New Zealand Listener Magazine - August 13 - 19, 2022
New Zealand Listener Magazine - August 13 - 19, 2022
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In this issue
Rethinking Adoption
Antarctica
Happy Pills
A second civil war?
A couple of months ago, we met some friends at a winery in Antietam, Maryland, site of one of the last and certainly bloodiest battles of our Civil War.
3 mins
Winter falls
Every few minutes, a stretcher was wheeled past, with a patient gasping into an oxygen mask.
2 mins
One for the bucket list
Russia recently published a list of New Zealanders banned from entering the country.
2 mins
A moment of truth
“Seldom … have we been confronted with events where falsity of information can cause such harm.”
3 mins
Political vivisection
An inquiry into the government’s response to the pandemic would be instructive, but it’s a matter of timing.
4 mins
The ties that bind
Adoption law is in for a major overhaul but some argue the reforms still don’t go far enough in freeing up information or helping heal old wounds.
10+ mins
Grace & favour
A controversial South Korean doomsday sect has had a warm welcome in Fiji, where it now has significant business interests.
10+ mins
A chilly reception
Did Māori reach Antarctic waters centuries before Europeans? Opposing views on the issue have reignited the debate over mātauranga and “Western” scholarship.
5 mins
Happy pills
Drugs for treating depression work on the chemical imbalance theory, but scientists have called that into question.
3 mins
Fields of gold
Kiwi mathematicians have produced some astonishing medal-winning performances over the years.
3 mins
Lava’s in the air
How a new documentary pays a quirky homage to two pioneering French volcanologists.
4 mins
Lounge music
Alec Bathgate reflects on the career and upcoming boxset collection of pioneering lo-fi , alt-pop band Tall Dwarfs, which he started with his mate Chris Knox.
4 mins
A hacking offence
How a British cyber-thriller from the maker of Wolf Hall cracked the code to make it feel authentic.
3 mins
Reality bytes
For star Simon Pegg, The Undeclared War is a frightening vision of the times we live in, and a story with a strong family connection.
2 mins
TELEVISION
Our Picks of the Week
3 mins
Layers of industrial action
Mud, mud, mud. I slog out to the coop to let the chooks out. Mud. I trudge into a paddock to give my sheep Xanthe her supplementary feed. Mud.
3 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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