be a little late in coming.
4 mins
Candid cameras in wartime
Clandestine photos have been unearthed and turned into a documentary showing Kiwi soldiers during World War II as they have never been seen before.
2 mins
Return of the queen
Beth Orton brings the personal songs of her career-reviving album to NZ.
4 mins
Fanny, the musical
How do you turn Jane Austen into opera and why pick Mansfield Park, her most demanding novel? Composer Jonathan Dove explains his approach to Richard Betts.
4 mins
It's in the blood
Michael Bennett returns his Maori detective to her roots ina convincing, highly anticipated second novel.
3 mins
Touchstones
Ahead of the Aotearoa Art Fair, Sally Blundell asks New Zealand artists about their favourite local artwork and why it moves them.
6 mins
Room at the Top
The Opportunities Party could well be a force to be reckoned with as a centrist voice - it's just lacking a leader, a campaign and a lot of money.
4 mins
Brought to book
He's rich, opinionated and believes in doing good for the community. Property developer Mark Todd is a study in contrasts.
8 mins
'Why aren't you listening to me?!"
To really understand each other, our brains need to be in sync, says author Charles Duhigg. And, yes, there are ways to get on to the same wavelength.
7 mins
The virus that came to stay
With current funding for our Covid response drawing to a close, there’s growing recognition that many people are suffering debilitating long-term effects. What’s the next move?
10+ mins
The chips are down
It's a forecast no Irish person with a sense of history expected ever to hear again: a severe potato shortage looms.
2 mins
New Zealand Listener Magazine Description:
Publisher: Are Media
Category: News
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The New Zealand Listener is New Zealand’s highest-selling and best-read current affairs magazine. Each week the Listener brings you the latest commentary and insight from award-winning writers and columnists.
An energising read, full of witty insight and award-winning investigative journalism, this is the magazine that has been setting New Zealand’s agenda since 1939.
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