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.

Hardly human • Powers to ‘move on’ the homeless ignore the causes of homelessness and risk pushing people further from stability and safety, writes Sophie Bradwell-Pollak.

Squaring the circle

THE POLITICAL CARTOON

“Quote Marks”

10 Quick Questions

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Monks vs Vikings • People are heading for the door in record numbers. What can be done to stop it swinging back and hitting NZ in the face?

Scrolling past democracy

On the brink of Crink

Stones and glasshouses

An incident on Shortland St

Festival time

Too much, too young CHILDREN OVERTRAINING • The rising toll of sporting injuries in youngsters may be a symptom of a bigger problem: pressure to get to the top.

A class of its own DEGREES OF SEPARATION • With the teaching of humanities in decline, PAUL LITTLE recalls when some of the biggest names in NZ literature taught at Auckland University’s English department.

ROLL CALL • Some of the English department staff active in the 1975-79 period. (Year shown indicates when they joined.)

OUT-OF-OFFIC • E Extracurricular interests of English department staff – not all of them arcane.

Micro marvels • A treasure trove awaits those with the patience to scrabble around in paddocks and forests.

Going west • In 1901, Henry Charles Swan left Auckland on a solo circumnavigation of the world. He got all the way to Henderson

The male gaze • Beautifully composed stories about men trying to navigate their way through life.

BESTSELLERS

Against the tide • A new world opens up for Witi Ihimaera when he begins to learn te reo Māori.

Debuts lead Ockham winners

We want to believe • A down-the-rabbit-hole inquiry into alien ‘encounters’ concludes with the truth still out there.

Short cuts

Song of the heart • Two outsiders in a remote community on a Scottish isle fight for justice in NZ author’s convincing dive into YA folk horror.

On solid ground • Massey academic further explores the place of Pākehā in NZ with richly varied essay collection.

Another claim to fame • Ché-Fu is to become the third artist to be inducted twice into the NZ Music Hall of Fame: This time it’s for the mark he made after Supergroove. He talks to Russell Baillie.

Ship shape • A celebration of our maritime unions from folk standard-bearer.

Doing her justice • A play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks for the humanity behind the intellect of the legendary US Supreme Court judge.

Being Julia

My so-called life • Actor-director’s beautiful, nuanced drama inspired by her teenage years.

Love, love me do • The stars shine in first-time director’s unsettling supernatural horror.

A different beat • A new crime drama by the makers of The Gulf casts Morgana O’Reilly and Roimata Fox as police partners and former lovers.

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Mr fixit • It’s a demanding business being luthier to the contestants in this year’s Michael Hill competition.

Peak oil • The premium price of extra virgin olive oil doesn’t necessarily guarantee health benefits.

Gutsy greens • Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall finds tasty plant-based ways to get more fibre into our diets.

Sav stress in the US • Our sauvignon blancs are respected in the US, but under pressure from rivals.

Power plant • Used in moderation, a ceremonial Pacific drink can help reduce anxiety.

Behold the SaaSpocalypse! • The software...