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You are definitely not here: YouTube’s Map Men on modern navigation, charting a new course and the joy of getting lost
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You are definitely not here: YouTube’s Map Men on modern navigation, charting a new course and the joy of getting lost

Paper maps are fading into obscurity as we turn to GPS, but both can lead us astray.

13 Jan 05:06 PM
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Video Q&A with Don McGlashan: “My yacht doesn’t actually have an anchor”
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Video Q&A with Don McGlashan: “My yacht doesn’t actually have an anchor”

Some supplementary questions for the songwriter in the wake of the doco about his life.

13 Jan 05:05 PM
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A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?
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A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?

NZ's absence from world maps is a veritable phenomenon.

13 Jan 05:05 PM
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Songwriter Don McGlashan looks back at his life in insightful doco
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Songwriter Don McGlashan looks back at his life in insightful doco

Anchor Me: Engaging, informative and entertaining look at a national treasure.

13 Jan 05:04 PM
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Can rats play video games? A ongoing study says yes
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Can rats play video games? A ongoing study says yes

The 1990s game, Doom, has attracted some unusual players.

13 Jan 05:03 PM
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Could this be New Zealand's next big sport?
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Could this be New Zealand's next big sport?

A growing international sport we’re actually quite good at could do with wider exposure.

13 Jan 05:02 PM
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Listener weekly quiz: January 14
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Listener weekly quiz: January 14

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

13 Jan 05:00 PM
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Hamnet won big at the Golden Globes, so how good is it?
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Hamnet won big at the Golden Globes, so how good is it?

A sweet sorrow: Listener film reviewer Sarah Watt on the Golden Globes best drama film.

12 Jan 11:30 PM
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The NZ books you’ll want to read this year
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The NZ books you’ll want to read this year

Listener books editor Mark Broatch on the local titles to look out for this year.

12 Jan 06:06 PM
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The Listener 2025 collection: Our most popular stories on politics and the politics of modern life
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The Listener 2025 collection: Our most popular stories on politics and the politics of modern life

Ten feature stories which reflect the politics of life in NZ today.

28 Dec 07:00 PM
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Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: The 2025 Drunken Muldoon Awards
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Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: The 2025 Drunken Muldoon Awards

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

18 Dec 05:12 PM
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Danyl McLauchlan’s annual awards for political bravery & buffoonery
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Danyl McLauchlan’s annual awards for political bravery & buffoonery

Who deserves the top gongs in the Listener’s 2025 political awards?

14 Dec 05:02 PM
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Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Willis to defend Heartless Tory Finance Minister title in “Grumble in the Jungle”
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Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Willis to defend Heartless Tory Finance Minister title in “Grumble in the Jungle”

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

11 Dec 05:03 PM
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Could this be New Zealand's next big sport?
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Could this be New Zealand's next big sport?

A growing international sport we’re actually quite good at could do with wider exposure.

13 Jan 05:02 PM
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Charlotte Grimshaw: Reflections on being at Bondi Beach
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Charlotte Grimshaw: Reflections on being at Bondi Beach

News coverage showed brutal slaughter: beautiful Bondi was a giant crime scene.

11 Jan 06:02 PM
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Russell Brown looks back at the year that was 2026
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Russell Brown looks back at the year that was 2026

2026 was not the year it was predicted to be.

06 Jan 06:02 PM
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Pauline Hanson’s resurgence is an indication of deeper threats in Australia
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Pauline Hanson’s resurgence is an indication of deeper threats in Australia

Pauline Hanson continues to cash in on anti-migrant and anti-net-zero populism.

05 Jan 06:04 PM
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New Zealand

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A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?
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A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?

NZ's absence from world maps is a veritable phenomenon.

13 Jan 05:05 PM
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Listener weekly quiz: January 14
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Listener weekly quiz: January 14

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

13 Jan 05:00 PM
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The Listener’s annual sports quiz
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The Listener’s annual sports quiz

How many sporting moments from 2025 can you recall?

