
Can't do muscle-contracting drills? Why eccentric exercise might be right for you
So-called eccentric exercise brings physical activity benefits without usual drills.

Aaron Smale: Blind to our history
When it’s not fashionable to explicitly practise racism, just deny it exists or ever did.
Politics

Danyl McLauchlan: Retroactive legal immunity - the government’s gift to banks
Laws aren’t supposed to change after the fact—unless you're ANZ or ASB, apparently.

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: God says JD Vance visit “last straw for Pope”
God is expected to talk to the late Pope Francis next week about sanctions on Vance.
Opinion

Law & Society: Are new proposals to protect kids online too much, too far?
Social media can be a menace for youth but legislation could intrude on parental decisions

Aaron Smale: Blind to our history
When it’s not fashionable to explicitly practise racism, just deny it exists or ever did.

Politics “incivility” problems: Smoke bombs, brawls and disruptive songs
Bad behaviour in the parliaments of Europe is still not enough to put off voters.
New Zealand

Listener weekly quiz: April 30
Test your general knowledge with the Listener's weekly quiz.

How FOMO played a part in motivating Treaty Principles Bill submissions
Submitters who killed Act’s Treaty Principles Bill deployed tactics shoppers know well.

Duncan Garner: When did our teens stop working and whose fault is it?
Thousands of young Kiwis are drifting -- and not in a good direction.
Enterprise & Tech
Health

Cancer rising: How vaccines, new screening tests and AI will change cancer treatment
The future for cancer detection and treatment holds much promise.

Can't do muscle-contracting drills? Why eccentric exercise might be right for you
So-called eccentric exercise brings physical activity benefits without usual drills.

Cancer rising: How disengagement with the health system might hinder cancer detection
As cancer in under-50s soar, researchers focus on the causes.
Life

The Good Life: Meghan Markle and the inspiration for our authentic podcast
After listening to Meghan Markle, Greg Dixon decides Lush Places needs its own podcast.

Hola, España: A taste of Spain from food writer Jo Wilcox
NZ photographer Melanie Jenkins provides the stunning images for the recipe book.

Bumper weekend wine guide: The best pinot gris
Pinot gris has quickly become one of New Zealand's favourite wines.
Culture

History speaking: What the evolution of a modern language tells us about ourselves
New language evolution theories throw into shade rigid ideas of race and identity.

AC Grayling on his sortie onto the battlefield of woke: Social media has turned out to be an absolute sewer
Ahead of NZ visit, renowned philosopher and author AC Grayling on his latest 'woke' book.

Top honour for NZ conductor Reuben Brown
Queenstown's Whakatipu Music Festival welcomes classical musician on the rise.
Entertainment

Music: Masters of reinvention Bon Iver fail to match their own ambitions
New releases from Bon Iver and The Waterboys.

The World Choir Games becomes a television series
How Kiwi documentary maker tackled the international singing event.

Drop: A tech-savvy thriller with old-school whodunnit vibes
Suspenseful drama with a techno-fear twist maintains the intrigue.
Books

Book of the day: Letters To Our Robot Son by Cadance Bell
Off-kilter tale about Arto, who wakes up to find he’s a robot on an existential quest.

Will NZ author Catherine Chidgey's new novel be the book of 2025? Global publishers think so
The Book of Guilt was subject to a bidding war, now it's being billed as a 2025 must-read.

AC Grayling on his sortie onto the battlefield of woke: Social media has turned out to be an absolute sewer
Ahead of NZ visit, renowned philosopher and author AC Grayling on his latest 'woke' book.
Crime

Crash’n’Grab: Was this NZ’s most outrageous art heist?
This wasn’t just a whodunnit. It was a why-dunnit - and years later, the questions remain.

11 years on, Taranaki detective still haunted by father-son murder case
'The murders, the families involved, they almost become part of you.'

Russell Brown: Northland green fairy arrest exposes a flawed system
The arrest of a Northland ‘green fairy’ highlights NZ's onerous medical cannabis rules.
World

Politics “incivility” problems: Smoke bombs, brawls and disruptive songs
Bad behaviour in the parliaments of Europe is still not enough to put off voters.

Jane Clifton: The politics of grass is a new turf war
The widening divide between lawn purists and those who want nature to take its course.
Sponsored Stories

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A home on a Christchurch estuary provides its owner with an outlook that’s always changing

10 things we learnt from listener.co.nz stories this week
Peacekeeping, population and why cannabis could cure insomnia.

10 things we learnt from listener.co.nz stories this week
The former PM who helped solve a violent crime to 11 words to say before you die.