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New Zealand Listener
Unhappy Landings
Going once more onto the beach with private perspectives on D-Day.
2 min |
January 5 - 11 2019
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Book A Bach With True Character
A second stay at Gabriel’s Bay reinforces what a refreshingly funny place it is.
2 min |
January 19 - 25, 2019
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Untold Stories
British historian Sir Max Hastings reasoned that there was room for another book about the war in Vietnam because he wanted to bring the Vietnamese “back to the centre of the story”.
8 min |
January 12-18, 2019
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Finding Time To Reflect
After a very big year, soul man Teeks is facing the challenge of a debut album.
3 min |
January 19 - 25, 2019
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Death In Ōnehunga
A funeral home is the unlikely setting for a local reality show that has attracted international interest.
2 min |
January 12-18, 2019
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A Sense Of Place
A 30-year-old Rotorua-born, Melbourne-based writer had publishers fighting for the rights to his debut novel.
5 min |
January 12-18, 2019
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Go With The Slow
New Zealand jumps on the captivating, if time-consuming, bandwagon of televising cross-country journeys.
2 min |
January 19 - 25, 2019
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Lime Of The Times
Even our footpaths are no longer safe, thanks to reckless scooter-riders.
2 min |
January 12-18, 2019
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Snore Or Less
A New Year resolution to give up snoring is easier to make than to keep.
3 min |
January 12-18, 2019
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Wider World Of Wilde
Biography shines light on icon’s wits, writs, writings and woes.
3 min |
January 19 - 25, 2019
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A blank slate that's spellbinding
A grim fantasy of stolen memories and sexual abuse is leavened by a love story.
2 min |
February 2-8, 2019
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Sit Back And Miss The Action
Prime TV jumps on the watching-logs-burn bandwagon with a 12-hour look out the window
3 min |
February 2-8, 2019
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The Keys To Life
Two years ago, Hungarian pianists – and married couple – Dénes Várjon and Izabella Simon were at the airport waiting to leave New Zealand when the invitation came to return.
2 min |
February 2-8, 2019
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A Head For Science
Sometimes the sick and injured are the keys to scientific knowledge.
2 min |
February 2-8, 2019
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Young At Heart
Latest research shows a lifelong fitness regime can shave decades off your biological age.
8 min |
February 2-8, 2019
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To Pokeno With Them!
A Labour minister delivers an ultimatum to ornery Aucklanders.
5 min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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You're Under Arrest
A woman who went to the police to complain of rape was herself charged with having underage sex with her alleged assailant. She says the experience has broken her.
10+ min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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Grace Under Fire
The Student Volunteer Army is teaming up with US student leaders who emerged in the wake of the Parkland school shooting.
5 min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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The Mineral Multitasker
We are falling short of our daily zinc requirements, but a diverse diet can boost levels of the mineral.
2 min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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There Be Demons
Anxiety and depression are rife, lending weight to the need for the inquiry into mental health.
3 min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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Wheels On Fire
Dancer Rodney Bell is taking his multimedia show behind bars and home to Te Kuiti.
3 min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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Darkest Peru
A Nobel laureate’s new novel is set in a murky time in his country’s history.
2 min |
June 9 - 15 2018
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Going Mobile
Kiwi-Aussie rivalry plays out in typical win-some, lose-some fashion in the internet access world.
3 min |
June 16-22 2018
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Getting Bolder
Nadia Reid tours at home before recording her third album in the US.
2 min |
June 16-22 2018
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Grafting A Tradition
A survey of modern African tyranny is a catalogue of horror and sheer looniness.
2 min |
June 16-22 2018
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Who Do You Trust?
Maybe our system of government isn’t so bad after all.
4 min |
June 23-29 2018
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Lady & The Trump
Even before her recent “disappearance”, US First Lady Melania Trump’s commitment to the role was publicly doubted.
7 min |
June 23-29 2018
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The United States Of Hubris
Pundits who believe a team of NFL players could easily beat the All Blacks are buying into a sporting myth.
3 min |
June 23-29 2018
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At Home In Fantasyland
Phil Twyford’s ambitious housing plans ignore the brute realities.
4 min |
June 2 - 8 2018
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Making A Name For Yourself
The words we use for people and places assert our identity in the world.
2 min |