New Zealand Listener

New Zealand Listener is the country’s most respected general interest magazine, bringing you a wide variety of news, stories, columns, reviews, plus TV listings, every week.

Masthead

Letter from Heaven

Brian Turner 1944 -2025

Shade on Seymour

Bright Lines

10 Quick Questions

Quips & Quotes

A new world (dis)order • As the geopolitical goalposts continue to shift, the government needs to make some strategic calculations, quickly.

Trash talk

Enshittification rules

Air of sustainability

Legislating liberalism

Ignore at your peril

Refinding the self • Strokes and brain diseases can radically change our personalities. But with more understanding of how brains work, a leading neurologist says sometimes, our old selves can be restored.

Don’t stop the dance • In this edited extract from Our Brains, Our Selves, neurologist Masud Husain meets a young woman whose limbs appear to have a mind of their own.

Fabric of time • Tapa cloth samples collected from Polynesian nations on Cook’s voyages have made their way into our museums and libraries.

Last orders • New Zealand’s unique climate for grape growing meant it was once seen as the ‘France of the Southern Hemisphere’. Now, it’s a case of survival of the fittest.

A touch of flamboyance • Miki Magasiva fell in love with film at an early age and has finally launched a debut feature that takes a tragi-comic look at grief and families.

Let’s dance • Kiwi dancer, teacher and choreographer Leila Lois visited one of Manila’s innovative dance companies as it celebrated its 10th anniversary.

Past glories • Debut novel takes a leaf out of the book of modern Irish writing, hurtling classical antiquity into the present.

Mystery & history • Three new thrillers take readers on diverting journeys through time and place.

The long & short of it • Three very different collections stretch the sense of what might be called poetry.

A never-coming-of-age tale • Intensely unlikeable main character who never evolves makes you grateful he is a work of fiction.

In the cross hairs • Danish actor Claes Bang’s late-career boost shows no sign of abating, as he moves from TV villain to big-screen hero.

The art of reinvention

Pushing all the buttons • The fourth film in the hit romcom series arrives with familiar charms and fresh blokes. But it would be a good place to stop.

Verve absent from fizzer

Live from Munich • Riveting drama about how terror attack at the 1972 Olympics made television history.

Gone to ground • The Te Aroha-filmed detective series that blends Irish and Māori cultures is back.

Tv Picks Of The Week

Tv Films • The big movies on TV this week

Saturday/Rāhoroi February 22

Sunday/Rātapu February 23

Monday/Rāhina February 24

Tuesday/Rātū February 25

Wednesday/Rāapa February 26

Thursday/Rāpare February 27

FRIDAY/RĀMERE FEBRUARY 28

RADIO

French connection

That burning feeling • Existing advice for urinary infections lacks evidence, but some preventive tips have been shown to work.

Indian express • Food writer Anjula Devi’s latest book has more than 90 everyday dishes that can be made in less than 15 minutes.

Six of the best

Eyes front

Please, sir, I want some more

Easy, Sir

The long goodbye