New Zealand Listener Magazine - May 25-31, 2024

In this issue

Living with dying, why we need to get better at talking about end-of-life decisions
King hits, new short stories from the master of horror
Fresh starts at 60, finding happiness after betrayal

Schools for thought

The government believes our educational decline will be reversed by returning to policies of six years ago. Will it work?

4 mins

Felds of dreams

Last month, Berlin city councillors sent letters to 20,000 residents inviting them to discuss what happens next to one of the city's best-known parks.

2 mins

On the brink, yet again

As the story is told in part five of Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, Netflix's epic nine-part history of the Cold War and its weapons, the world was on edge in September 1983.

2 mins

Shock and awe at Eurovision

Every May, when the Northern Hemisphere ticks off the Eurovision Song Contest from its calendar, the meaning of the word \"shocking\" takes a further devaluation. In more than 30 different languages.

2 mins

Taking the state out of broadcasting

The news media has been the focus of attention recently.

2 mins

We need to talk about dying

Whether by choice or weight of numbers, more of us will die at home in future. And with pressure to ease assisted dying restrictions, the gaps in community-based care need fixing - before time runs out.

10+ mins

A mayor for everyone

The Far North's first Māori mayor is one of an emerging political generation bringing equity to the forefront. But a government reversal on Māori wards looms as a stumbling block.

10+ mins

I'm Jo Peck again

Four weeks after her 60th birthday, Jo Peck's husband of 25 years told her he was seeing someone else. In a new book, she details how shock and disbelief made way for happiness and contentment.

8 mins

A continent of no laws

A Kiwi investigative journalist has spent 21 years trying to get to the bottom of what many believe is the suspicious death of an Australian scientist in Antarctica.

6 mins

Affair of the heart

Miranda July's second novel, a wild ride through an unconventional relationship, is not for the faint-hearted.

2 mins

Setting boundaries

A giant in the philosophy of gender seems unwilling to engage with alternative points of view or the reality of biological sex.

4 mins

The real queen of Bridgerton

Regency women would have a ball if they were transported from 'the Ton' to the present day, author Julia Quinn says.

6 mins

Get with the pilgrim

Australian film-maker Bill Bennett thought turning his Camino de Santiago experience into a movie would be a good walk ruined. But he did it anyway.

2 mins

Fiddling on the roof

After the doco recut by Peter Jackson, the original Let It Be returns as odd as ever.

2 mins

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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.
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