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.

Te Kaiwhakarongo Aotearoa

In plain sight • Attacks on hospitals in war zones blatantly contravene international law, yet countries including NZ are doing little to stop them, writes TOM ROTH.

Hungry intelligence

10 Quick Questions

“Quote Marks”

Bright Lines • Creative words competition

Dashboard disconnect • National’s reluctance to jettison its CEO Prime Minister locks us into an election of targets, delivery and KPIs.

Ruffling the Parrot’s feathers

A rail transformation

The new ‘right to pollute’

Locking the flow

What the hell, Karori?

Cold comfort • As the number of people living on the street balloons, the pipeline for new social housing is about to narrow sharply.

Off the guardrails • After years of major international roles, Helen Clark still has plenty to say about the issues confronting NZ – in her own, measured way.

MIND THE ELDERS

One step ahead • As banks, telcos and watchdogs unite to thwart scams, crims are switching platforms – increasingly with the help of AI.

Locked & loaded • Ad man Cleve Cameron once worked so hard he went blind. Now recovered, his latest venture is a scheme to keep e-bikes secure. BY RUSSELL BROWN

Divided passions • US writer and activist James Baldwin’s work and the men he loved take centre stage in a fascinating new biography.

Uncertain forces • Kiwi author’s second collection of stories is ambitious, playful and full of dark humour.

Journey of discovery • When a mother and daughter take a European holiday, the mother seeks to reinvent the story of their lives.

BESTSELLERS

Women on top • The sequel to Liane Moriarty’s huge hit is a hilarious yet moving tale that stands on its own merits.

Left to smoulder • Fires rage and people battle to survive in this lockdown-infused dystopian climate-change thriller.

Tackling a legend • The co-directors of a new Jonah Lomu documentary talk about their cross-cultural approach to putting the rugby star’s complex life on screen.

Slouching to fame • A convincing biopic of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.

Charles in charge • Part one of two movies celebrating France’s great wartime leader.

Strangers in the night • Even a James Bond contender can’t save this passion-free romcom devoted to hooking up.

Burning Bridgers • Grammy winner and cultural lightning rod stares down her recent past.

Shades of grey • Parents watching a locally made documentary on sex in the 21st century may be in for a shock.

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

Going for Baroque • On its 40th birthday, The Tudor Consort ventures to Auckland for the first time.

Brains on fire • Earlier intervention to target inflammation that leads to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s is the subject of a new study.

Health briefs

That’s amore • Australian-born food writer Simon Bajada captures the rich culinary contrasts of Northern Italy.

With a hint of spice • From the country’s warmer regions comes a fine selection of claret-style wines based on Bordeaux’s traditional red varieties. BY MICHAEL COOPER

Ups and downs • The new weight-loss drugs deter overeating, but their psychological effects may not be as useful. BY MARC WILSON

For the birds • Vaccination of precious native birds against H5N1 began before the virus arrived here.

WOL PATROL

Cold is cold