New Zealand Listener Magazine - December 02-08, 2023
New Zealand Listener Magazine - December 02-08, 2023
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In this issue
Work gang
Travel advisory
Little darlings
A gift that keeps on giving
Organ donation requires a precise combination of circumstances, starting with incredible generosity, writes Dr Joanne Ritchie.
2 mins
Common as a tea towel
A new Northern Hemisphere seasonal tradition has taken firm hold: debating what's \"common\" according to an annual master list drawn up by a celebrity designer.
2 mins
Deal or No Deal, we will Survivor
Even right-wing commentators turned against the Great Negotiator’ as the coalition talks dragged on.
4 mins
Talkfest begins as Gaza burns
It's that time of the year again. No, not Christmas. It's time for another COP summit. The acronym is short for \"Conference of the Parties\" to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. That is, all those who say they really, truly do want to do something about climate change. The 197\"parties\" include all UN member states and the European Union.
2 mins
Ink stink
We tend to think of progress in information technology W as a given, and in most cases, it is. The internet connection I use now is literally 69,000 times faster than the first one I used in 1993. Chips are faster, storage ever cheaper and more vast. And then there are printers.
2 mins
Always a champion
A lifetime achievement award for screen production is a far cry from Robin Scholes’ early days, selling lingerie to brides.
5 mins
Algorithm's arrow
Older adults are now embracing online dating as enthusiastically as digital natives. But many find the path to true love as pothole-strewn as old-school approaches.
10+ mins
From the ground up
An ex-Mongrel Mob member is teaching a new generation that a difficult past need not define their future.
10 mins
Airbn' bust
Short-term lets have shaken up the tourism industry and housing markets. Now, authorities are clamping down but that’s far from the only issue confronting travellers and hosts.
7 mins
P for panic stations
A drug once regularly doled out for weight loss is now a terror of the modern age but crackdowns so far have failed. Is it time for a different approach?
5 mins
Man of the match
As his football comedy Next Goal Wins finally arrives, Taika Waititi talks about ego, money and having nothing left to prove.
8 mins
Her plucky stars
How touring harpist Mary Lattimore has found a niche among pop’s left field.
3 mins
Folky valentines
Erny Belle confirms her early promise and Cat Power plugs and unplugs Dylan.
2 mins
The cannonball run
French leader biopic is hardly revolutionary, but it sure is fast.
2 mins
Titillating takedown
Mr Ripley meets Brideshead in this black comedy, an outlandish dissection of the British upper classes.
2 mins
Sunday bloody Sunday
Outback noir's smallscreen adaptation has big-screen aspirations.
2 mins
On a high note
Countertenor Stephen Diaz explains why JS Bach presents such a challenge to singers.
2 mins
Sweet talking
A common artificial sweetener has for the first time been classed as possibly carcinogenic.
2 mins
Great expectations
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so keep your stresses at bay.
3 mins
An AI leap for robots
The same tech underpinning ChatGPT is set to finally make the general-use robot a reality.
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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