09 Jan 06:05 PM
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Joy ride: Our tribute to Kiwi classic cars, Mark II
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Joy ride: Our tribute to Kiwi classic cars, Mark II

Owners whose enthusiasm for old cars defies modern conventions like comfort & performance.

09 Jan 06:03 PM

Business & Finance

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No Plan B? What’s at risk if the internet breaks
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No Plan B? What’s at risk if the internet breaks

From cyclones and tsunamis to software glitches, our dependence on cables can crash.

04 Jan 06:06 PM
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The Listener 2025 collection: Our top business & finance stories of the year
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The Listener 2025 collection: Our top business & finance stories of the year

From AI financial advisors to ethical investing and neurodivergency at work.

29 Dec 07:00 PM
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Inspect a gadget: The 10 best tech upgrades of 2025
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Inspect a gadget: The 10 best tech upgrades of 2025

From laptops and phones to pizza ovens, thoughtful, real-world tech worth the investment.

16 Dec 05:02 PM
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Health

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Can rats play video games? A ongoing study says yes
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Can rats play video games? A ongoing study says yes

The 1990s game, Doom, has attracted some unusual players.

13 Jan 05:03 PM
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Still safe to eat? Questions about growing amount of imported frozen vegetables answered
Health

Still safe to eat? Questions about growing amount of imported frozen vegetables answered

Frozen vegetables are increasingly being packaged in NZ using imported ingredients.

12 Jan 05:02 PM
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Peter Griffin: The risky business of private health data online
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Peter Griffin: The risky business of private health data online

Digital health isn’t a luxury any more, it’s an essential part of modern medicine.

08 Jan 06:05 PM
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Study shows brains mature early, driving judgment doesn’t
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Study shows brains mature early, driving judgment doesn’t

We may have all the grey matter we get by our teens but that doesn’t make us good drivers.

07 Jan 06:02 PM

Life

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Steve Braunias: My six mostly unrealistic New Year’s Resolutions
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Steve Braunias: My six mostly unrealistic New Year’s Resolutions

Quitter's Day was last week, meaning many have now abandoned their New Year resolutions.

12 Jan 05:04 PM
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The Good Life: The measurement of happiness
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The Good Life: The measurement of happiness

Taking pleasure in the simple things during the summer break.

10 Jan 07:02 PM
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Surprise packets: Three delicious recipes from Ottolinghi collaborator Helen Goh
Life

Surprise packets: Three delicious recipes from Ottolinghi collaborator Helen Goh

Helen Goh's latest book draws on Asian and Middle Eastern flavours.

09 Jan 06:02 PM
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Weekend wine guide: NZ winemakers meet popular demand in a canny move
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Weekend wine guide: NZ winemakers meet popular demand in a canny move

Convenience, portability and compact serves explains the latest boom behind tinned wine.

08 Jan 06:02 PM
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Culture

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Musical chemistry: Cellist Martin Smith joins a Kiwi cultural institution
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Musical chemistry: Cellist Martin Smith joins a Kiwi cultural institution

Smith is a new addition to the NZ String Quartet in time for the Adam festival.

07 Jan 06:01 PM
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Top seed: Nick Cave’s musical mate Warren Ellis
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Top seed: Nick Cave’s musical mate Warren Ellis

A mad chat with Ellis, who almost died in NZ just as he started life as a Bad Seed.

03 Jan 07:02 PM
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The year in classical music
Culture

The year in classical music

Richard Betts on the year's best concerts and albums.

15 Dec 04:57 PM
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Opera singer Morag Atchison swings from choral work to a tango-based mass
Culture

Opera singer Morag Atchison swings from choral work to a tango-based mass

Well-known for her singer, Morag Atchison may don her dancing shoes for upcoming show.

