Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: “Crusher” Collins' replacement raises eyebrows

Greg Dixon runs a satirical eye over the year in local and international politics.

Top health leaders join forces for new lobby group putting public healthcare on political agenda

Health leaders, economists & unionists to make public health system top election priority.

Danyl McLauchlan: Trouble for Winston Peters as Kiwi workers wake up to his party’s limitations

Winston Peters may find himself in dangerous waters in 2026.

The political cartoon: Anthony Ellison’s take on what’s to come in NZ politics

Anthony Ellison returns for 2026, sharing his perspective on politics.

Duncan Garner: Christopher Luxon continues to sound like he’s managing risk, not leading a country

Could an economic recovery save the PM but is that recovery just wishful thinking?

Aaron Smale: With Waitangi Day fast approaching, we need to talk about sovereignty

Whether it’s here, Greenland, Venezuela or Ukraine, sovereignty is under threat.

What might positive patriarchy look like?

Boys are growing up under a narrative that codes maleness as deficient or toxic.

Bulletin from Washington DC: There is no end to the Trump administration’s cruelty

History has shown us that a single act can spark a flame that immolates evil.

Winter Olympics tv guide: Are NZ’s snow-sport stars aligning for glory?

Check out the Kiwi athletes representing NZ at the winter games and when to watch them.

Where is Dunedin’s missing Star Fountain? Paul Gorman uncovers a strange tale

After Dunedin’s Star Fountain was dismantled in 1989, it disappeared.

Listener weekly quiz: January 28

Test your general knowledge with the Listener’s weekly quiz.

Why local networks and good neighbours are critical in natural disasters

When disasters strike, we can’t wait for rescue—locals must be ready to help themselves.

Top health leaders join forces for new lobby group putting public healthcare on political agenda

Health leaders, economists & unionists to make public health system top election priority.

Being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD is making me a better therapist

Autistic & ADHD children are often labelled troublemakers but that's not the case at all.

Smoking foods can raise cancer risks but there are ways to snuff out most ill effects

Although smoked food isn't a health food, neither is it a villain.

Are ultra-processed soft foods stopping your mouth from getting a workout?

Our mouths play an essential role in digestion, but UPFs are making it too easy for them.

Dining on a dime: Recipes for the budget-conscious

Hot off the Murdoch Books Test Kitchen press is this timely collection of 180+ recipes.

Bumper weekend wine guide: Rosé is now a serious year-round drink

Top rosés to enjoy for the rest of the year.

Charlotte Grimshaw: The family is represented by letters... No matter how we fight and stray we return

A summer of surgeries and sonnets.

Steve Braunias: Ode to summer

I got a lucky break in the weather and returned from holiday brainwashed by sunshine.

Downtown Hamilton gets major boost with opening of NZ’s most beautiful theatre

Hamilton’s new theatre above the Waikato River opens to much applause.

Prelude to 2026: The best of what our orchestras are offering for their concert seasons

2026 brings international guest stars, new compositions & ambitious celebrations.

The former refugee performing for change - and pulling the strings for Roma

Rašid Nikolić grew up in a camp for nomads & spends his time advocating for Roma people.

Beyond Dodi: The Crown star Khalid Abdalla on acting, activism, politics and performance

Theatre maker Khalid Abdalla on finding optimism in the face of crisis.

Winter Olympics tv guide: Are NZ’s snow-sport stars aligning for glory?

Check out the Kiwi athletes representing NZ at the winter games and when to watch them.

Chris Pratt fights the future in Mercy – and loses

What if the justice system was AI? What if the future was as boring as this film?

Choir stalled: Despite starry names, The Choral fails to hit the high notes

Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett reunite while Ralph Fiennes takes leading role.

Fade to black: Barry Adamson’s Scala!!! ode to London’s notorious Scala theatre

Bad Seed and Magazine man goes noir.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: January 31

The Ockham effect? Novel re-enters top 10 as book awards longlisters are named.

The 2026 Ockham NZ Book Awards longlists are out – so who’s made the grade and who’s in the shade?

Jacinda Ardern memoir in the running for prestigious NZ book award.

A midsummer miscellany of notable new books for younger people

Ann Packer rounds up her latest top picks.

Nicholas Wade's The Origin of Politics is a sustained attack on the political project of the modern left

Book argues that the “blank slate” ideas of the left can’t compete with human nature.

Milk, Madness and Mayhem: The Ruahine Triple Axe Murders

Was it an act of temporary, alcohol-induced madness? Or plain bloody murder?

The Listener 2025 collection: Our most popular crime writing

From contemporary court cases to historic murders, 2025's best read crime stories.

Steve Braunias on the sentencing of the mother responsible for the ‘suitcase murders’

Mercy for Hakyung Lee was bartered for at sentencing.

Foreigner, bigamist, killer: The wild life and dubious conviction of a colonial double murderer

Faced with a double murder that rocked colonial NZ, police were quick to find a suspect.

Was Renee Good’s death the result of senseless violence or an outcome of domestic terrorism?

Why your “moral language” will determine how you answer this question.

Bulletin from Washington DC: There is no end to the Trump administration’s cruelty

History has shown us that a single act can spark a flame that immolates evil.

Trump and Greenland: Liberal democracies need to wake up and smell the gunpowder

What is Europe's role in this new, brutish era?

2025, the UK’s warmest year on record, brings a sense of climate displacement

Between New Zealand and the UK, where would you rather be?

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See the world anew when science, art and nature converge in Te Papa’s Breathe | Mauri Ora

Te Papa’s new experience is at the cutting edge of technology and immersive art practice.

This Titirangi home was transformed into a functional family home

A mid-century Auckland home is reconfigured to make it more functional for a young family