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

Home sweet home • For the sake of their health and wellbeing, older people need to fight back against the pressure to downsize and declutter, argues Terry Carson.

Through the back door

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Long division • Erica Stanford’s education revision may bring a touch of nostalgia, but a second neoliberal wave is building.

Salt seller

The world looks on in horror

Numbers calling, prizes falling

Out, dame spot

Gimme shelter • The axing of thousands of planned new homes and staff cuts at Kāinga Ora signal a turning point in the state’s role as key provider of social housing, writes PETER BALE.

Missing Pieces

Hot pursuits • Philately will get you everywhere. And so will scrapbooking and model railways and just about any other hobby.

Digital Diversions

En Route

Towards the sunrise • In an updated history of southern Māori, archaeologist Atholl Anderson draws on whakapapa to tell a tale of survival.

Taking flight • South Korean-born artist Hye Rim Lee has carved out a career in 3D animations and digital photography.

Baby love • Kiwi journalist tells the story of her postnatal descent into serious mental trauma with humour and brutal honesty.

The chill factor • Soviet scholar’s new book on the Cold War dispels myths and shows how much it still influences thinking in the present day.

In their right mind • Right-wing populism is sweeping the world. A historian examines its origins – and sounds a warning of sorts.

Well within Reacher • Lee Child’s account of how the stories of his vigilante hero came into being reveals a lot about the author as well.

Broken connections • A working-class migrant’s struggle to survive in a new country is movingly portrayed in this spirited debut.

Hail to the chief • How the creators of Chief of War made an epic show from Hawaiian history – with the help of Aotearoa.

Carter to the cause • Funny, enigmatic and perpetually punk: veteran musician Shayne Carter gets his own rockumentary, at last.

Golden moments • Seasoned artists look back to the greats for inspiration.

A Nice touch • This South of France romcom delivers an affair to remember.

Her pet project • A dead Bill Murray bequeaths a lonely Naomi Watts a very large dog.

When the new net went fishing • Doco brings life and clarity to historic treaty settlement story.

Back to the box of issues • Paddy Gower returns with his show on topics worrying the nation.

TV Films

Saturday/rāhoroi August 16

Sunday/rātapu August 17

Monday/rāhina August 18

Tuesday/rātū August 19

Wednesday/rāapa August 20

Thursday/rāpare August 21

Friday/Rāmere August 22

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Rnz Concert • FREEVIEW 51 SKY 422 iHeartRADIO rnz.co.nz/concert NB: Programme details are correct at the time of going to print; check RNZ website for updates

Newstalk Zb

Hanging By a String • A classical music career hasn’t quelled this violinist’s adventurous spirit.

Oat Cuisine • A Kiwi breakfast staple, oats come in different forms. So, which is healthier – wholegrain or rolled?

Meat And Eat • ‘Very Hungry Coeliac’ Mel Persson’s latest shows how gluten-free meals can be crowd-pleasers.

Seeing red in the Bay • With its ability to...