Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Parliament stunned as Luxon changes tune on Iran again

Greg Dixon casts a satirical eye over the week in local and international politics.

Danyl McLauchlan: Can Opportunity provide a real alternative for voters?

Could Opportunity break the 30-year cycle where voters vote, then NZ First picks the govt?

Chris Slane’s political cartoon of the week

Chris Slane on the week in politics.

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Punch the monkey sends Luxon message of support

Greg Dixon casts a satirical eye over the week in local and international politics.

Duncan Garner: This weekend could be the most significant of Christopher Luxon’s political career

Who allowed PM to take a word salad to a press conference & will he finally read the room?

Leah McFall: The one item that proves beyond doubt you’ve become middle-class

Own this one thing and you have become a card-carrying member of the Comfortable Middle.

Law by language? David Harvey on courts, the vocabulary of advocacy and policy creep

Courts wield soft power through concepts they validate, so words must be chosen with care.

Russell Brown: Infrastructure Commission report reveals the folly of some government pet projects

The government is struggling to distinguish 'needs' from 'wants'.

Listener weekly quiz: March 4

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

Designs for life: Architect Pip Cheshire’s visionary legacy

Pip Cheshire designed striking & groundbreaking buildings not defined by signature style.

Ancient slippery soil may underlie the Mt Maunganui/Mauao landslide

Tauranga region has particularly problematic ancient soil that can act like greasy liquid.

Rattling our dags: The enduring appeal of Country Calendar

Is it authenticity or gentle myth-making that’s been the secret to its eternal success?

Stress tests: What we can learn from elite athletes

Stress helps to energise us, but too much of it can dash our sporting dreams.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm survivor: ‘Hundreds of NZers deserve the chance at a future that I've been given’

After nearly dying of a little-known killer, Chris O’Brien calls for national screening.

Do you really need to change your diet to get more protein and where can you find it?

Lifestyle and health factors influence protein requirements and meal planning.

Rise in ADHD diagnoses brings surge in overdoses of meds prescribed for it

Both accidental and deliberate overdoses are on the rise.

Seoul food: Hot favourites from Korean restaurateur Kenny Yong-soo Son

Three recipes to ease you into cooler autumn weather.

Weekend wine guide: Te Mata’s horizons have been expanding for more than a century

The internationally renowned winery has taken advantage of its prime location.

The Good Life: The eye of the tiger

Come one, come all to Marilen’s Mouldy Museum of Manky Things.

Steven Braunias: I was searching for a hangover cure, I ended up climbing Auckland's volcanoes

I thought of clean air, altitude, something rising above woe and alcohol.

Is the ballet lost or won?: Our reviewers’ verdicts on Macbeth, the RNZB’s epic new production

How did the ambitious new production fare with our coven of critics?

Opera director Daisy Evans on why she gave Bartók’s Judith dementia

A modern spin on Bartók’s famous opera may well generate a few tears.

The Nukes' Dave Parker on the $100 prize that changed his life, football, and his favourite ukulele

Cultural attaché Dave Parker: Musician, educator and children’s performer.

The Scottish plié : How the Royal NZ Ballet is reimagining Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Scottish nobles and witches become politicians and influencers in modern-day dance piece.

Doco on Samoan singing siblings the Pati brothers hits a high note

The doco goes from the Pati brothers' roots in Samoa to life after Sol3 Mio's success.

Villains & victims: New thrillers to challenge your heart rate

Topics range from pre-war Brazil to Western Australia, to the Scottish Highlands.

Brat simmer: Charli xcx Wuthering Heights soundtrack captures film’s yearning undercurrents

Charli xcx's Wuthering Heights reviewed + Engelbert Humperdinck's Kiwi cultural moment.

Dammit, Janet: This Rocky Horror Show is astounding

Time is fleeting - and this is a musical celebration you don't want to miss.

Top 10 bestselling New Zealand books: March 7

There's a new number as Kiwi readers continue to look for inspiring stories & life advice.

TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver: ‘I enjoy chasing the bad guys’

TV reporter on her best & worst stories, guilt, coping & an extract from her first book.

NZ author Deborah Challinor: 'I don’t think I could write a boring woman. I like writing a bitch'

Deborah Challinor on selling millions of books and whether she'll ever publish a memoir.

Book of the day: Two Islands by Ian Kemish

War crimes explored in political thriller's deft blend of fact and fiction.

Cop-turned-novelist writes handbook on police procedures out of frustration over common crime-writer mistakes

How to write a crime novel that rings true - and the most common mistakes writers make.

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.

Democracy needs armed forces, but young Germans will take a lot more convincing

With increased Russian aggression and US untrustworthiness, Germany needs more soldiers.

Apocalypse how: A field guide to the end of the world as the doomsday clock ticks forward

When’s the apocalypse coming, and what are the six likeliest ways it's going to kill us?

The political divide over the future of Bondi’s bridge

The bridge at the centre of the Bondi massacre is the latest subject of debate.

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.

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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