Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week

Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on the week in politics.

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Tibet says Luxon asked to be next Dalai Lama

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

Danyl McLauchlan on National’s latest poor polling results

The poor poll may reflect the government’s failure to hit most of its economic targets.

Chris Slane’s political cartoon of the week

Chris Slane's take on the week in politics.

Duncan Garner: Chris Hipkins, social media and the fraying line between private and public life

No one wins when private lives are dragged into the public arena.

Leah McFall: Why does an apron worn in public now command such authority?

After years of symbolising enslavement in the home, wearing an apron is now a power move.

Is Germany's Radical Anti-Smartphone Front about to have its moment in the sun?

A burgeoning counter-culture movement leads the way on tech resistance.

David Harvey: The debate over gender identity and legal obligation

Respect is essential, but legal compulsion is another question.

Former detective makes tough choice after uncovering financial abuse of sister

Out of sight: How the risk to the elderly and vulnerable can come from family.

Listener weekly quiz: March 18

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

Out of sight: How safe are NZ elders in care?

Physical abuse of a dementia patient captured on video prompts family to speak out.

Model developed to track uptake of te reo Māori

Academic develops model to track whether te reo is gaining or losing support.

Is stress quietly reshaping the way you eat?

Research shows stress can change how our bodies process and store what we eat.

Quiet quitting vs hustle culture: Is either better for your mental health?

Slavish devotion to work is unhealthy, but will lowering your effort actually help?

Motor neuron disease therapies could receive major boost thanks to NZ research

NZ neuroscientist aims to revolutionise MND therapies by switching off “bossy” molecules.

How to breathe: An extract from Brook Elliston’s The Breath Reset Plan

Breath training shifts patterns through lived experience rather than analysis alone.

The Good Life: Man, 59, seeks hobbies

Unlike proper hobbies, neither mowing lawns or stacking firewood are not without purpose.

Sweet delights from baker/cartoonist Tat Effby’s latest cookbook

Getting over repeat rejection by The Great British Bake Off, Tat has fun in new cookbook.

Weekend wine guide: What is wine quality?

Experts use varying criteria to assess how good a wine is.

The Good Life: Lost letter mysteries

Could a reunion be on the cards thanks to mail received at Lush Places?

Benjamin Britten’s ‘shimmering’ Illuminations comes to Christchurch

Soprano Carleen Ebbs will sing the work later this month.

Grande dame of song steps back from heading NZ’s national choir

More than anyone, Karen Grylls has led the way in forging an NZ choral music identity.

Triumph of spirit: The dance masterpiece Gloria returns

For the first time since Douglas Wright's death, Gloria is being staged in Aotearoa.

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?

Natascha McElhone on her NZ horror experience, podcasting with Jacinda Ardern and playing Sherlock’s mum

The English star of Californication has been filming in Wellington.

Cosmic, comic and hopeful: Ryan Gosling’s end-of-the-world movie is a blast

Gosling is less the Neil Armstrong he was in First Man, but more a science nerd Ken.

Russell Brown: Why a $100,000+ grant to Auckland music venues raises complex questions

Smaller venues are getting over $100,000 from Spark Arena’s Community Events Fund.

The King and I: Shayne Carter reviews the new Elvis concert film

Guest reviewer Shayne Carter contemplates Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley in-concert movie.

Top 10 bestselling New Zealand books: March 21

NZ readers love a memoir, just look at the latest local bestsellers.

In the beginning: The novelists shortlisted for NZ’s richest writing prize on how they started their books

The ideas & inspirations behind the fiction vying for prestigious NZ writing prize.

Book of the day: The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes

A wryly funny and humane Tennyson biography beautifully evokes the charismatic poet.

Helen Garner on writing about the 'mushroom murders', the solidarity of women writers, and being her own fiercest critic

The Australian author is an acute observer of awful things, with a fierce reputation.

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