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.

LISTENER Te Kaiwhakarongo Aotearoa

Systems failure • The government’s proposed LNG terminal makes no strategic sense, says Sel Leigh.

The dying of the light

CAT DOING THE SPLITS

Bring out your dead policies • With an outlook of dwindling fuel supplies, the government is forced to abandon its reliance on market forces.

Reform schooled

Edvard Munch and his muses

Baby fish and bloviations

On friendships

How this couple made retirement work after moving home • Adrienne and Dave’s story reflects the growing number of New Zealanders rethinking how they will fund life’s expenses after 60.

Not there yet • Just as we were beginning to believe the economy had turned a corner, an oil shock threatens to prolong hard times. But this is the story of New Zealand, writes ERIC FRYKBERG.

Cold feet • Given the Trump administration’s belligerence, is it time for NZ to consider other alliances? What would separation from the US look like?

A high Barr • After 55 years of buying New Zealand art, Jim and Mary Barr are donating their hugely valuable collection to Dunedin’s public gallery.

Southern treasure • In 1960s Dunedin, a love of medieval manuscripts was born in a young Christopher de Hamel, who has since become a world authority on the subject.

Coming up for air • Despite chronicling a trio of tragedies in quick succession, novelist Elizabeth Knox’s memoir is a delight to read.

BESTSELLERS

For the record • Pulitzer finalist Ben Lerner examines the artistic life and how fact and falsehood alter ideas of what’s ‘real’ in fiction.

Short cuts

Unleashing the beast within • ‘Feminist perimenopausal werewolf’ novel takes revenge to new heights.

Poetry • The fashion in embraces

BESTSELLERS

Missed connections • A lavishly detailed novel explores a messy love affair between two women.

Of horses and heroes • Ann Packer surveys the best new nonfiction for younger people.

Really going to town • In his new book about groundbreaking Kiwi band The Clean, Country Calendar director Richard Langston revisits his first journalistic love – the music that emerged from Dunedin in the early 80s.

Coming Clean • Biography sheds light on how trio’s personalities shaped the band’s music.

Secrets & lies • Dark comedy about the things best left unsaid.

Up the right tree • Enid Blyton’s books brought delightfully up to date.

Swing out sister • Second album from Brit jazz-soul star Raye is wide, deep and very busy.

Flea in his ear • Debut solo album sees famed rock bassist returning to jazz beginnings.

Man of mystery • David Lomas is back, tracking down distant whānau in faraway places.

On the abode road • Grand Designs NZ’s new season stretches from a Kawau bach to an Otago mansion.

Bottled lightning • Pianist releases an album kindled by the loss of his partner.

Wild, wild (y)east • Sourdough bread can help IBS sufferers get their dietary fibre without the discomfort that wheat can bring, but not all sourdoughs are created equal.

High braise • Decadent dining for the colder months, from Sydney food stylist Lucy Tweed.

Tipples with a twist • Wines with a difference from vineyards trying out new production methods.

Psych 101 • A new teaching year is a chance to show off basic psychology principles.

All bets are on • Polymarket has turned war into a tradable asset.

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