Peak season for legionnaires disease is here: How to stay safe in the garden
Spring and summer are peak season for potentially fatal disease linked to garden products.
Struth! The Office - Oz style is here - and David Brent’s a sheila
Felicity Ward on being the Downunder David Brent in the Aussie version of The Office.
Politics
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: A formal apology to the Prime Minister
"You’re rich, we’re not; you’re the shizzle, we’re the fizzle."
Harris vs Trump: : Forget red or blue, people will vote on the basis of the dollar green
Countdown to the US election: An insider's view of the weighty, weird and wonderful.
Opinion
Duncan Garner: Queer liaison officers and gender-neutral charters - is this really what schools need now?
I'm questioning the priorities of our biggest teachers' union.
Jane Clifton: Move over Fieldays, Ireland’s National Ploughing leaves you in the mud
New Zealand A&P show habitués would feel at home, but for a couple of local peculiarities.
Guyon Espiner: Our government should focus on productivity not presenteeism
Govt return-to-office call is a hypocritical misstep in the changed modern world of work.
New Zealand
When silence isn’t golden: The case for 'active bystanding' to make public transport safer
Movements to encourage NZers to become 'active bystanders' are gathering pace.
Listener weekly quiz: October 2
Test your general knowledge with the Listener's weekly quiz.
Do we now regret the work-from-home revolution?
Covid prompted a change to the way we work, but was it for the better?
Enterprise & Tech
Health
Peak season for legionnaires disease is here: How to stay safe in the garden
Spring and summer are peak season for potentially fatal disease linked to garden products.
Why it’s time to reclaim carbs as vital to a healthy diet
Ditch the black-and-white idea about carbs being bad, and the food guilt, too.
I was running marathons, then I was diagnosed with lupus
"You need friends who can see past the invisibility of chronic illness."
Life
Time-saving recipes from MasterChef Australia champ Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s 13th cookbook has more than 80 quick recipes.
Weekend Wine Guide: When it’s worth spending a little more
If you're looking for wines that linger in your memory, these are worth tracking down.
Culture
Nailing it: Acclaimed NZ dancer on building a double life
Ross McCormack goes from building site to waltzing with Benedict Cumberbatch in a weekend.
Renowned French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet returns to play Bartók
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is back in Aotearoa to play Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
How a Dunedin art auction buy revealed a significant moment in NZ’s history
One online auction bid led to the rediscovery of a colonial treasure.
Entertainment
Brad Pitt and George Clooney double act keeps tired plot on track
This is the first time Clooney and Pitt have buddied up since the Ocean’s trilogy.
Struth! The Office - Oz style is here - and David Brent’s a sheila
Felicity Ward on being the Downunder David Brent in the Aussie version of The Office.
Listener’s October viewing guide: What’s new on streaming and broadcast telly this month
The best television across free to air and streaming platforms in October.
Books
Kids’ author Ned Barraud: It’s easy to live in our own version of reality
Ned Barraud compares human and animal senses in new kids’ book.
Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: October 5
Brodie Kane & Paddy Gower: New memoirs on the top 10 local best sellers list.
Legendary figure reframed in modernist, feminist tale
Emily Maguire's Rapture features impressive blend of imagination and research.
Crime
NZ spy scandal: 50 years on and still a mystery
In 1974 one of our most respected public servants became first NZer charged with espionage
War crime: Why did a NZ WWII soldier gun down an innocent Japanese civilian?
Archivist Chris Adams details a senseless killing during post-WWII occupation of Japan.
World
What it’s really like at a Trump rally
Plunging into the parallel universe that is a Donald Trump rally.
Harrowing tales of migrants trying to enter US highlight political failure
Behind the scary headlines are a million human stories.
Nazism rears its head as Germany reaches a turning point
The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, does not bode well.
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This Auckland bungalow perfectly captures the sunlight
An Auckland architect’s home is all about sun, family life and views of the zoo
The future is wool
An ambitious new wool education programme aims to advance the New Zealand wool industry