New Zealand Listener Magazine - April 29- May 05, 2023
New Zealand Listener Magazine - April 29- May 05, 2023
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In this issue
Spilling your genes
Citadel
Sky's new tech
Beware thinking big
The government could have saved itself and the country much angst by studying the mistakes of a past PM, writes RICK CHRISTIE.
2 mins
Young, scared and feared
It was the winter of 2012, and I was sitting in my car in a parking lot - I find if you sit in a parking lot without a car you attract suspicion waiting for my daughter to emerge from a swim meet after-party. I flipped on NPR (National Public Radio) and spent the next hour listening, dumbfounded, to transgender kids and their parents tell stories from what seemed to be the first-ever gathering of those who shared their unique journey. I certainly already knew there were transgender people, but I'm equally certain I didn't know there were trans kids of single-digit age, and the stories from this conference - where clearly some of them realised for the first time they weren't alone in this were gut-wrenching.
2 mins
Language matters
Driving around the South Island, I marvelled all over again. It's so vast and spectacular, so different, in many ways, from the North. It's so wildly beautiful it gives you a sense of privilege. In town for a book event at Wanaka's Festival of Colour, I talked to broadcaster Kathryn Ryan, and noticed our alternative north-south perspectives. She thought Wanaka was getting quite built up, while I, the Aucklander, could hardly believe the South Island's exhilarating emptiness.
2 mins
Stealing their hearts away
United States President Joe Biden has recently been through his beloved Ireland, less like a dose of salts than a river of soothing treacle.
2 mins
Going down a storm
Straight-talking Kieran McAnulty is the right bloke for the job of convincing people to accept the latest water reform proposal.
3 mins
A stitch in time
Former shopaholic Amanda Butterworth now takes up arms against fast fashion, writes CAITLIN SYKES.
4 mins
Strand of worms
Online DNA testing may reveal more than we bargained for and be used against us in far-reaching ways, warns NOEL O'HARE. It could also save our lives.
10+ mins
The man who will be king
Next month's coronation marks the final chapter in Charles III's accession to the throne. But what kind of king will he be?
10+ mins
Rebel with a fork
Food writer, critic and MasterChef UK judge William Sitwell, proud scion of a long line of literary toffs, doesn't mince his words on his culinary passions and peeves.
8 mins
Do you really need one of Sky's new boxes?
Sky's new TV-streaming hardware is a long-overdue upgrade, but you might want to look at other options.
5 mins
Where academics fear to tread
Visiting US author Nadine Strossen compares today's social censorship on campus with the McCarthy era.
5 mins
Under the pump
Hopes are high for a new drug to slow heart failure and tackle other life-threatening conditions as well.
4 mins
A matter of scale
Eating fish and shellfish can raise mercury levels in our bodies, so it's wise to follow the advice on how often to serve them up.
4 mins
Numbering wins
Understanding how our brains remember items on a list can be harnessed to boost memory.
3 mins
Pour the bubbly
An Auckland researcher is working on an airy way to produce greener concrete.
3 mins
Making enemies
A meticulous new history examines the best intentions and blunders that led to the invasion of Iraq three decades ago.
3 mins
Working with the cool cats
Clever blend of fact and fiction casts a critical eye on Andy Warhol’s Factory.
2 mins
Lockdown bubble trouble
Kiwi crime star JP Pomare delivers another icy thriller with an ingenious twist.
2 mins
Agents of change
Why cinema-fillers the Russo brothers have embraced streaming with their epic globe-trotting spy thriller, Citadel.
6 mins
Smells like Paradise
I have seen Paradise. I went there as a boy in the back of my dad's Holden.
3 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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