New Zealand Listener Magazine - May 18-24, 2024
New Zealand Listener Magazine - May 18-24, 2024
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In this issue
Fast forward
Our American friends
Lynn of hearts
Blocks to building
The OECD is the latest organisation to highlight our dysfunctional economy but neither National nor Labour seems capable of delivering change.
4 mins
On a sticky wicket
Sixteen years ago in Manchester, New Zealand lost a cricket test to England after Monty Panesar, the spinner, took six wickets for just 37 runs. It was a memorable performance, and Panesar was duly hailed as the best English left-arm spin bowler of his generation.
2 mins
Old poker face
After Winston Peters made smooth international appearances as Foreign Minister, said good things at the United Nations and then got into a dispute with former New South Wales premier Bob Carr, I read a press secretary's description of him as \"shy\".
2 mins
Bare market
Perhaps it's a reaction to the growing social and environmental pressure against its very existence but fashion is making its diktats ever more strident. Pants as in knickers, briefs, grundies - are now considered an outer-wear outfit.
2 mins
Hopelessly devoted
In an interview and book extract, researcher Malissa Clark explains that workaholism is about more than being last out of the office. And she should know.
6 mins
Missing in action
In this edited extract from Never Not Working, Malissa Clark looks at the effects of workaholism on others - at home and at work.
6 mins
Our very special friend
After 10 years of under-the-radar diplomatic moves, NZ and the US are closer than in decades. Whatever happened to our independent foreign policy?
10+ mins
Matters of time
The writer of a brilliant new time-travel novel has online fanatics to thank for indulging in her 'very silly thing' about polar exploration.
8 mins
A long Trekka north
Almost forgotten in this country, NZ's only homedesigned, mass-produced motor vehicle has a new following in Europe.
5 mins
'I am still quite overwhelmed'
Ginette McDonald is good with voices. Now, a new anthology celebrates the long and varied career of the actor who brought us Lynn of Tawa. Just don't call it a valedictory.
8 mins
Unhappy endings
Leslie Jamison anatomises her broken marriage in a candid new memoir - but who or what was really to blame?
5 mins
Parental advisory
A vibrant collection of essays sets out to answer one less-than-simple question: what makes a mother?
3 mins
A dickens of a novel
Historical novel is rich in women characters from all levels of Victorian society - including some from real life.
3 mins
Raising the barre
Why acclaimed Kiwi director James Napier Robertson-took on the bruising true story of an American ballerina in Russia.
4 mins
Love, love me Who
New Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa and producer Russell T Davies talk about getting by with a little help from their friends.
4 mins
The balance of Powers
The Naked and Famous star is unashamedly indulgent in his new solo album.
3 mins
Roman scandals
Sarah Watt reviews two major titles at this year's Italian Film Festival.
3 mins
Rising tide
Twenty years on from the foreshore and seabed hikoi, the issues behind it have not subsided.
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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