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.

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Peace at what price? • The horrific toll of the first atomic bomb drop 80 years ago is as important to remember now as then, writes Maire Leadbeater.

Best and worst

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Back of the class • Modern ways of teaching kids are shown the door as results give the education system a very middling grade.

Scales of cruelty

Signs of intelligence

A new reality

Dawn chorus

Might is right • Strength training is now the go-to for healthy ageing, with benefits newly revealed for the body and brain in preventing illness and injury.

Back-up band • With sources of sponsorship and funding uncertain, the Aotearoa arts community relies on a small but committed group of patrons.

Car watch • When the Cold War was at its chilliest, importing anything from Eastern Europe was difficult. The spies only made things harder.

Say it with sparkle • A V&A collection of 280 luxury outfits, jewellery and mementos of showbiz stars is proving an eye-catching drawcard in Auckland.

Towering ivories • Born in South Korea and raised in Auckland, NZTrio pianist Somi Kim is a leading presence on concert stages at home and overseas.

Plights of passage • Today’s teens have turned inwards and socialise more online, with profound effects for them and society.

Seeing things • Wraiths abound in this gripping Brisbane-based thriller, while a debut gangster story throws in a rollercoaster of twists.

You can’t choose your family • New stories from seasoned writers deliver taut plot turns.

A woman scorned • British academic sets the record straight on an ancient Roman aristocrat, while a NZ writer reimagines her life.

Tales of intimacy • A new book about the sex work in NZ offers first-hand insights.

In search of my killer • Hit YA author’s first book for adults is a whodunnit with a twist.

Sequins in their eyes • A new production of classic American musical Chicago is set to razzle dazzle the country. Kirsty Cameron witnessed its scandalous plot being hatched.

That stage of life • Sophie Henderson’s new movie draws on her days of running a theatre, and arrives just as she’s back doing it again.

Return to sender • Irish novel adaptation fails to deliver its message.

Cold cuts • Odd but engrossing Cannes winner from Canada.

Off the hook • Auckland post-punk band’s songs skewer empty language on impressive sophomore album.

Renaissance men • Fascinating docudrama looks at the politics behind – and the rivalries between – the original superstars of Italian art.

Identity parade • The new season of My Life is Murder has guest stars from near and abroad.

TV Picks of the week

TV Films • The big movies on TV this week

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Fly my pretties • A diamond anniversary for the NZCT Chamber Music Contest.

The good egg • The more varied diet enjoyed by free-range and organic hens may deliver eggs slightly lower in cholesterol, but the nutritional benefits of any egg are more important.

Pick & mix • Celebrated Australian pastry chef Christopher Thé grabs whatʼs close to home.

Golden chalice • A popular Wairau Valley producer took bottomless inspiration from a nearby lake.

Reality check • A trip to Vietnam is an opportunity to reflect on...