New Zealand Listener Magazine - November 18-24 2023
New Zealand Listener Magazine - November 18-24 2023
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In this issue
Pills & ills
To bury or praise
Checkpoint Charlie
The accent's off migrants
Kiwi English is a different linguistic beast and many new arrivals struggle to understand it.
2 mins
The ménage à trois
Expect a clenched-teeth consummation as two leaders with an acrimonious history attempt to be civil to each other, and the PM-elect plays Cupid.
4 mins
Watch and learn
Moree is a farming town on the black-soil plains 630km northwest of Sydney with an ugly past and an elegant presence in the weary struggle to reconcile Aboriginal and white Australia.
2 mins
Centre of rejection
The blessed suspension of political chatter ended the other day. For three weeks, the country appeared to run itself, no policy was enacted and even the factory that churns out Act Party press releases went quiet. I am willing to lay odds that a poll of New Zealanders would find we were quite keen on this state of affairs. Polling itself had also been retired, of course, and we liked that, too.
2 mins
Playing the blame game
As various countries around the world go into Covid-management inquiry mode, it's worth remembering the useful things we learned from the crisis admittedly, most of them in the \"what not to do\" category.
2 mins
Poetic rage
Tusiata Avia’s new collection responds to the furore her award-winning last work belatedly ignited.
4 mins
Supplementary evidence
Kiwis are spending a fortune on supplements with little to go on and new rules allowing manufacturers to make evidence-based claims are at least three years away.
8 mins
In from the cold
It is 34 years since the Berlin Wall fell. For Dunedin author Philip Temple, going behind the Iron Curtain was like entering a time warp.
8 mins
Bird's-eye view
Booker longlisted Anna Smaill’s second novel explores the gaps between the reality we build for ourselves and who we really are.
7 mins
On the run
Health and environmental concerns spell curtains for some waterproof mascara and other cosmetics.
6 mins
Hail to the chiefs
Historian Mary Beard draws on ancient sources and educated guesswork to define what it took to be a Caesar.
4 mins
Believe in the wolves
Uneven but highly readable novel ponders the randomness of life.
3 mins
Future imperfect
The Power author delivers busy, confusing, fun read.
2 mins
Going to town
Our biggest arts festivals have announced their line-ups for 2024. The events' creative directors talk about how they've put their own stamp on their programmes and life after Covid.
4 mins
A bigger bang
The War on Drugs keeps growing in size and audience appeal.
3 mins
Starting afresh
New releases from Mermaidens and Grayson Gilmour impress.
2 mins
Who's behind bars
Two top British prison dramas return for another lag.
3 mins
Flipping the script
The new Fargo may echo the original film but it's also a product of the Trump era.
3 mins
Give it a bash
A little spiral spring thing' makes the ACO's instrument line-up.
2 mins
Fruit versus flavour
That plump, juicy-looking image displayed on the front of labels could be leading you astray if the product is, in fact, fruitless.
4 mins
The name game
Just because it says psychologist on your business card doesn't mean you can go around giving out advice.
2 mins
GoPro to war
Live streaming has added a new dimension to coverage of conflict, but the first casualty in war remains truth.
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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