Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Te Pāti Māori Guy Fawkes hui gets out of hand

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

Latest unauthorised Jacinda Ardern bio: Book of revelations – or sustained conservative attack?

Even-handed account probably closest to the Ardern story most of NZ already tells itself.

Danyl McLauchlan: Labour fires first salvo in battle for swing voters

What Labour's Capital Gains Tax really aims for - and how it backs National into a corner.

Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week

Anthony Ellison's take on the week in news.

Farmers vs. vegans: The contentious EU debate on labelling meat alternatives

When is a sausage not a sausage - and why does it matter so much to the European Union?

Duncan Garner: A question for PM Christopher Luxon, what are you trying to hide?

Govts don’t hide what they’re proud of; they hide what they know won’t pass the sniff test

Official reaction to Palestine-Israel activism threatens NZ’s social cohesion

Increasing polarisation and personalisation has a chilling effect on free expression.

Duncan Garner: My open letter to Chloe Swarbrick

Trying to drag cannabis regulation back into the spotlight is wrong at a time like this.

Compassion gap? A case for being kinder to out-of-work youth

Work is good for young people, but blaming them for not working isn’t helpful.

Listener Weekly Quiz: November 5

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

Out of gas and ideas? With gas supplies drying up, govt bets on chance instead of transition help

Future of gas: What NZ home and business owners need to know.

For the birds: How an iwi-led initiative is aiming for a pest-free haven by 2025

Aotea Great Barrier Island is getting a makeover of the pest-free kind.

'I got sick with psychosis at around 19': What I wish others knew about living with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is not well understood by many and that can make it tougher to find help.

Bacon vs. beetroot: Why nitrates in some foods are harmful but healthy in others

We absorb nitrates differently according to their source, and one pathway is best avoided.

Stuck in their seats: How inactivity is rewiring young minds

Just 14% of 3- and 4-year-olds move enough for their age, new study shows.

Smokefree by ‘25? Why NZ is unlikely to meet ambitious goal

Some 80,000 NZers need to stop smoking by year end for the country to be 'Smokefree'.

The Good Life: For Curly, my mother and a woman I never knew

"Would Mum, at the end, have still recognised the girl in the picture, I wondered?"

Mexican recipes for when you’re craving more than tacos

Born & raised in Mexico City, restaurateur Daniella Guevara Muñoz shares family favourites

Bumper weekend wine guide: Savvy sauvignon buys

Best sauvignon blancs to try over the weekend.

Charlotte Grimshaw: On weathering a storm

Two trips within two weeks coincide with extremely stormy times.

Arts festival draws on powerful past legacy to secure its future

Celebrating 40 Years: 2026 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts programme announced.

Art with buzz: How 50,000 bees helped one artist build a safe house

Studio Reset’s Sculpture OnShore art is built with bees and speaks of shelter.

This charming man: Renowned cellist Daniel Müller-Schott primed for NZ visit

Daniel Müller-Schott is bringing one of Schumann’s finest concertos to Auckland.

Ross Harris’s latest symphony is a response to contemporary horrors

Current conflicts, especially in Ukraine, prompt composer Ross Harris's new work.

NZ Listener’s Songs of the Week: Paul Kelly’s bittersweet ode to his granddaughter, Bic Runga’s to Paris and Harper Finn’s to Silp Park

Sound advice from the Listener's music dept.

Christchurch prepares to clock in as 9 - 5 The Musical comes to the Court for summer

From the screen to the stage, 9 to 5’s feminist legacy still sings 45 years on.

Genius moves in Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest Emma Stone thriller

Subverting traditional Hollywood entertainment, Bugonia hits the screens with flair.

Listener’s November Viewing Guide: Brit dramas Malpractice and The Hack, and is latest from Breaking Bad creator the new Severance?

Updated weekly: What's new on television with links to all the best shows.

Behind the scenes at Auckland Museum: The remarkable achievements of the man who shaped city institution

New history identifies the wonder and limitations of Thomas Cheeseman.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: November 8

The local books we've been buying this week.

Book of the day: Here and Beyond by Hal LaCroix

Sci-fi debut paints densely layered portrait of life onboard a spaceship.

Latest unauthorised Jacinda Ardern bio: Book of revelations – or sustained conservative attack?

Even-handed account probably closest to the Ardern story most of NZ already tells itself.

The new drug smuggling tool of choice

Drug trafficking threatens to overwhelm the Pacific, but our govt is playing catch-up.

Organised crime and drug trafficking surge in the Pacific – are we in danger of becoming a narco-region?

Drug trafficking threatens to overwhelm the Pacific, but our govt is playing catch-up.

Colonial Injustice: Was the only New Zealander executed for treason a scapegoat?

Hamiora Pere's execution has led to far-reaching questions about justice and fairness.

How the insanity defence fell apart: Steve Braunias on the trial of Jasmine (Hakyung) Lee

Part II on the trial of a mum who killed her children and hid their bodies in suitcases.

Organised crime and drug trafficking surge in the Pacific – are we in danger of becoming a narco-region?

Drug trafficking threatens to overwhelm the Pacific, but our govt is playing catch-up.

Andrew Hastie was frontrunner to lead Australia’s Liberal Party, so why has he headed to the back benches?

Did he merely throw a dummy-spit or is there a deeper intent behind his resignation?

'I will shoot': NZ teen Samuel Leason recalls terror aboard Gaza aid flotilla

Young activist on joining the Gaza flotilla, being arrested and an unusual message home.

Foreign minister Winston Peters called on to acknowledge NZ’s role in cover up of 1975 Balibo five murders

Cold-blooded murders of five newsmen, including Kiwi Gary Cunningham, remembered.

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

This contemporary Redcliffs home maximises its view of the estuary

A home on a Christchurch estuary provides its owner with an outlook that’s always changing

10 things we learnt from listener.co.nz stories this week

Peacekeeping, population and why cannabis could cure insomnia.