11 Dec 04:59 PM

Entertainment

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Video Q&A with Don McGlashan: “My yacht doesn’t actually have an anchor”
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Video Q&A with Don McGlashan: “My yacht doesn’t actually have an anchor”

Some supplementary questions for the songwriter in the wake of the doco about his life.

13 Jan 05:05 PM
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Songwriter Don McGlashan looks back at his life in insightful doco
Graham Reid
ReviewsGraham Reid

Songwriter Don McGlashan looks back at his life in insightful doco

Anchor Me: Engaging, informative and entertaining look at a national treasure.

13 Jan 05:04 PM
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Hamnet won big at the Golden Globes, so how good is it?
Sarah Watt
ReviewsSarah Watt

Hamnet won big at the Golden Globes, so how good is it?

A sweet sorrow: Listener film reviewer Sarah Watt on the Golden Globes best drama film.

12 Jan 11:30 PM
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Local folkie Tom Cunliffe’s latest offers poetic songs of thoughtful introspection
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Local folkie Tom Cunliffe’s latest offers poetic songs of thoughtful introspection

New releases from Tom Cunliffe and Great Barrier reviewed.

12 Jan 05:00 PM

Books

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You are definitely not here: YouTube’s Map Men on modern navigation, charting a new course and the joy of getting lost
Books

You are definitely not here: YouTube’s Map Men on modern navigation, charting a new course and the joy of getting lost

Paper maps are fading into obscurity as we turn to GPS, but both can lead us astray.

13 Jan 05:06 PM
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A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?
Books

A very forgettable country: Why is NZ missing from so many world maps?

NZ's absence from world maps is a veritable phenomenon.

13 Jan 05:05 PM
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The NZ books you’ll want to read this year
Books

The NZ books you’ll want to read this year

Listener books editor Mark Broatch on the local titles to look out for this year.

12 Jan 06:06 PM
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First-class novels, gripping thrillers and mind-expanding nonfiction: What you’ll want to read this year
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First-class novels, gripping thrillers and mind-expanding nonfiction: What you’ll want to read this year

Make space for the most eagerly awaited books of 2026.

11 Jan 06:05 PM

Crime

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Milk, Madness and Mayhem: The Ruahine Triple Axe Murders
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Milk, Madness and Mayhem: The Ruahine Triple Axe Murders

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

27 Dec 05:10 PM
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The Listener 2025 collection: Our most popular crime writing
Crime

The Listener 2025 collection: Our most popular crime writing

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

26 Dec 06:00 PM
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Steve Braunias on the sentencing of the mother responsible for the ‘suitcase murders’
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Steve Braunias on the sentencing of the mother responsible for the ‘suitcase murders’

Mercy for Hakyung Lee was bartered for at sentencing.

14 Dec 05:00 PM
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Foreigner, bigamist, killer: The wild life and dubious conviction of a colonial double murderer
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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.

09 Dec 05:01 PM

World

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Through the lens: 2025 remembered in pictures
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Through the lens: 2025 remembered in pictures

Images from a year in which havoc ensued but we still found light relief.

10 Jan 11:00 PM
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Pauline Hanson’s resurgence is an indication of deeper threats in Australia
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Pauline Hanson’s resurgence is an indication of deeper threats in Australia

Pauline Hanson continues to cash in on anti-migrant and anti-net-zero populism.

05 Jan 06:04 PM
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Lives in a holding pattern: Syrian refugees face going home to renewed violence and a devastated economy
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Lives in a holding pattern: Syrian refugees face going home to renewed violence and a devastated economy

Those who fled civil war are increasingly unwelcome in the countries that took them in.

15 Dec 05:02 PM
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Jonathan Kronstadt: Gen Z don’t have the luxury of the idleness and mindlessness that marked my own 20s
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Jonathan Kronstadt: Gen Z don’t have the luxury of the idleness and mindlessness that marked my own 20s

Today, the kids are alright.

15 Dec 04:58 PM

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